The #1 R&B song on August 26, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 26, 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 26 birthdays in the 1940s

Leon Redbone

Born August 26, 1949

Valerie Simpson

Born August 26, 1946

Tom Ridge

Born August 26, 1945

Maureen Tucker

Born August 26, 1944

Vic Dana

Born August 26, 1940