Other #1 songs on July 16, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Tex Williams

#1 R&B song

Jack You're Dead

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable July 16 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Jimmy Johnson

Football Broadcaster, Coach and Executive

Born July 16, 1943

Assata Shakur

Political Activist

Born July 16, 1947

Pinchas Zukerman

Violinist, Violist and Conductor

Born July 16, 1948