The #1 R&B song on August 28, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 28, 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 28 birthdays in the 1940s

Vonda N. McIntyre

Born August 28, 1948
Bob Segarini

Born August 28, 1945
Robert Greenwald

Born August 28, 1943
Paul Plishka

Born August 28, 1941
William Cohen

Born August 28, 1940