The #1 R&B song on August 21, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 21, 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 21 birthdays in the 1940s

Loretta Devine

Born August 21, 1949

Basil Poledouris

Born August 21, 1945

Jonathan Schell

Born August 21, 1943

Jackie DeShannon

Born August 21, 1941

Endre Szemerédi

Born August 21, 1940