The #1 song on August 23, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 23, 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 23 birthdays in the 1940s

Shelley Long

Born August 23, 1949
Rudy Ruettiger

Born August 23, 1948
Rayfield Wright

Born August 23, 1945
Antonia Novello

Born August 23, 1944
Nelson DeMille

Born August 23, 1943
Nancy Richey

Born August 23, 1942
Galen Rowell

Born August 23, 1940