of 1943 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

1942 <-1943-> 1944
Top songs: #1: Pistol Packin' Mama by Al Dexter - #2: I've Heard That Song Before by Harry James and His Orchestra - #3: You'll Never Know by Dick Haymes - #4: Paper Doll by The Mills Brothers - #5: Sunday, Monday or Always by Bing Crosby
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Pistol Packin' Mama
#1
08/1943

Pistol Packin' Mama
Al Dexter

415 pts
1
US
1
ctry
5
R&B
as Al Dexter and His Troopers
[Okeh 6708]
written by Al Dexter
#2
01/1943

I've Heard That Song Before
Harry James and His Orchestra

397 pts
1
US


1
R&B
[Columbia 36668]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
#3
07/1943

You'll Never Know
Dick Haymes

397 pts
1
US


1
R&B
[Decca 18556]
written by Harry Warren, Mack Gordon & Dorothy Fern Norris
#4
08/1943

Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers

392 pts
1
US


2
R&B
written by Johnny S. Black
#5
08/1943

Sunday, Monday or Always
Bing Crosby

384 pts
1
US


3
R&B
[Decca 18561]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
#6
11/1943

My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra

374 pts
1
US


7
R&B
vocals by Eugenie Baird
[Decca 18567]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
Pistol Packin' Mama
#7
11/1943

Pistol Packin' Mama
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

372 pts
2
US
1
ctry
3
R&B
[Decca 23277]
written by Al Dexter
#8
07/1943

In the Blue of Evening
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

368 pts
1
US


10
R&B
vocals by Frank Sinatra
[Victor 201530]
written by Thomas Montgomery Adair & Alfonso D'Artega
#9
05/1943

Taking a Chance on Love
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

368 pts
1
US


10
R&B
vocals by Helen Forrest
written by Vernon Duke, John Latouche & Ted Fetter
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
#10
06/1943

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
Song Spinners

349 pts
1
US




[Decca 18553]
written by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh
#11
01/1943

(As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me?
Johnny Long and His Orchestra

349 pts
1
US




vocals by Bob Houston & Helen Young
written by Mabel Wayne & Al Lewis
#12
02/1943

Don't Get Around Much Anymore
The Ink Spots

348 pts
2
US


1
R&B
written by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
#13
07/1943

It Can't Be Wrong
Dick Haymes

342 pts
2
US


2
R&B
[Decca 18557]
written by Kim Gannon & Max Steiner
#14
06/1943

All or Nothing at All
Frank Sinatra and Harry James

323 pts
2
US


8
R&B
as Frank Sinatra & Harry James & His Orchestra
[Columbia 35587]
written by Arthur Altman & Jack Lawrence
#15
01/1943

Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)
Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra

322 pts
2
US


9
R&B
instrumental
[Columbia 36651]
written by Ary Barroso & Bob Russell
#16
10/1943

People Will Say We're in Love
Bing Crosby and Trudy Erwin

301 pts
2
US




written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
#17
07/1943

You'll Never Know
Frank Sinatra

301 pts
2
US




Academy Award for Best Original Song 1943
[Columbia 36678]
written by Harry Warren, Mack Gordon & Dorothy Fern Norris
#18
12/1943

They're Either Too Young or Too Old
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

301 pts
2
US




vocals by Kitty Kallen
written by Arthur Schwartz & Frank Loesser
#19
12/1943

Shoo-Shoo Baby
Ella Mae Morse

286 pts
4
US


1
R&B
[Capitol 143]
written by Phil Moore
#20
01/1943

It Started All Over Again
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

280 pts
4
US


2
R&B
vocals by Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
[Victor 201522]
written by Bill Carey & Carl Fisher
As Time Goes By
#21
03/1943

As Time Goes By
Jacques Renard and His Orchestra

277 pts
3
US


8
R&B
vocal by Frank Munn; originally from 1931
written by Herman Hupfeld
I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)
#22
12/1943

I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)
Bing Crosby

276 pts
3
US


8
R&B
Christmas
[Decca 18570]
written by Buck Ram, Kim Gannon & Walter Kent
Why Don't You Do Right
#23
01/1943

Why Don't You Do Right
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

271 pts
4
US


4
R&B
vocals by Peggy Lee
written by Kansas Joe McCoy
#24
02/1943

You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Dinah Shore

258 pts
4
US


10
R&B
[Victor 1519]
written by Cole Porter
#25
01/1943

Moonlight Becomes You
Bing Crosby

255 pts
3
US




[Decca 18513]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
For Me and My Gal
#26
01/1943

For Me and My Gal
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly

254 pts
3
US




written by George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz
#27
01/1943

(As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me
Dinah Shore

254 pts
3
US




written by Mabel Wayne & Al Lewis
#28
07/1943

Boogie Woogie
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

243 pts
5
US


6
R&B
instrumental
[Victor 26054]
written by Clarence "Pinetop" Smith
#29
07/1943

I Heard You Cried Last Night
Harry James and His Orchestra

240 pts
4
US




vocals by Helen Forrest
written by Joseph Kruger & Theodor Grouya
#30
06/1943

Let's Get Lost
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

239 pts
4
US




written by Frank Loesser & Jimmy McHugh
#31
11/1943

Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin'
Bing Crosby and Trudy Erwin

217 pts
5
US




written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
#32
10/1943

Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)
Dick Haymes

217 pts
5
US




written by Albert Von Tilzer & Junie McCree
#33
05/1943

Murder, He Says
Dinah Shore

217 pts
5
US




[Victor 1525]
written by Frank Loesser & Jimmy McHugh
#34
05/1943

Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament)
Duke Ellington

211 pts
8
US


1
R&B
instrumental
[Victor 26610]
written by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
#35
10/1943

People Will Say We're in Love
Frank Sinatra

199 pts
6
US




[Columbia 36682]
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
It's Always You
#36
07/1943

It's Always You
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

198 pts
6
US




vocals by Frank Sinatra
written by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen
#37
01/1943

Vict'ry Polka
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

198 pts
6
US




written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
#38
06/1943

You'll Never Know
Willie Kelly and His Orchestra

198 pts
6
US




written by Harry Warren, Mack Gordon & Dorothy Fern Norris
#39
05/1943

Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra

180 pts
7
US




vocals by Kenny Sargent & Lebrun Sisters
written by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
#40
07/1943

In My Arms
Dick Haymes

180 pts
7
US




[Decca 18557]
written by Ted Grouya & Frank Loesser
#41
07/1943

Johnny Zero
Song Spinners

180 pts
7
US




[Decca 18553]
written by Mack David & Vee Lawnhurst
White Christmas
#42
12/1943

White Christmas
Bing Crosby

179 pts
7
US




R Christmas
[Decca 18429]
written by Irving Berlin
#43
08/1943

Don't Cry, Baby
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra

175 pts
15
US
6
ctry
1
R&B
vocals by Jimmy Mitchelle
[Bluebird 30-0813]
written by Jimmy Mitchell & Sammy Lowe
#44
06/1943

Let's Get Lost
Vaughn Monroe

164 pts
8
US




written by Frank Loesser & Jimmy McHugh
#45
09/1943

Sunday, Monday or Always
Frank Sinatra

152 pts
9
US




written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
That Old Black Magic
#46
02/1943

That Old Black Magic
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra

147 pts
15
US


2
R&B
[Decca 18541]
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
That Old Black Magic
#47
03/1943

That Old Black Magic
Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

139 pts
10
US




vocals by Margaret Whiting
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
#48
10/1943

Close to You
Frank Sinatra

139 pts
10
US




[Columbia 36678]
written by Jerry Livingston, Carl Lampl & Al Hoffman
#49
11/1943

All for You
The King Cole Trio

135 pts
19
US


1
R&B
[Capitol 139]
written by Robert Scherman
#50
07/1943

My Ideal
Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra

130 pts
11
US




vocals by Margaret Whiting; hit for Maurice Chevalier in 1931
written by Leo Robin, Newell Chase & Richard Whiting
#51
06/1943

Riffette
Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

125 pts
18
US


3
R&B
written by Freddie Slack & Gay Jones
#52
05/1943

Let's Get Lost
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

110 pts
14
US




vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Frank Loesser & Jimmy McHugh
#53
03/1943

Fat Meat Is Good Meat
Jimmy Lytell and His All Star Seven

110 pts
14
US




written by Irene Higginbotham
That Old Black Magic
#54
04/1943

That Old Black Magic
Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights

110 pts
14
US




vocals by Charles Goodman
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
#55
09/1943

I Never Mention Your Name (Oh, No!)
Dick Haymes

110 pts
14
US




written by Walter Kent, Mack Davis & Don George
#56
11/1943

I Heard You Cried Last Night (And So Did I)
Dick Haymes

110 pts
19
US


8
R&B
written by Ted Grouya & Jerry Kruger
#57
05/1943

It Can't Be Wrong
Allen Miller and His Orchestra

107 pts
15
US




written by Kim Gannon & Max Steiner
#58
05/1943

Prince Charming
Harry James and His Orchestra

107 pts
15
US




written by Leroy Holmes
#59
11/1943

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Frank Sinatra

107 pts
15
US




[Columiba 36682]
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
#60
05/1943

Big Boy
Ray McKinley and His Orchestra

101 pts
16
US




vocals by Imoge Lynn
written by Ager & Yellen
#61
03/1943

You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra

101 pts
16
US




vocals by Harry Cool
written by Cole Porter
#62
03/1943

You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Six Hits and a Miss

100 pts
16
US




written by Cole Porter
#63
01/1943

(As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me?
Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra

100 pts
16
US




vocals by Harry Cool
written by Mabel Wayne & Al Lewis
#64
07/1943

The Fuddy Duddy Watchmaker
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

100 pts
16
US




vocals by Julie Conway
written by Frank Loesser & Jimmy McHugh
#65
03/1943

Tap the Barrel Dry
Henri René and His Musette Orchestra

100 pts
16
US




as Rene Musette Orchestra
written by Dimostenis Zattas
#66
10/1943

Mission to Moscow
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

100 pts
16
US




written by Mel Powell
#67
08/1943

(Theme from The) Warsaw Concerto
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

100 pts
16
US




written by Richard Addinsell
#68
08/1943

Wait for Me Mary
Dick Haymes

94 pts
17
US




[Decca 18556]
written by Charlie Tobias, Nat Simon & Harry Tobias
#69
09/1943

People Will Say We're in Love
Hal Goodman and His Orchestra

94 pts
17
US




written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
#70
02/1943

Moonlight Mood
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

94 pts
17
US




written by Pete DeRose & Harold Adamson
#71
10/1943

If You Please
Bing Crosby

94 pts
17
US




[Decca 18561]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
#72
12/1943

For the First Time (I've Fallen in Love)
Dick Haymes

94 pts
17
US




written by Charles Tobias & David Kapp
#73
01/1943

Moonlight Becomes You
Harry James and His Orchestra

94 pts
17
US




vocals by Johnny McAfee
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
#74
04/1943

Taking a Chance on Love
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

94 pts
17
US




vocals by the Three Kadets
written by Vernon Duke, John Latouche & Ted Fetter
#75
07/1943

Four or Five Times
Woody Herman and His Orchestra

94 pts
17
US




written by Byron Gay & Marco H. Hellman
#76
02/1943

Constantly
Bing Crosby

94 pts
17
US




[Decca 18513]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
#77
07/1943

All of Me
Count Basie

94 pts
17
US




#1 hit for Louis Armstrong in 1932
written by Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons
#78
03/1943

Please Think of Me
Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm

91 pts
18
US




as Shep Fields & His New Music
written by Davis, Morgan & Murray
#79
01/1943

I Get the Neck of the Chicken
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

91 pts
18
US




vocals by Eddie Stone
written by Frank Loesser & Jimmy McHugh
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
#80
07/1943

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
Willie Kelly and His Orchestra

91 pts
18
US




written by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh
#81
07/1943

Pushin' Sand
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

91 pts
18
US




written by George Simmons & Roc Hillman
#82
02/1943

Move It Over
Ethel Merman

91 pts
18
US




[Victor 20-1521]
written by Sunny Skylar
There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
#83
03/1943

There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
Jimmy Wakely

88 pts
19
US




written by Paul Roberts [songwriter] & Shelby Darnell
#84
07/1943

Get On Board, Little Chillun
Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

88 pts
19
US




vocals by Ella Mae Morse
written by Don Raye & Gene DePaul
#85
07/1943

Blue Surreal
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

88 pts
19
US




written by Phil Moore
There Will Never Be Another You
#86
01/1943

There Will Never Be Another You
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

88 pts
19
US




vocals by Nancy Norman
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
#87
01/1943

I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City
Johnny Mercer

88 pts
19
US




[Capitol 122]
written by Johnny Mercer
#88
10/1943

Goodbye, Sue
Perry Como

82 pts
20
US




[Victor 1538]
written by Jimmy Rule, Lou Ricca & Jules Lowman
For Me and My Gal
#89
04/1943

For Me and My Gal
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

82 pts
20
US




vocals by Kenny Gardner
written by George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
#90
07/1943

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
The Four Vagabonds

82 pts
20
US




written by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh
#91
1943

Stormy Weather
Lena Horne

78 pts
21
US




[Victor 27819]
written by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
#92
09/1943

Sentimental Lady
Duke Ellington

47 pts




1
R&B
instrumental B side to A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
[Victor 20-1528]
written by Duke Ellington
#93
1943

I Can't Stand Losing You
The Ink Spots

47 pts




1
R&B
written by Billy Kenny, Joe Myrow & Kim Gannon
#94
01/1943

Don't Stop Now
Bonnie Davis

47 pts




1
R&B
[Savoy 102]
written by William Campbell
#95
1943

Apollo Jump
Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra

47 pts




1
R&B
[instumental]
[Decca 18529]
written by Ernest Purce, Lucky Millinder & Prince Robinson
#96
08/1943

A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
Duke Ellington

47 pts




1
R&B
[Victor 20-1528]
written by Luther Henderson Jr. & Mercer Ellington
#97
1943

Let's Beat Our Some Love
Buddy Johnson

40 pts




2
R&B
vocals by Buddy Johnson
written by Mike Jackson
#98
1943

It Can't Be Wrong
The Four Vagabonds

34 pts




3
R&B
[Bluebird 300815]
written by Kim Gannon & Max Steiner
#99
1943

Flying Home
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

34 pts




3
R&B
written by Lionel Hampton & Benny Goodman
Five Guys Named Moe
#100
1943

Five Guys Named Moe
Louis Jordan

34 pts




3
R&B
written by Jerry Bresler & Larry Wynn

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