The #1 song on August 21, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 21, 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 21 birthdays in the 1940s

Loretta Devine

Born August 21, 1949
Basil Poledouris

Born August 21, 1945
Jonathan Schell

Born August 21, 1943
Jackie DeShannon

Born August 21, 1941
Endre Szemerédi

Born August 21, 1940