The #1 R&B song on September 16, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on September 16, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 Country Song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams 's Western Caravan

Notable September 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Ed Begley Jr.

Born September 16, 1949
Ron Blair

Born September 16, 1948
Sonny LeMaire

Born September 16, 1946
Linda Kaye Henning

Born September 16, 1944
James Alan McPherson

Born September 16, 1943
Susan L. Graham

Born September 16, 1942
Joe Butler

Born September 16, 1941
Hamiet Bluiett

Born September 16, 1940