The #1 song on August 11, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 11, 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 11 birthdays in the 1940s

Joanna Cole
Children's Author
Born August 11, 1944
Kenneth Gamble
Film Producer
Born August 11, 1943
Marilyn Vos Savant
Playwright
Born August 11, 1946
David Rubenstein
Entrepreneur
Born August 11, 1949
Steve Wozniak
Entrepreneur
Born August 11, 1950