Other #1 songs on August 3, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Jack You're Dead

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

#1 song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio

Notable August 3 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Lance Alworth

Football Player

Juanita Helms

Politician

Steven Millhauser

Novelist and Short Story Writer

Morris Berman

Historian

John York

Bassist and Guitarist

Philip Casnoff

Actor

Martin Sheen

Actor

James Tyler

Musician

Martha Stewart

Businesswoman, Writer, TV Personality