The #1 song on December 17, 1947

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 17, 1947

#1 R&B Song

(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It
Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

#1 Country Song

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable December 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Joel Brooks

Born December 17, 1949
Jim Bonfanti

Born December 17, 1948
Eugene Levy

Born December 17, 1946
Ernie Hudson

Born December 17, 1945
Jack L. Chalker

Born December 17, 1944
Paul Butterfield

Born December 17, 1942