BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) R&B WEEKLY SINGLES CHARTS FROM 1943
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (USA) WEEKLY SINGLE CHART OF:January 2,1943 "Harlem Hit Parade" (first chart) TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-BING CROSBY 2 3 11 1 Mr. Five By Five-Freddie Slack 3 6 11 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 4 2 11 1 When The Lights Go On Again-Lucky Millinder 5 4 8 2 What's The Use Of Gettung Sober-Louis Jordan 6 7 11 1 Stormy Monday Blues-Earl Hines 7 RE 2 7 Let Me Play With Your Poodle-Tampa Red 8 8 5 5 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 9 RE 6 7 Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition-Southern Sons 10 RE 4 6 That Ain't Right-King Cole Trio BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (USA) WEEKLY SINGLE CHART OF:January 9,1943 "Harlem Hit Parade" (first chart) TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 4 12 1 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN-LUCKY MILLINDER 2 2 12 1 Mr. Five By Five-Freddie Slack 3 1 9 1 White Christmas-Bing Crosby 4 RE 3 4 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey 5 3 12 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 6 RE 5 6 Cow Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack 7 5 9 2 What's The Use Of Gettung Sober-Louis Jordan 8 6 12 1 Stormy Monday Blues-Earl Hines 9 8 6 5 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 10 RE 4 7 "C" Blues-Barney Bigard BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (USA) WEEKLY SINGLE CHART OF:January 16,1943 "Harlem Hit Parade" (first chart) TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 RE 3 1 SEE SEE RIDER BLUES-BEA BOOZE 2 1 13 1 When The Lights Go On Again-Lucky Millinder 3 5 13 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 4 9 7 4 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 5 4 4 4 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey 6 7 10 2 What's The Use Of Gettung Sober-Louis Jordan 7 2 13 1 Mr. Five By Five-Freddie Slack 8 6 6 6 Cow Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack 9 RE 3 7 Let Me Play With Your Poodle-Tampa Red 10 - 1 10 If I Cared A Little Bit Less-Ink Spots BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (USA) WEEKLY SINGLE CHART OF:January 23,1943 "Harlem Hit Parade" (first chart) TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 6 11 1 WHAT'S THE USE OF GETTING SOBER-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 14 1 When The Lights Go On Again-Lucky Millinder 3 5 5 3 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey 4 7 14 1 Mr. Five By Five-Freddie Slack 5 1 4 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 6 RE 5 6 That Ain't Right-King Cole Trio 7 3 14 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 8 RE 2 8 Bicycle Bounce-Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra 9 RE 13 1 Stormy Monday Blues-Earl Hines 10 8 7 6 Cow Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (USA) WEEKLY SINGLE CHART OF:January 30,1943 "Harlem Hit Parade" (first chart) TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 6 6 1 THAT AIN'T RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 3 6 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 3 1 12 1 What's The Use Of Gettung Sober-Louis Jordan 4 2 15 1 When The Lights Go On Again-Lucky Millinder 5 8 3 5 Bicycle Bounce-Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra 6 7 15 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 7 - 1 7 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 8 - 1 8 Don't Stop Now-Bunny Banks Trio 9 - 1 9 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 10 - 1 19 The Chicks I Pick-Louis Jordan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 6,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 RE 5 1 SEE SEE RIDER BLUES-BEA BOOZE 2 4 16 1 When The Lights Go On Again-Lucky Millinder 3 3 13 1 What's The Use Of Gettung Sober-Louis Jordan 4 9 2 4 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James Orchestra & Helen Forrest 5 RE 8 4 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 6 - 8 6 Cow Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack Orchestra 7 2 7 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 8 - 1 8 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 9 8 2 8 Don't Stop Now-Bunny Banks Trio 10 - 1 10 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 13,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 - 1 1 APOLLO JUMP-LUCKY MILLINDER 2 5 9 2 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 3 8 2 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 4 1 6 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 5 9 3 5 Don't Stop Now-Bunny Banks Trio 6 7 8 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 7 4 3 4 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 8 RE 16 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 9 - 1 9 Why Don?t You Do Right-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 10 - 1 10 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 20,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 1 2 1 APOLLO JUMP-LUCKY MILLINDER 2 2 10 2 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 3 5 4 3 Don't Stop Now-Bunny Banks Trio 4 7 4 4 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 5 6 9 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 6 RE 2 6 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 7 4 7 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 8 3 3 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 9 9 2 9 Why Don?t You Do Right-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 10 RE 17 1 When The Lights Go On Again-Lucky Millinder BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 27,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 7 8 1 SEE SEE RIDER BLUES-BEA BOOZE 2 1 3 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 3 5 10 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 4 3 5 3 Don't Stop Now-Bunny Banks Trio 5 9 3 5 Why Don?t You Do Right-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 6 6 3 6 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 7 8 4 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 8 2 11 3 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 9 RE 14 1 What's The Use Of Gettung Sober-Louis Jordan 10 RE 17 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 6,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 4 6 1 DON'T STOP NOW-BUNNY BANKS TRIO 2 2 4 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 3 1 9 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 4 8 12 3 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 5 6 4 5 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 6 RE 5 4 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 7 7 5 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 8 3 11 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 9 10 18 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 10 5 4 5 Why Don?t You Do Right-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 13,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 DON'T STOP NOW-BUNNY BANKS TRIO 2 3 10 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 3 4 13 3 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 4 2 5 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 5 7 6 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 6 RE 2 6 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet 7 5 5 5 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 8 8 12 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 9 re 7 1 That Ain't Right-King Cole Trio 10 9 19 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 20,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 DON'T STOP NOW-BUNNY BANKS TRIO 2 7 6 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 3 4 6 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 4 RE 5 4 Why Don?t You Do Right-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 5 3 14 3 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 6 - 2 6 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest 7 5 7 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 8 6 3 6 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet 9 2 11 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 10 RE 9 6 Cow Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 27,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 5 15 1 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE-INK SPOTS 2 3 7 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 3 2 7 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 4 RE 4 4 Let Me Play With Your Poodle-Tampa Red 5 9 12 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 6 1 9 1 Don't Stop Now-Bunny Banks Trio 7 8 4 6 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet 8 RE 20 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 9 6 3 6 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest 10 RE 6 4 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 3,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 6 10 1 DON'T STOP NOW-BUNNY BANKS TRIO 2 9 4 2 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 - 1 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 4 2 8 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 5 RE 8 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 6 3 8 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 7 RE 13 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 8 - 1 8 Brazil-Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra 9 1 16 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 10 7 5 6 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 10,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 DON'T STOP NOW-BUNNY BANKS TRIO 2 10 6 2 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet 3 3 2 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 4 4 9 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 5 6 9 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 6 9 17 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 7 RE 21 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 8 RE 13 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 9 2 5 2 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest 10 RE 7 4 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 17,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 9 6 1 I'VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE-HARRY JAMES ORCHESTRA WITH HELEN FORREST 2 5 10 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 3 6 18 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 4 2 7 2 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet 5 RE 9 3 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 6 7 22 1 Trav'lin Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday 7 - 1 7 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 8 - 1 8 Riffette-Freddie Slack Orchestra 9 - 1 9 Brazil-Xavier Cugat Orchestra 10 8 14 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 24,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 7 2 1 I CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU-INK SPOTS 2 5 10 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 3 3 19 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 4 RE 10 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 5 1 7 1 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest 6 2 11 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 7 10 15 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 8 - 1 8 As Time Goes By-Jacques Renard 9 8 2 8 Riffette-Freddie Slack Orchestra 10 RE 2 10 Things Ain't What They Used To Be-Charlie Barnet BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 1,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 I CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU-INK SPOTS 2 5 8 1 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 9 3 3 Riffette-Freddie Slack Orchestra 4 RE 8 2 That Old Black Magic-Charlie Barnet 5 4 11 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 6 6 12 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 7 RE 3 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 8 3 20 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 9 - 1 9 Flying Home-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 10 - 1 10 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home TO-Dinah Shore BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 8,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 8 21 1 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE-INK SPOTS 2 1 4 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 3 5 12 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 4 RE 16 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 5 3 4 3 Riffette-Freddie Slack Orchestra 6 6 13 2 It Started All Over Again-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 7 - 1 7 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington 8 RE 12 1 Don't Stop Now-Bunny Banks Trio 9 - 1 9 Velvet Moon-Harry James Orchestra 10 RE 14 1 Stormy Monday Blues-Earl Hines BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 15,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 I CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU-INK SPOTS 2 1 22 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 3 RE 2 3 Flying Home-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 4 3 13 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 5 4 17 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 6 - 1 6 My Heart And I Decided-Ella Fitzgerald 7 5 5 3 Riffette-Freddie Slack Orchestra 8 RE 3 8 Things Ain't What They Used To Be-Charlie Barnet 9 - 1 9 Don't Stop Now-Beverly White 10 RE 9 1 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 22,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 5 18 1 SEE SEE RIDER BLUES-BEA BOOZE 2 RE 11 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 3 4 14 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 4 - 1 4 Washington Whirlygid-Charlie Barnet 5 2 23 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 6 - 1 6 Please Be Careful-Bea Booze 7 1 6 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 8 3 3 3 Flying Home-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 9 10 10 1 I've Heard That Song Before-Harry James & Helen Forrest 10 - 1 10 Rusty Dusty Blues-Count Basie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 29,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 - 2 1 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE-DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA 2 7 7 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 3 1 19 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 4 - 1 4 Please Be Careful-Boone Jumpin' Jacks 5 RE 4 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 6 RE 2 6 Velvet Moon-Harry James Orchestra 7 4 2 4 Washington Whirlygid-Charlie Barnet 8 2 12 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 9 8 4 3 Flying Home-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 10 - 1 10 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 5,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 I CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU-INK SPOTS 2 1 3 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 - 1 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 4 4 2 4 Please Be Careful-Boone Jumpin' Jacks 5 8 13 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 6 RE 15 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 7 RE 6 3 Riffette-Freddie Slack Orchestra 8 3 20 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 9 RE 2 9 Rusty Dusty Blues-Count Basie 10 RE 24 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 12,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE-DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA 2 1 9 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 3 8 21 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 4 9 3 4 Rusty Dusty Blues-Count Basie 6 5 14 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 7 3 2 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 8 RE 4 8 Things Ain't What They Used To Be-Charlie Barnet 9 RE 5 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 10 RE 3 6 Velvet Moon-Harry James Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 19,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 10 1 I CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU-INK SPOTS 2 1 5 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 6 15 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 4 7 3 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 5 10 4 6 Velvet Moon-Harry James Orchestra 6 - 25 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 7 4 4 4 Rusty Dusty Blues-Count Basie 8 3 22 1 See See Rider Blues-Bea Booze 9 - 1 9 Rubber Bounce-Sonny Boy Williamson 10 - 1 10 Taking A Chance On Love-Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 26,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 I CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU-INK SPOTS 2 2 6 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 4 4 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 4 6 26 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 5 3 16 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 6 7 5 4 Rusty Dusty Blues-Count Basie 7 - 1 7 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 8 RE 16 1 Apollo Jump-Lucky Millinder 9 - 1 9 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 10 RE 3 4 Washington Whirlygid-Charlie Barnet BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 3,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 I CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU-INK SPOTS 2 2 7 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 3 5 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 4 7 2 4 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 5 - 2 5 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 6 - 5 6 Velvet Moon-Harry James Orchestra 7 9 2 7 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 8 4 27 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots 9 5 17 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 10 - 2 10 Taking A Chance On Love-Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 10,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE-DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA 2 1 13 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 3 - 1 3 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 4 4 3 4 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 5 3 6 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 6 RE 6 4 Rusty Dusty Blues-Count Basie 7 7 3 7 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 8 6 6 6 Velvet Moon-Harry James Orchestra 9 5 3 5 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 10 - 1 10 In The Blue Of The Evening-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra & Frank Sinatra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 17,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 2 1 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW-DICK HAYMES & THE SONG SPINNERS 2 1 9 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 4 4 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 4 7 4 4 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 5 2 14 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 6 5 7 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 7 - 1 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann 8 - 1 8 All Or Nothing At All-Harry James Orchestra & Frank Sinatra 9 - 1 9 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 10 - 1 10 Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 24,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW-DICK HAYMES & THE SONG SPINNERS 2 2 10 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 RE 6 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 4 4 5 4 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 5 9 2 5 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 6 3 5 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 7 10 2 7 Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 8 RE 18 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnson 9 7 2 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann 10 - 1 10 Flash-Harry James Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 31,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW-DICK HAYMES & THE SONG SPINNERS 2 6 6 2 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 3 RE 8 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 4 8 19 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnsonn 5 2 11 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 6 7 3 6 Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 7 5 3 5 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 8 - 1 8 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 9 3 7 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 10 RE 4 5 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 7,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW-DICK HAYMES & THE SONG SPINNERS 2 8 2 2 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 3 7 4 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 4 5 12 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 2 7 2 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 6 4 20 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnsonn 7 10 5 5 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 8 3 9 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 9 - 1 9 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 10 RE 28 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 14,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 3 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 1 6 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 3 4 13 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 4 5 8 2 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 5 7 6 5 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 6 3 5 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 7 6 21 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnsonn 8 - 3 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann 9 9 2 9 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 10 8 10 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 21,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 2 7 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 3 5 7 3 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 4 4 9 2 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 5 10 11 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra 6 3 14 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 7 RE 8 3 Baby Don't You Cry-Buddy Johnson 8 9 3 8 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 9 6 6 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 10 7 22 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnsonn BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 28,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 3 8 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 3 2 8 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 4 6 15 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 8 4 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 6 - 1 6 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 7 10 23 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnsonn 8 9 7 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 9 RE 5 3 Flying Home-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 10 5 12 3 Old Miss Jaxon-Charlie Barnet Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 4,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 2 9 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 3 4 16 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 4 3 9 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 5 7 24 2 Let's Beat Out Some Love-Buddy Johnsonn 6 8 8 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 7 - 1 7 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 8 6 2 6 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 9 RE 10 2 It Can't Be Wrong-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 10 - 1 10 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 11,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 8 3 2 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 7 2 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 4 2 10 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 5 3 17 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 6 5 4 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 7 6 9 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 8 10 2 8 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 9 RE 4 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann 10 - 1 10 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 18,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 4 11 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 3 8 3 3 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 4 2 4 2 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 RE 10 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 6 3 3 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 7 7 10 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 8 5 18 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 9 10 2 9 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby 10 RE 15 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 25,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 5 1 A SLIP OF THE LIP-DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA 2 3 4 2 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 1 9 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 4 2 12 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 5 5 11 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 6 RE 5 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 7 6 4 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 8 RE 6 4 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 9 8 19 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 10 RE 2 8 All Or Nothing At All-Harry James Orchestra & Frank Sinatra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 2,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 SENTIMENTAL LADY-DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA 2 4 13 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 3 9 20 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 4 3 10 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 5 6 6 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 6 5 12 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 7 8 7 4 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 8 RE 3 8 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby 9 RE 5 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann 10 1 6 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 9,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 11 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 6 13 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 3 1 6 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 4 2 14 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 5 5 7 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 6 RE 11 3 It Can't Be Wrong-Four Vagabonds 7 10 7 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 8 RE 16 1 I Can't Stand Losing You-Ink Spots 9 - 1 9 After Hours-Erskine Hawkins 10 RE 5 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 16,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 3 7 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 4 15 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 4 10 6 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 5 2 14 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 6 RE 8 4 Hey Lawdy Mama-Andy Kirk 7 5 8 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 8 - 1 8 I Heard You Cried Last Night-Dick Haymes 9 RE 4 8 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby 10 7 8 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 23,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 2 8 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 3 16 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 4 10 9 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 7 9 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 6 - 1 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 7 5 15 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 8 - 1 8 That'll Just About Knock Me Out-Louis Jordan 9 4 7 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 10 9 5 8 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 30,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 2 9 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 10 6 3 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby 4 3 17 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 5 7 16 1 You'll Never Know-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 6 4 10 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 7 9 8 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 8 6 2 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 9 5 10 5 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 10 RE 6 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 6,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 4 18 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 3 2 10 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 4 9 11 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 5 - 1 5 Pistol Packin' Mama-Al Dexter 6 8 3 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 7 3 7 3 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby 8 - 1 8 All For You-King Cole Trio 9 6 11 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 10 7 9 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 13,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 16 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 3 11 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 3 2 19 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 4 - 1 4 Pistol Packin' Mama-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 5 8 2 5 All For You-King Cole Trio 6 4 12 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 7 10 10 3 Five Guys Named Moe-Louis Jordan 8 5 2 5 Pistol Packin' Mama-Al Dexter 9 7 8 3 Sunday,Monday Or Always-Bing Crosby 10 9 12 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 20,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 5 3 1 ALL FOR YOU-KING COLE TRIO 2 1 17 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 3 4 2 3 Pistol Packin' Mama-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 4 2 12 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 3 20 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 6 6 13 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 7 10 13 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 8 RE 4 6 Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 9 RE 4 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 10 RE 21 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 27,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 18 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 1 4 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 3 5 21 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 4 3 3 3 Pistol Packin' Mama-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 5 4 13 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 6 7 14 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 7 6 14 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 8 8 5 6 Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 9 9 5 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 10 RE 7 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 4,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 ALL FOR YOU-KING COLE TRIO 2 1 19 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 3 3 22 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 4 5 14 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 RE 3 5 Pistol Packin' Mama-Al Dexter 6 4 4 3 Pistol Packin' Mama-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 7 RE 22 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 8 9 6 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 9 7 15 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 10 10 8 7 Get Me On Your Mind-Jay McShann BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 11,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 20 1 DON'T CRY BABY-ERSKINE HAWKINS 2 - 1 2 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 3 1 6 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 4 4 15 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 3 23 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 6 6 5 3 Pistol Packin' Mama-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters 7 RE 6 6 Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 8 9 16 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 9 8 7 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 10 7 23 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 18,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 - 1 1 SHOO SHOO BABY-ELLA MAE MORSE 2 1 21 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 3 2 2 2 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 4 - 1 4 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 5 3 7 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 6 4 16 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 7 5 24 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 8 8 17 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke 9 9 8 6 Rhapsody In Blue-Glenn Miller 10 6 6 3 Pistol Packin' Mama-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 25,1943 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 3 1 SWEET SLUMBER-LUCKY MILLINDER 2 4 2 2 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 3 1 2 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 4 2 22 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 5 5 8 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 6 7 25 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 7 6 17 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra 8 RE 24 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 9 RE 15 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra 10 8 18 4 From Twilight 'Til Dawn-Ceele Burke