Other #1 songs on August 2, 1947
Across genres and charts

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

#1 country song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Tex Williams

I Want to Be Loved by Savannah Churchill and Sentimentalists

#1 R&B song

I Want to Be Loved

Savannah Churchill and Sentimentalists

Notable August 2 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Doris Coley

Singer

Born August 2, 1941

Isabel Allende

Writer

Born August 2, 1942

Herbert M. Allison

Businessman

Born August 2, 1943

Joanna Cassidy

Actress

Born August 2, 1945

James Howe

Children's Writer

Born August 2, 1946

Dennis Prager

Conservative Activist

Born August 2, 1948

James Fallows

Writer and Journalist

Born August 2, 1949

Nell Irvin Painter

Historian

Born August 2, 1942

Tom Burgmeier

Baseball Player

Born August 2, 1943

Tapan Kumar Sarkar

Electrical Engineer

Born August 2, 1948

James Street

Football and Baseball Player

Born August 2, 1948