The #1 song on August 17, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 17, 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 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Lady Colin Campbell
Non-Fiction Author
Born August 17, 1949
Shane Porteous
TV Actor
Born August 17, 1942
Shane Briant
TV Actor
Born August 17, 1946
Rod Macdonald
Folk Singer
Born August 17, 1948
John Humphrys
Journalist
Born August 17, 1943
Larry Ellison
Entrepreneur
Born August 17, 1944
Sharat Saxena
Movie Actor
Born August 17, 1950