The #1 country song on August 31, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 31, 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 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Van Morrison
Rock Singer
Born August 31, 1945

Jim Fassel
Football Coach
Born August 31, 1949

Jerome Corsi
Novelist
Born August 31, 1946

Lowell Ganz
Screenwriter
Born August 31, 1948

William Dewitt Jr.
Entrepreneur
Born August 31, 1941

Mike Kuchar
Director
Born August 31, 1942