The #1 R&B song on July 31, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on July 31, 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 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Mike Jackson

Born July 31, 1949

Gary Lewis

Born July 31, 1946

William Weld

Born July 31, 1945

Geraldine Chaplin

Born July 31, 1944

William Bennett

Born July 31, 1943