The #1 R&B song on August 24, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 24, 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 24 birthdays in the 1940s

Stephen Paulus

Born August 24, 1949

Ronee Blakley

Born August 24, 1945

Bill Goldsworthy

Born August 24, 1944

John Cipollina

Born August 24, 1943

Max Cleland

Born August 24, 1942