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

Liberty Devitto
Drummer
Born August 08, 1950

Brooke Bundy
Movie Actress
Born August 08, 1944

Svetlana Savitskaya
Astronaut
Born August 08, 1948

Keith Carradine
Movie Actor
Born August 08, 1949