The #1 country song on September 23, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on September 23, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable September 23 birthdays in the 1940s

Bruce Springsteen

Born September 23, 1949
Dan Toler

Born September 23, 1948
Anne Wheeler

Born September 23, 1946
Paul Petersen

Born September 23, 1945
Marty Schottenheimer

Born September 23, 1943
Sila María Calderón

Born September 23, 1942
George Jackson

Born September 23, 1941