The #1 song on March 17, 1948

Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) By Peggy Lee

Other #1 songs on March 17, 1948

#1 R&B Song

King Size Papa
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 March 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Yury Chernavsky

Born March 17, 1947
Michael Hayden

Born March 17, 1945
Cito Gaston

Born March 17, 1944
Andrew Brook

Born March 17, 1943
Paul Kantner

Born March 17, 1941
Mark White

Born March 17, 1940