The #1 R&B song on August 31, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

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

Isao Aoki
Golfer
Born August 31, 1942
Clive Lloyd
Cricket Player
Born August 31, 1944
Jim Fassel
Football Coach
Born August 31, 1949
Lowell Ganz
Screenwriter
Born August 31, 1948
Itzhak Perlman
Violinist
Born August 31, 1945
Jerome Corsi
Novelist
Born August 31, 1946
William Dewitt Jr.
Entrepreneur
Born August 31, 1941