The #1 song on October 17, 1948

Twelfth Street Rag By Pee Wee Hunt

Other #1 songs on October 17, 1948

#1 R&B Song

Am I Asking Too Much
Dinah Washington

#1 Country Song

Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable October 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Bill Hudson

Born October 17, 1949

Gene Green

Born October 17, 1947

Ronni Chasen

Born October 17, 1946

Steve Jones

Born October 17, 1942

Earl Thomas Conley

Born October 17, 1941