The #1 song on August 20, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 20, 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 20 birthdays in the 1940s

John Noble
TV Actor
Born August 20, 1948
Sylvester McCoy
TV Actor
Born August 20, 1943
Connie Chung
News Anchor
Born August 20, 1946
Graig Nettles
Baseball Player
Born August 20, 1944
Chase Twichell
Poet
Born August 20, 1950