The #1 R&B song on August 20, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 20, 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 20 birthdays in the 1940s

John Noble
TV Actor
Born August 20, 1948
Narayana Murthy
Entrepreneur
Born August 20, 1946
Graig Nettles
Baseball Player
Born August 20, 1944
Sylvester McCoy
TV Actor
Born August 20, 1943
Chase Twichell
Poet
Born August 20, 1950