The #1 country song on August 28, 1947

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) By Tex Williams 's Western Caravan

Other #1 songs on August 28, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable August 28 birthdays in the 1940s

Lou Piniella
Baseball Manager
Born August 28, 1943

Alison Steadman
Movie Actress
Born August 28, 1946

Lindsay Bloom
TV Actress
Born August 28, 1950

Roger De Coster
Motorcycle Racer
Born August 28, 1944

William Unruh
Physicist
Born August 28, 1945

Carol Bartz
Entrepreneur
Born August 28, 1948

Michael Craig-Martin
Conceptual Artist
Born August 28, 1941