Other #1 songs on August 7, 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 August 7 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Garrison Keillor

Author, Storyteller, Humorist, Voice Actor, and Radio Personality

Lana Cantrell

Lawyer

John Glover

Actor

Alan Page

Football Player and Judge

Marty Appel

Executive and Author

B. J. Thomas

Singer

Robert Mueller

Attorney