The #1 R&B song on August 19, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 19, 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 19 birthdays in the 1940s

Tipper Gore

Born August 19, 1948

Charles Bolden

Born August 19, 1946

Dennis Eichhorn

Born August 19, 1945

Jack Canfield

Born August 19, 1944

Fred Thompson

Born August 19, 1942

Johnny Nash

Born August 19, 1940