The #1 R&B song on September 12, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on September 12, 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 September 12 birthdays in the 1940s

Charles Burlingame

Born September 12, 1949

Steve Turre

Born September 12, 1948

Tony Bellamy

Born September 12, 1946

Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman

Born September 12, 1945

Lonnie Mayne

Born September 12, 1944

Ralph Neely

Born September 12, 1943

Maria Muldaur

Born September 12, 1942

Linda Gray

Born September 12, 1940