The #1 song on August 24, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on August 24, 1947

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

#1 Country Song

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

Notable August 24 birthdays in the 1940s

Stephen Paulus

Born August 24, 1949

Ronee Blakley

Born August 24, 1945

Bill Goldsworthy

Born August 24, 1944

John Cipollina

Born August 24, 1943

Max Cleland

Born August 24, 1942