The #1 R&B song on August 31, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 31, 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 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Richard Gere

Born August 31, 1949
Lowell Ganz

Born August 31, 1948
Jerome Corsi

Born August 31, 1946
Itzhak Perlman

Born August 31, 1945
William DeWitt

Born August 31, 1941
Robbie Basho

Born August 31, 1940