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

Jack You're Dead

By Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

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

#1 country song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Tex Williams

#1 song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio

Notable August 8 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Dennis Tito

Engineer and Entrepreneur, Also the First Space Tourist

James Blanchard

Politician

John C. Holmes

Pornographic Actor

Joe Bethancourt

Folk Musician

Margaret Urban Walker

Feminist Philosopher

Terry Burnham

Former Child Performer

Michael Johnson

Musician and Singer

Keith Carradine

Actor