The #1 R&B song on September 15, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on September 15, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 Country Song

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

Notable September 15 birthdays in the 1940s

Oliver Stone
Director
Born September 15, 1946
Jessye Norman
Opera Singer
Born September 15, 1945
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Novelist
Born September 15, 1942
Miroslaw Hermaszewski
Astronaut
Born September 15, 1941
Walter Iooss
Photographer
Born September 15, 1943
Edward J. Scott
TV Producer
Born September 15, 1944