The #1 R&B song on August 30, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 30, 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 30 birthdays in the 1940s

Ted Ammon

Born August 30, 1949
Lewis Black

Born August 30, 1948
Peggy Lipton

Born August 30, 1946
Molly Ivins

Born August 30, 1944
Tal Brody

Born August 30, 1943
Ben Jones

Born August 30, 1941