The #1 R&B song on August 11, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 11, 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 11 birthdays in the 1940s

Ian McDiarmid
Movie Actor
Born August 11, 1944
David Rubenstein
Entrepreneur
Born August 11, 1949
Adam Lefevre
Movie Actor
Born August 11, 1950
Marilyn Vos Savant
Playwright
Born August 11, 1946
Kenneth Gamble
Film Producer
Born August 11, 1943