The #1 R&B song on August 4, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 4, 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 4 birthdays in the 1940s

John Riggins

Born August 04, 1949
Johnny Grubb

Born August 04, 1948
Paul McCarthy

Born August 04, 1945
Richard Belzer

Born August 04, 1944
Don S. Davis

Born August 04, 1942
Cliff Nobles

Born August 04, 1941
Larry Knechtel

Born August 04, 1940