The #1 song on August 16, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 16, 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 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Scott Asheton

Born August 16, 1949
Earl Blumenauer

Born August 16, 1948
Lesley Ann Warren

Born August 16, 1946
Bob Balaban

Born August 16, 1945
Woody Peoples

Born August 16, 1943