The longest unbroken run at number one in 1947 was the fifteen consecutive weeks achieved by Tex Williams with "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which was atop the chart from July until October. This was the first chart-topper for Williams in his own right, although he had been the uncredited vocalist on Western swing bandleader Spade Cooley's 1945 number one "Shame on You". Following the success of that record, Cooley and Williams had fallen out, leading to Williams leaving Cooley's band and taking most of the musicians with him to form the new group Western Caravan, which backed him on "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" Despite the success of the single, which was the first million-selling record released on the Capitol label, it would prove to be the only number one for Williams. Of the six singers who topped the Juke Box Folk chart in 1947, all except for Williams have been elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
