The #1 song on August 5, 1947

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) By Tex Williams

Other #1 songs on August 5, 1947

#1 R&B Song

Jack You’re Dead
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

#1 Country Song

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

Notable August 5 birthdays in the 1940s

David Hungate

Born August 05, 1948
Bruce Coslet

Born August 05, 1946
Loni Anderson

Born August 05, 1945
Nelson Briles

Born August 05, 1943
Joe Boyd

Born August 05, 1942
Bob Clark

Born August 05, 1941
Bobby Braddock

Born August 05, 1940