The #1 song on August 31, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 31, 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 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Isao Aoki
Golfer
Born August 31, 1942
Jim Fassel
Football Coach
Born August 31, 1949
Rudolph Schenker
Guitarist
Born August 31, 1948
William Dewitt Jr.
Entrepreneur
Born August 31, 1941
Tom Coughlin
Football Coach
Born August 31, 1946
Earnie Shavers
Boxer
Born August 31, 1945
Clive Lloyd
Cricket Player
Born August 31, 1944