Other #1 songs on August 30, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Tex Williams

#1 R&B song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable August 30 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Jack Biondolillo

Professional Ten-Pin Bowler

Born August 30, 1940

Ben Jones

Actor, Politician, Playwright and Essayist

Born August 30, 1941

Robert Crumb

Illustrator and Cartoonist

Born August 30, 1943

Molly Ivins

Newspaper Columnist

Born August 30, 1944

Peggy Lipton

Actress

Born August 30, 1946

Allan Rock

Politician

Born August 30, 1947

Lewis Black

Comedian and Actor

Born August 30, 1948

Ted Ammon

Lawyer

Born August 30, 1949

David Maslanka

Composer

Born August 30, 1943