Other #1 songs on September 5, 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 September 5 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Raquel Welch

Actress and Model

Dave Dryden

Ice Hockey Player

Dennis Dugan

Actor and Film Director

Chip Davis

Rock Musician and Composer

Loudon Wainwright III

Musician

Buddy Miles

Drummer and Singer