The #1 song on September 2, 1947

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

By Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio

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

#1 country song

Tex Williams

#1 R&B song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable September 2 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

John Thompson

College Basketball Coach

Rosalind Ashford

Singer

Marty Grebb

Musician

Nate Archibald

Basketball Player

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Anarcho-Capitalist Academic

Glen Sather

Ice Hockey Player, Coach and Executive

Joe Simon

Soul and R&B Musician

Billy Preston

Keyboardist, Singer, and Songwriter

Walt Simonson

Comic Book Writer and Artist

Dan White

Politician and Assassin

Terry Bradshaw

Football Player and Sports Analyst

Christa McAuliffe

Teacher and Astronaut