List of number-one R&B singles of 1943 (U.S.)
This list of R&B #1 hits of 1943 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).
Issue Date | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
January 16 | "See See Rider Blues" | Bea Booze | 4 weeks* |
January 23 | "What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 1 week |
January 30 | "That Ain't Right" | Nat King Cole Trio | 1 week |
February 13 | "Apollo Jump" | Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra | 2 weeks |
March 6 | "Don't Stop Now" | Bonnie Davis and the Bunny Banks Trio | 5 weeks* |
March 27 | "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" | The Ink Spots | 2 weeks* |
April 17 | "I've Heard That Song Before" | Harry James and His Orchestra | 1 week |
April 24 | "I Can't Stand Losing You" | The Ink Spots | 7 weeks* |
May 29 | "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" ("Never No Lament") | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | 3 weeks* |
July 17 | "You'll Never Know" | Dick Haymes | 4 weeks |
August 14 | "Don't Cry Baby" | Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra | 14 weeks* |
September 25 | "A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)" | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | 1 week |
October 2 | "Sentimental Lady" | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | 1 week |
November 20 | "All for You" | The Nat King Cole Trio | 2 weeks* |
December 18 | "ShooShoo Baby" | Ella Mae Morse | 2 weeks* |
December 25 | "Sweet Slumber" | Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra | 1 week |
An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.
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