The #1 country song on August 26, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 26, 1947

#1 Hit Song

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

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable August 26 birthdays in the 1940s

Leon Redbone

Born August 26, 1949
Valerie Simpson

Born August 26, 1946
Tom Ridge

Born August 26, 1945
Maureen Tucker

Born August 26, 1944
Vic Dana

Born August 26, 1940