The #1 song on September 12, 1947

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

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

Charles Burlingame

Born September 12, 1949
Steve Turre

Born September 12, 1948
Tony Bellamy

Born September 12, 1946
Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman

Born September 12, 1945
Lonnie Mayne

Born September 12, 1944
Ralph Neely

Born September 12, 1943
Maria Muldaur

Born September 12, 1942
Linda Gray

Born September 12, 1940