The #1 country song on October 16, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on October 16, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable October 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Tim McCarver
Baseball Player
Born October 16, 1941
Fred Turner
Bassist
Born October 16, 1943
Robert Bringhurst
Poet
Born October 16, 1946
Carli Muñoz
Pianist
Born October 16, 1948
Don Hood
Baseball Player
Born October 16, 1949
Elinor Lipman
Novelist
Born October 16, 1950