The #1 country song on October 13, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on October 13, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable October 13 birthdays in the 1940s

Tom Mees

Born October 13, 1949

Lacy J. Dalton

Born October 13, 1946

Robert Lamm

Born October 13, 1944

Rutanya Alda

Born October 13, 1942

Jim Price

Born October 13, 1941

Pharoah Sanders

Born October 13, 1940