The #1 R&B song on August 17, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 17, 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 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Norm Coleman

Born August 17, 1949
Martha Coolidge

Born August 17, 1946
Rachel Pollack

Born August 17, 1945
Larry Ellison

Born August 17, 1944
Robert De Niro

Born August 17, 1943
Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Born August 17, 1941