The #1 R&B song on August 3, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 3, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams

#1 Country Song

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

Notable August 3 birthdays in the 1940s

Philip Casnoff

Born August 03, 1949
Syreeta Wright

Born August 03, 1946
Morris Berman

Born August 03, 1944
Steven Millhauser

Born August 03, 1943
Beverly Lee

Born August 03, 1941
Lance Alworth

Born August 03, 1940