The #1 song on January 13, 1948

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on January 13, 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 13 birthdays in the 1940s

Brandon Tartikoff

Born January 13, 1949

William Duckworth

Born January 13, 1943

Edmund White

Born January 13, 1940