The #1 country song on November 5, 1947

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

By Tex Williams

Other #1 songs on November 5, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

#1 song

Near You

Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm

Notable November 5 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Ted Kulongoski

Judge and Politician

Art Garfunkel

Singer

Friedman Paul Erhardt

Chef

Gram Parsons

Singer-Songwriter

Bob Barr

Attorney and Politician

Armin Shimerman

Actor

Bill Schlesinger

Baseball Player

Sam Shepard

Playwright and Actor

William Daniel Phillips

Physicist

Jimmie Spheeris

Singer-Songwriter