The #1 song on August 28, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 28, 1947

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

#1 Country Song

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

Notable August 28 birthdays in the 1940s

Lou Piniella
Baseball Manager
Born August 28, 1943
Peter Bartlett
Soap Opera Actor
Born August 28, 1942
Michael Craig-Martin
Conceptual Artist
Born August 28, 1941
Roger De Coster
Motorcycle Racer
Born August 28, 1944
Ron Guidry
Baseball Player
Born August 28, 1950
Carol Bartz
Entrepreneur
Born August 28, 1948
William Unruh
Physicist
Born August 28, 1945
Alison Steadman
Movie Actress
Born August 28, 1946