The #1 R&B song on August 31, 1946

Choo Choo Ch'Boogie By Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 31, 1946

#1 Hit Song

To Each His Own
Freddy Martin

#1 Country Song

New Spanish Two Step
Bob Wills

Notable August 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Richard Gere

Born August 31, 1949
Lowell Ganz

Born August 31, 1948
Itzhak Perlman

Born August 31, 1945
William DeWitt

Born August 31, 1941
Robbie Basho

Born August 31, 1940