The #1 song on October 8, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 8, 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 October 8 birthdays in the 1940s

Sigourney Weaver

Born October 08, 1949

Benjamin Cheever

Born October 08, 1948

Dennis Kucinich

Born October 08, 1946

Ed Kirkpatrick

Born October 08, 1944

Chevy Chase

Born October 08, 1943

Jesse Jackson

Born October 08, 1941

Fred Cash

Born October 08, 1940