The #1 country song on October 18, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on October 18, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable October 18 birthdays in the 1940s

George Hendrick

Born October 18, 1949

Ntozake Shange

Born October 18, 1948

James Robert Baker

Born October 18, 1946

Huell Howser

Born October 18, 1945

Christine Charbonneau

Born October 18, 1943

Martha Burk

Born October 18, 1941

Cynthia Weil

Born October 18, 1940