The #1 song on August 8, 1947

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) By Tex Williams

Other #1 songs on August 8, 1947

#1 R&B Song

Jack You’re Dead
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

#1 Country Song

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

Notable August 8 birthdays in the 1940s

Terry Burnham

Born August 08, 1949
Margaret Urban Walker

Born August 08, 1948
Joe Bethancourt

Born August 08, 1946
John C. Holmes

Born August 08, 1944
James Blanchard

Born August 08, 1942
Dennis Tito

Born August 08, 1940