The #1 song on September 11, 1947

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

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

Other #1 songs on September 11, 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 11 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Brian De Palma

Film Director

Minnijean Brown-Trickey

Activist

Lola Falana

Singer, Dancer, and Actress

André Caillé

Chemist and Businessman

Leo Kottke

Guitarist and Singer

Bill Whittington

Racing Driver

Theodore Olson

Lawyer

Mickey Hart

Percussionist