List of singles on the Billboard charts (1943)

Notes on using the list

This list contains musicians, titles and their composer (s), date of entry into the charts, length of stay in the charts and highest position (abbreviated HP ). The presetting is made alphabetically according to the artist. It can also be sorted by title, chart entry, length of stay, position and label.

The List of Singles on the Billboard Charts (1943) is a complete list of the singles that made it onto the US Billboard magazine's Best Selling Retail Records sales charts in the 1943 calendar year .

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When setting up it should be noted that the A and B sides of a sound carrier could also be placed individually in the Billboard charts; in this case they are listed separately in this list. The information on the number of weeks and the best placement correspond to the timeframe of the respective calendar year and thus only represent partial statistics. In 1943 a total of 63 songs were placed.

"This was an era that began with the uncertainty resulting from a ban on recording by the American Federation of Canada ." Initially, the archives of the record labels were used. Victor Records reissued Boogie Woogie , an instrumental number with which Tommy Dorsey was in the charts in 1938. In this situation, the vocal ensembles became very popular: for example, in 1943 Paper Doll appeared in the Mills Brothers version , a revival of a song written by Johnny S. Black in 1915 without the need for any instrumentation; the song reached # 2 as the most popular song of the year. Her trademark was the imitation of instruments to accompany her singing, as seen in the film Rhythm Parade (1943). Vocalists specially hired for this purpose imitated instruments on other recordings in order to provide the singers with a band-like accompaniment.

V-Disc from 1943: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra: At Last

As the Second World War expanded, Petrillo, the chairman of the musicians' union, was asked to lift the recording ban in order to raise the morale of the troupe with new recordings of popular bands. Petrillo refused, but agreed to the production of the V-Discs . It was not until autumn 1943 that the strike front began to crumble; the record companies and several major radio stations had been working with newer recordings for some time. Decca was the first company to give in to the demands of the musicians' union and in September 1943 signed the desired agreement. In September 1943 they finally reached a provisional agreement with the AFM, a few months before the public ... In November Petrillo lifted the last remains of the record ban and new pressings came on the market. "The cheering consumers flocked to record stores to buy the latest albums, and in the normally quieter world of American music, things became normal."

The almost complete unification of instrumental musicians before the strike forced changes in the music industry . The recording ban and its arbitration helped transform the entire record industry into its modern form; and perhaps most importantly, the early 1940s was a period of rapid stylistic change towards blues , gospel, and country music . During the ten months that new recordings were banned, hillbilly songs, for example, were increasingly considered for the new catalog acquisitions; a whole reservoir of new market opportunities was discovered.

The partial lifting of the ban in 1943 offered an unprecedented opportunity for new companies at a high level: "Everything that is black and round and makes music when it is played finds a buyer," reported the Billboard at the end of 1943. So it belonged Capitol Records , co-founded by the singer and songwriter Johnny Mercer , was one of the emerging companies of the time and tried hard to record important artists in the post-ban era. The singer Dinah Washington recorded her first tracks for the young Keynote Records label at the end of December 1943, "Salty Papa Blues" and "Evil Gal Blues".

See also : List of Number One Hits in the US (1943)

See also : List of singles in the 1943 Harlem Hit Parade

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Interpreter	Title Author (s)	Chart entry	Weeks	HP	Label number	Remarks
Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Pistol Packin 'Mama Al Dexter	11/06/1943	8th	2	Decca 23 277	In January 1944, Billboard published its first chart on country music . That list included Bing Crosby's recording of Pistol Packin 'Mama. The song was a remake or "cover" of the Al Dexter hit that Crosby recorded with the Andrew Sisters for Decca Records .
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) Walter Kent , Kim Gannon , Buck Ram	December 11, 1943	3	3	Decca 18 570	During the main phase of World War II, the lyrics reflected the longings of those who took part in the war and their relatives: I'll be home for Christmas, You can count on me.
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	Moonlight Becomes You (From Paramount -Picture "Road to Morocco") Jimmy Van Heusen , Johnny Burke	January 16, 1943	11	3	Decca 18 513	Another "moonlight" song that was popular at the time; Bing Crosby introduced him in David Butler's film The Road to Morocco . In addition to Crosby, the song was also noted in the versions of Glenn Miller and Harry James in the charts.
Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers	Sunday, Monday or Always (From Paramount-Picture "Dixie") Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	08/28/1943	18th	1	Decca 18 561	Crosby's recording of the song with the Ken Darby Singers was one of the many vocal-only titles that emerged under the circumstances of the recording ban. The song was taken from the musical film Dixie (1943, directed by A. Edward Sutherland ), with Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Billy De Wolfe in the leading roles.
Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	White Christmas (From Paramount-Picture "Holiday Inn") Irving Berlin	December 26, 1942	4th	1	Decca 18 429	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Musik, Musik
Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin with the Sportsmen Glee Club	Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin ' (From Musical Production "Oklahoma") Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein II	11/13/1943	7th	5	Decca 18 564	Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin ' was the b-side of Bing Crosby's version of the love song People Will Say We're in Love . The vocalists Trudy Erwin and The Sportsmen Glee Club acted as Bing's accompanying ensemble.
Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin with the Sportsmen Glee Club	People Will Say We're in Love (From Musical Production "Oklahoma") Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	October 16, 1943	11	2	Decca 18 564	People Will Say We're in Love came in at position 10 on Variety as the biggest hit of 1943. The singer Trudy Erwin and the Sportsmen Glee Club took over the accompanying part.
Xavier Cugat & his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil) Bob Russell , Ary Barroso	01/30/1943	19th	2	Columbia 36 651	The title Aquarela do Brasil , written for Araci Cortes in 1939, was popular in the US in versions by Xavier Cugat, Morton Gould , Ray Conniff , Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
Al Dexter & his Troopers with String Band	Pistol Packin 'Mama Al Dexter	08/28/1943	16	1	Okeh 6708	Pistol Packin 'Mama was a hit for Al Dexter & his Troopers, with which Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters were also successful in 1943 - albeit with a defused text.
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus By Kitty Kallen	They're Either Too Young or Too Old (From Warner Bros.-Picture "Thank Your Lucky Stars") Arthur Schwartz , Frank Loesser	December 04, 1943	4th	7th	Decca 18 571	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Thank Your Lucky Stars , in which Bette Davis introduced him. Tony Pastor recorded the song for a V-Disc in 1943 ; the song was also in the repertoire of the bands of Les Brown , Bob Crosby , Jan Garber and Jimmy Dorsey at this time .
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra	Boogie Woogie Pinetop Smith	October 23, 1943	4th	7th	Victor 26 054	The new edition of Dorsey's millionaire hit from 1938 (# 3) brought Boogie Woogie into the charts for the second time; Dean Kinkaide arranged the boogie woogie classic for orchestra and "hits the easy swing that characterizes Pinetop's game - and that some of his clumsy successors missed."
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra	In the Blue of Evening Tom Adair, Alfonso D'Artega	07/10/1943	17th	1	Victor 20-1530	B-side of It's Always You . Composer Alfonso D'Artega made known with his dance band In the Blue of Evening . Even Peggy husband , Vaughn Monroe and Skip Nelson coverten this song in 1943, but only Dorsey & Sinatra came with it into the charts.
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra	It's Always You Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen	07/17/1943	7th	6th	Victor 20-1530	Bing Crosby presented It's Always You in the musical Road to Zansibar (1941, directed by Victor Schertzinger ); the republication of the title brought him the only chart listing that only Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest and Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle had recorded in 1941 .
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers	It Started All Over Again Bill Carey, Carl Fischer	02/13/1943	13	2	Victor 20-1522	It Started All Over Again was “the birth of an evergreen with Sinatra's penultimate recording session with Dorsey.” Only this version of the song was in the charts; in later years it was also covered by Patti Page and Jo Stafford .
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers	There Are Such Things Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, George W. Meyer	December 26, 1942	18th	1	Victor 27 974	There Are Such Things was the last song by the songwriting team Stanley Adams, Abel Bear and George W. Meyer - and at the same time their most successful. The song only made it into the US charts in this recording. Even Joe Marsala and Billy Eckstine have played the title in 1942.
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra	Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament) Bob Russell , Duke Ellington	07/03/1943	2	8th	Victor 26 610	Two different versions of Do not Get Around Much Anymore , on the one hand by the Ink Spots and the other of Ellington and his orchestra, each reached No. 1 on the rhythm-and-blues - charts in 1943. Even Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra reached that same year hit the charts with a recording sung by Kenny Sargent .
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly with David Rose & his Orchestra	For Me and My Gal (From MGM-Picture "For Me and My Gal") George W. Meyer , Edgar Leslie , E. Ray Goetz	01/30/1943	10	3	Decca 18 480	From the MGM production For Me and My Gal , in which Garland (to Gene Kelly ) sang it. The Garland / Kelly induction was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010 .
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest	Taking a Chance on Love (From Cabin in the Sky) John Latouche , Vernon Duke	05/08/1943	11	1	Columbia 35 869	Version of the piece from the Broadway musical Cabin in the Sky . In the film version (1943) of the musical, the song was sung by Ethel Waters and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson . Both Goodman and Sammy Kaye were listed on the US charts in 1943 with Taking a Chance on Love .
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Peggy Lee	Why Don't You Do Right Joe McCoy	01/09/1943	12	4th	Columbia 36 652	Lil Green recorded the song first in 1941; Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman introduced him in the musical Stage Door Canteen - a song that remained closely associated with the singer from then on. The ban on recording prevented further versions; However, the song was in the repertoire of Bobby Sherwood , Bunny Banks and Benny Carter at this time .
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra , Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird	My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) (From 20th Century-Fox Picture "Sweet Rosie O'Grady") Harry Warren , Mack Gordon	11/27/1943	5	4th	Decca 18 567	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943, directed by Irving Cummings ) in which Betty Grable introduced him. My Heart Tells Me was also played in 1943 by Harry James , Charlie Parker , Hal McIntyre and in London by Stéphane Grappelli .
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent & the Le Brun Sisters	Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington, Bob Russell	05/08/1943	8th	7th	Decca 18 479	Even Glen Gray was able to record several titles shortly before the forced break at the end of July 1942, including Don't Get Around Much Anymore with which he came into the charts before the Duke Ellington Orchestra . Bob Russell's lyrics expressed the wartime mood.
Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners	In My Arms Ted Grouya, Frank Loesser	07/31/1943	7th	7th	Decca 18 557	The song was featured in the Treasury Star Parade ; Haymes was accompanied by the David Broekman Orchestra. In My Arms in 1943 the orchestras of Kay Kyer , Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman were also in the repertoire .
Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners	It Can't Be Wrong (From Warner Bros.-Picture "Now Voyager") Max Steiner , Kim Gannon	07/03/1943	11	2	Decca 18 557	B-side of In My Arms , version of the Warner Bros. production Journey from the Past . It Can't Be Wrong was one of the many vowel numbers that year; Due to the strike, the singer was accompanied by the vocal ensemble The Song Spinners.
Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners	Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew a Girl Like You) (Featured in 20th Century Fox Picture "Coney Island") Albert Von Tilzer , Junie McCree	10/30/1943	6th	5	Decca 18 565	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Coney Island . Harry von Tilzers Song (from the musical Madame Sherry ). “The choir closes with a strong admiration: ' I didn't know a girl like you ', that's also the subtitle. Dick Kuhn revived the song in 42-43, and Dick Haymes had a popular version of the song on the market. “ Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey was also played by Glenn Miller, Charlie Spivak and Tiny Hill in '43 .
Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners	You'll Never Know (From 20th Century Fox Picture "Hello, Frisco, Hello") Harry Warren, Mack Gordon	07/10/1943	16	1	Decca 18 556	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Hello, Frisco, Hello .
The Ink Spots with Instrumental Accompaniment	Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington, Bob Russell	02/20/1943	16	2	Decca 18 503	In addition to Ink Spots 1943, the Ellington song was also played by Bob Crosby , Cab Calloway , Lucky Millinder , Red Allen , Jimmy Dorsey , Glenn Miller, Woody Herman , Count Basie and Fats Waller .
Harry James & his Orchestra	Velvet Moon Josef Myrow , Eddie DeLange	04/17/1943	13	2	Columbia 36 672	Velvet Moon was recorded shortly before the recording ban. He was also played by the Chico Marx Orchestra (with Marty Marsala , Marty Napoleon , Barney Kessel , Mel Tormé and Skip Nelson, among others ).
Harry James & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Frank Sinatra	All or Nothing at All Jack Lawrence , Arthur Altman	06/19/1943	18th	2	Columbia 35 587	After Frank Sinatra's first big hit, All or Nothing at All , the singer and his previous bandleader then pursued separate careers in the Hall of Fame caliber.
Harry James & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest	I Had the Craziest Dream (From "Springtime in the Rockies") Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	December 26, 1942	15th	1	Columbia 36 659	From the 20th Century Fox production Springtime in the Rockies . In the summer of 1942, just before the recording ban, James and Forrest recorded the ballad for Irving Cummings ' musical Spring Awakening . The song was also played by Gene Krupa & Ray Eberle , Tmmy Dorsey and Herman Chittison in 1943 .
Harry James & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest	I Heard You Cried Last Night (From "Cinderella Swings It") Jerry Kruger, Ted Grouya	07/31/1943	18th	4th	Columbia 36 677	Version of the piece from the RKO production Cinderella Swings It (1943, directed by Christy Cabanne ). The track was also played by Jimmy Dorsey , Les Brown , Bob Crosby , Glenn Miller, Benny Carter , Sonny Dunham , Gene Krupa, and Alvino Rey in 1943 .
Harry James & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest	I've Heard That Song Before (From "Youth On Parade") Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn	01/30/1943	20th	1	Columbia 36 677	Version of the piece from the Republic production Youth on Parade . The successful title was also played in 1943 by Kay Kyser , Tommy Dorsey , Benny Carter , Bob Chester , Freddy Slack , in England by The Squadronaires.
Harry James & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest	Mister Five by Five (From "Behind the Eight Ball") Don Raye, Gene De Paul	December 26, 1942	5	5	Columbia 36 650	Version of the piece from the universal production Behind the Eight Ball . Even Freddy Slack 1942 was successful with the song on the charts.
Spike Jones & his City Slickers, Vocal Refrain by Carl Grayson, Willie Spicer at the Birdaphone	Der Fuehrer's Face (From the Walt Disney film "Der Fuehrer's Face") Oliver Wallace	December 26, 1942	2	9	Bluebird B-11 586	" Ven Der Fuehrer says," Ve eat the Master Race, "VeHeill phbbt! Salvation! phbbt! Right in Der Fuehrer's Face. Not to luff Der Fuehrer iss a great disgrace, So ve Heil! phbbt! Salvation! phbbt! Right in Der Fuehrer's Face . "
Willie Kelly & his Orchestra	You'll Never Know (From 20th Century Fox Film "Hello, Frisco, Hello") Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	06/12/1943	4th	6th	Hit 7046	A song from the musical film Hello Frisco, Hello (1943, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone ), with Alice Faye , John Payne and Jack Oakie in the leading roles. The musician and producer (Crown Records) Eli Oberstein aka Wiilie Kelly also released under the pseudonym Johnny Jones .
Dick Kuhn & his Orchestra	Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew a Girl Like You) Albert Von Tilzer, Junie McCree	October 23, 1943	3	8th	Decca 4337	Another version of the song by Albert Von Tilzer , with which Dick Haymes hit the US charts that year.
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Glee Club	Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition! Frank Loesser	December 26, 1942	3	3	Columbia 36 640	"As the myth goes, Frank Loesser found the words for this song when he heard the sentence from soldiers and Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese."
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Harry, Julie, Trudy, Jack & Max	Let's Get Lost (From "Happy Go Lucky") Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh	06/26/1943	5	4th	Columbia 36 673	Version of the play from the Paramount production Happy Go Lucky , (1943, directed by Curtis Bernhardt ), with Mary Martin , Dick Powell and Betty Hutton in the leading roles. Even Vaughn Monroe and Jimmy Dorsey were successful with the song.
Johnny Long & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston & Helen Young	(As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me? Mabel Wayne, Al Lewis	01/23/1943	1	10	Decca 4375	Also Connee Boswell , Dick Jurgens (vocals Harry Cool), Hal McIntyre , Teddy Powell , Dinah Shore, Europe Dick Will Brandt took the song on at this time.
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Marion Hutton , Tex Beneke & the Modernaires	Juke Box Saturday Night (From the Musical Production "Stars On Ice") Albert Stillman , Paul McGrane	December 26, 1942	6th	7th	Victor 20-1509	Juke Box Saturday Night was written for an ice cream revue produced by Sonja Henie . Al Stimman and Paul McCrane “did a great job writing songs for the Radio City Music Hall stage shows .” The choreographer wanted the skaters to skate on a jukebox in a number ; this idea made it possible to portray stars of the music industry and also to parody them a little. Here was Miller trumpeter Johnny Best the part of Harry James .
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle	Blue Rain Johnny Mercer , Jimmy Van Heusen	11/06/1943	2	10	Victor 20-1536	In the absence of new recordings, there were also new editions of older Glenn Miller titles in 1943; with that, Blue Rain , created in October 1939, got chart honors.
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle & the Modernaires	Serenade in Blue (From the 20th Century Fox Film "Orchestra Wives") Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	December 26, 1942	1	8th	Victor 27 935	Serenade in Blue was another hit from the musical Orchestra Wives (1942, directed by Archie Mayo ), starring George Montgomery and Ann Rutherford . Miller, Ray Eberle and The Modernaires introduced the song in the film. Benny Goodman also hit the charts with the song in October 1942.
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Skip Nelson	Dearly Beloved (From the Columbia movie "You Were Never Lovelier") Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern	01/02/1943	3	5	Victor 27 953	Dearly Beloved was on the charts in three versions in 1942, alongside Glenn Miller by Alvino Rey and Dinah Shore . The song was also recorded by Benny Goodman and Woody Herman .
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Skip Nelson & the Modernaires	Moonlight Becomes You (From the Paramount film "Road to Morocco") Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen	01/02/1943	7th	5	Victor 20-1520	Another “moonlight” song from the popular orchestra. Bing Crosby introduced him in David Butler's film The Road to Morocco . In addition to Miller, Moonlight Becomes You was also featured in the versions of Bing Crosby and Harry James.
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Skip Nelson & the Modernaires	That Old Black Magic (From the Paramount movie "Star Spangled Rhythm") Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen	March 13, 1943	14th	1	Victor 20-1523	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Star Spangled Rhythm . After Freddie Slack , this was the second hit placement of the musical song; it became Glenn Miller's 23rd number 1 title.
The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll Johnny S. Black	08/07/1943	21st	1	Decca 18 318	Paper Doll was the most successful title the Mills Brothers ever recorded; it became their signature tune.
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra	When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin	December 26, 1942	8th	2	Victor 27 945	" And the boys are home again all over the world / And rain or snow is all that may fall from the skies above / A kiss won't mean" goodbye "but" Hello to love "/ When the lights go on again all over the world ”, sings Vaughn Monroe with his baritone voice.
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by The Four Lee Sisters	Let's Get Lost (From the Paramount film "Happy Go Lucky") Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh	06/12/1942	2	8th	Victor 20-1524	Version of the track from the Paramount production Happy Go Lucky
Ella Mae Morse with Dick Walters & his Orchestra	Shoo-Shoo Baby (From the Universal-Picture "Three Cheers For The Boys") Phil Moore	December 25, 1942	1	6th	Capitol 143	Version of the piece from the Universal production Follow the Boys , in which he was introduced by the Andrew Sisters . Shoo Shoo Baby was one of the most popular songs of the war years in America; he was also used in numerous film musicals of the time, such as Follow the Boys (1944) and South of Dixie (1944, directed by Jean Yarbrough ), in which Morse sang him.
Jacques Renard & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Frank Munn	As Time Goes By (Featured in Warner Bros.-Picture "Casablanca") Herman Hupfeld	March 27, 1943	16	3	Brunswick 6205	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Casablanca . Renard's version was one of the earliest recordings of the title (alongside Rudy Vallee's 1931, which also hit the charts).
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II feat. Members of the Original New York Production	Oklahoma! - Selections From the Theater Guild Musical Play -	December 18, 1943	1	9	Decca A-359	At Decca album was released with six 78ern with music of the performance Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! , a selection from the Theater Guild music piece by members of the Original New York Production with choir and orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton .
Dinah Shore with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra	"Murder", He Says (From the Paramount movie "Happy Go Lucky") Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh	05/08/1943	2	5	Victor 20-1525	Version of the track from the Paramount production Happy Go Lucky . The Billboard wrote in 1943: "Dinah Shore gently sings a girl's hilarious lament"
Dinah Shore with Paul Wetstein & his Orchestra	(As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me Al Lewis, Mabel Wayne	January 16, 1943	8th	3	Victor 27 970	B-side of Dearly Beloved . The RCA Victor ad at the time read, “And what's more , the guys thought so much of Dinah that she was also voted an 'Outstanding New Star on the Radio'. If you don't, check out these sizzling Dinah Shore records: Dearly Beloved and Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me .
Dinah Shore with Paul Wetstein & his Orchestra	Dearly Beloved (From the Columbia movie "You Were Never Lovelier") Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern	December 26, 1942	1	10	Victor 27 970	Version of the piece from the Columbia production. You have never been more enchanting .
Dinah Shore with Paul Wetstein & his Orchestra	You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (From The Columbia movie "Something To Shout About") Cole Porter	02/13/1943	12	4th	Victor 20-1519	Version of the piece from the Columbia production Something to Shout About
Frank Sinatra, Vocal Chorus by the Bobby Tucker Singers	Close to You Al Hoffman , Jerry Livingston , Carl Lampl	10/02/1943	1	10	Columbia 36 678	B-side of You'll Never Know
Frank Sinatra, Vocal Chorus by the Bobby Tucker Singers	People Will Say We're in Love (From "Oklahoma") Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	10/09/1943	9	6th	Columbia 36 682	Sinatra was a studio perfectionist even at this early stage in his career. Perhaps this is best illustrated by the fact that he recorded three separate versions of the song.
Frank Sinatra, Vocal Chorus by the Bobby Tucker Singers	Sunday, Monday Or Always (From "Dixie") Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen	September 18, 1943	4th	9	Columbia 36 679	The song was from the Bing Crosby film Dixie (1943, directed by A. Edward Sutherland ).
Frank Sinatra, Vocal Chorus by the Bobby Tucker Singers	You'll Never Know (From "Hello, Frisco, Hello") Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	07/31/1943	13	2	Columbia 36 678	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone ), in which it was presented by Alice Faye .
Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, Vocal by Ella Mae Morse	Mr. Five By Five (From Universal Film "Behind the Eight Ball") Don Raye, Gene DePaul	01/02/1943	1	10	Capitol 115	The song was taken from the musical Behind the Eight Ball (1942, directed by Edward F. Cline ), in which it was introduced by Grace McDonald. In 1942, the Andrew Sisters and Harry James hit the charts with the song. Mr. Five by Five is the nickname for any fat little man five feet tall and five feet in circumference. In jazz it was the nickname of Jimmy Rushing .
Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, Vocal by Margaret Whiting	That Old Black Magic (From Paramount movie "Star Spangled Rhythm") Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen	March 20, 1943	1	10	Capitol 126	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Star Spangled Rhythm . In addition to Freddy Slack, Glenn Miller and Horace Hedit were also in the charts with the song in 1943.
The Song Spinners	Comin 'in on a Wing and a Prayer Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson	06/19/1943	11	1	Decca 18 553	The patriotic song Comin 'in on a Wing and a Prayer was also recorded by the Four Vagabonds, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby and Anne Shelton in 1943 .
The Song Spinners	Johnny Zero Vee Lawnhurst, Mack David	07/10/1943	4th	7th	Decca 18 553	B-side of Comin 'in on a Wing and a Prayer . The song about a fighter pilot shooting down Japanese fighter planes was another a cappella production due to the ban on the musicians' union . “People cheer him: Johnny got a Zero / He got another Zero - horray! / Johnny Zero is a hero today! "
Rudy Vallée with Orchestra	As Time Goes By (featured in Warner Bros. movie "Casablanca") Herman Hupfeld	April 24, 1943	10	2	Victor 20-1526	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Casablanca . Rudy Vallee's 1931 version was one of the earliest recordings of the song, which Casablanca made world famous in 1942 .

See also

• List of number one hits in the US (1943)

Web links

• Billboard Magazine 1936 to 2014 (Free Archive)

Individual evidence

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3. ^ Patrick Carr: The Illustrated History of Country Music . Random House / Times Books, 1995, p. 189
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5. ^ Jonathan Zvi Sard Pollack: Strike Up the Band: The American Federation of Musicians' Recording Bans, 1942–1948 . University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
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7. ↑ Country Music, USA by Bill C. Malone. University of Texas Press, 1985
8. ^ Journal of the American Musicological Society, Volume 41. American Musicological Society, 1988
9. ↑ Dinah Washington with the Lionel Hampton Septet: Dinah Washington (vcl), accompanied by Joe Morris (tp), Rudy Rutherford (cl), Arnett Cobb (ts), Milt Buckner (p), Vernon King (kb), Fred Radcliffe ( dr), Lionel Hampton (dr, p). after Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
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11. ↑ Don Cusic: The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles . Jefferson (North Carolina): Mc Farland & Co. 2011, p. 112
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13. ↑ The way to Morocco in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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15. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Dan Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900–1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-rock Era . McFarland, 2007
16. ↑ Dixie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
17. ↑ List of singles on the Billboard charts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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20. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 30, 2019)
21. ↑ Sweet Rosie O'Grady in the Internet Movie Database (English)
22. ^ Billboard July 3, 1943
23. ^ Gary Rosen: Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein . New York et al. a .: Oxford University Press 2012.
24. ↑ Cinderella Swings It in the Internet Movie Database (English)
25. ^ Jordan R. Young: Spike Jones Off the Record: The Man who Murdered Music . Past Times Publishing Company, 1994
26. ↑ Hello Frisco, Hello in the Internet Movie Database (English)
27. ^ Time magazine , Volume 41. Henry Robinson Luce Time Incorporated, 1943
28. ↑ Colin Bratkovich: Just Remember This . 2014, p. 350
29. ↑ Happy Go Lucky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
30. ^ Warren W. Vaché : The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melodies . Scarecrow Press, 2000, p. 278
31. ↑ America's Greatest Hits: 1943
32. ↑ Orchestra Wives in the Internet Movie Database (English)
33. ↑ The way to Morocco in the Internet Movie Database (English)
34. ↑ Follow the Boys in the Internet Movie Database (English)
35. ↑ South of Dixie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
36. ^ The New Records, Volume 11. HR Smith Company, 1943
37. ^ Billboard March 27, 1943
38. ^ RCA Victor Record Review, Volumes 5-6. 1942, p. 15
39. ^ Stan Britt: Frank Sinatra: A Celebration . Schirmer Books, 1995, p. 59
40. ↑ Dixie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
41. ↑ Hello, Frisco, Hello in the Internet Movie Database (English)
42. ↑ Behind the Eight Ball in the Internet Movie Database (English)
43. ↑ John Bush Jones, The Songs that Fought the War: Popular Music and the Home Front, 1939-1945 . Waltham (Ms): Brandeis University Press 2006, p. 176
44. ↑ In addition to the twelve-piece studio orchestra directed by Fred Rich, possibly with Bunny Berigan , Manny Klein (tp), Lloyd Turner (trb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Sammy Praeger (p), Eddie Lang (git), Joe Venuti (from left) and Smith Ballew (from left). See Tom Lords Jazz discography (online)