The #1 R&B song on April 8, 1947

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens

By Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on April 8, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed

Merle Travis

#1 song

Heartaches

Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner

Notable April 8 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

John Havlicek

Basketball Player

Douglas Trumbull

Film Director, Special Effects Designer

Michael Bennett

Choreographer

Catfish Hunter

Baseball Player

Brenda Russell

Singer-Songwriter

Miller Farr

Football Player

Tim Thomerson

Actor