The #1 R&B song on August 8, 1947

Jack You’re Dead By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 8, 1947

#1 Hit Song

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

#1 Country Song

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

Notable August 8 birthdays in the 1940s

Sarah Dunant
Novelist
Born August 08, 1950

Keith Carradine
Movie Actor
Born August 08, 1949

Svetlana Savitskaya
Astronaut
Born August 08, 1948

Brooke Bundy
Movie Actress
Born August 08, 1944