The #1 R&B song on October 18, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on October 18, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 Country Song

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

Notable October 18 birthdays in the 1940s

George Hendrick

Born October 18, 1949
Ntozake Shange

Born October 18, 1948
James Robert Baker

Born October 18, 1946
Huell Howser

Born October 18, 1945
Christine Charbonneau

Born October 18, 1943
Martha Burk

Born October 18, 1941
Cynthia Weil

Born October 18, 1940