The #1 R&B song on August 5, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 5, 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 5 birthdays in the 1940s

David Hungate

Born August 05, 1948

Bruce Coslet

Born August 05, 1946

Loni Anderson

Born August 05, 1945

Nelson Briles

Born August 05, 1943

Joe Boyd

Born August 05, 1942

Bob Clark

Born August 05, 1941

Bobby Braddock

Born August 05, 1940