The #1 song on August 12, 1947

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

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

Rick Ridgeway

Born August 12, 1949

Dorothy E. Denning

Born August 12, 1945

L. M. Kit Carson

Born August 12, 1941