The #1 R&B song on July 22, 1947

Jack You’re Dead By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on July 22, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Peg o' My Heart
The Harmonicats

#1 Country Song

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

Notable July 22 birthdays in the 1940s

Alan Menken

Born July 22, 1949

S. E. Hinton

Born July 22, 1948

Danny Glover

Born July 22, 1946

Sparky Lyle

Born July 22, 1944

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Born July 22, 1943

Estelle Bennett

Born July 22, 1941

Judith Walzer Leavitt

Born July 22, 1940