The #1 R&B song on August 12, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 12, 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 12 birthdays in the 1940s

Rick Ridgeway

Born August 12, 1949

Dorothy E. Denning

Born August 12, 1945

L. M. Kit Carson

Born August 12, 1941