The #1 song on January 12, 1948

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on January 12, 1948

#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 January 12 birthdays in the 1940s

Tom Dempsey

Born January 12, 1947
George Duke

Born January 12, 1946
Joe Frazier

Born January 12, 1944
Bernardine Dohrn

Born January 12, 1942
Long John Baldry

Born January 12, 1941
Ronald Shannon Jackson

Born January 12, 1940