The #1 R&B song on August 29, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 29, 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 29 birthdays in the 1940s

Stan Hansen

Born August 29, 1949
Robert S. Langer

Born August 29, 1948
Bob Beamon

Born August 29, 1946
Wyomia Tyus

Born August 29, 1945
Dick Halligan

Born August 29, 1943
James Glennon

Born August 29, 1942
James Brady

Born August 29, 1940