The #1 country song on July 22, 1947

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) By Tex Williams 's Western Caravan

Other #1 songs on July 22, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Peg o' My Heart
The Harmonicats

#1 R&B Song

Jack You’re Dead
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable July 22 birthdays in the 1940s

Alan Menken

Born July 22, 1949
S. E. Hinton

Born July 22, 1948
Danny Glover

Born July 22, 1946
Sparky Lyle

Born July 22, 1944
Kay Bailey Hutchison

Born July 22, 1943
Estelle Bennett

Born July 22, 1941
Judith Walzer Leavitt

Born July 22, 1940