Rank< | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions |
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1 | The Mills Brothers | "Paper Doll" [6] | Decca 18318 | February 18, 1942 (1942-02-18) | May 22, 1943 (1943-05-22) | US BB 1943 #2, US #1 for 12 weeks, 40 total weeks, US R&B 1943 #14, Harlem Hit Parade #2 for 5 weeks, 29 total weeks, 287 points, 1,000,000 sales, [5] Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 |
2 | Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest) | "I've Heard That Song Before" [7] | Columbia 36668 | July 31, 1942 (1942-07-31) | December 4, 1942 (1942-12-04) | US BB 1943 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 26 total weeks, 240 points, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
3 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers) | "There Are Such Things" [8] | Victor 27974 | July 1, 1942 (1942-07-01) | July 17, 1942 (1942-07-17) | US BB 1943 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 176 points, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
4 | Bing Crosby | "Sunday, Monday or Always" [9] | Decca 18561 | July 2, 1943 (1943-07-02) | August 21, 1943 (1943-08-21) | US BB 1943 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 174 points, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
5 | Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | "Brazil" [7] | Columbia 36651 | January 23, 1943 (1943-01-23) | February 1943 (1943-02) | US BB 1943 #5, US #2 for 7 weeks, 24 total weeks, 140 points |
6 | Al Dexter and His Troopers | "Pistol Packin' Mama" [10] | Okeh 6708 | March 20, 1942 (1942-03-20) | April 10, 1943 (1943-04-10) | US BB 1943 #10, US #1, US Hillbilly 1943 #1, USHB #1 for 27 weeks, 47 total weeks, 109 points, 1,000,000 sales [5] Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 |
7 | Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners | "You'll Never Know" [11] | Decca 18556 | May 27, 1943 (1943-05-27) | June 1943 (1943-06) | US BB 1943 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, US R&B 1943 #5, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 135 points, Oscar in 1943 (film 'Hello, Frisco, Hello'), ASCAP song of 1943, 1,000,000 sales [12] |
8 | Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest) | "I Had The Craziest Dream" [7] | Columbia 36659 | July 23, 1942 (1942-07-23) | October 10, 1942 (1942-10-10) | US BB 1943 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 128 points |
9 | Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) | "All or Nothing at All" [13] | Columbia 35587 | September 17, 1939 (1939-09-17) | May 1943 (1943-05) [14] | US BB 1943 #19, US #2 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 107 points, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
10 | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | "That Old Black Magic" [15] | Victor 20-1523 | July 15, 1942 (1942-07-15) | January 1943 (1943-01) | US BB 1943 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 105 points |
11 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) | "In The Blue Of Evening" [16] | Victor 27947 | June 17, 1943 (1943-06-17) | July 31, 1943 (1943-07-31) | US BB 1943 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 123 points |
12 | Dinah Shore | "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" [15] | Victor 20-1519 | July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30) | November 20, 1942 (1942-11-20) | US BB 1943 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 73 points |
13 | Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners | "It Can't Be Wrong" [17] | Decca 18557 | May 27, 1943 (1943-05-27) | June 1943 (1943-06) | US BB 1943 #13, US #2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 71 points |
14 | Harry James and His Orchestra | "Velvet Moon" [7] | Columbia 36672 | July 31, 1942 (1942-07-31) | February 19, 1943 (1943-02-19) | US BB 1943 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 68 points |
15 | Jacques Renard & His Orchestra | "As Time Goes By" [18] | Victor 20-1526 | July 25, 1931 (1931-07-25) | March 1943 (1943-03) | US BB 1943 #21, US #2 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 250,000 sales [19] |
16 | Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters | "Pistol Packin' Mama" [20] [21] | Decca 23277 | September 27, 1943 (1943-09-27) | October 14, 1943 (1943-10-14) | US 1943 #14, US #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1943 #2, USHB #1 for 11 weeks, 23 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [12] |
17 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest) | "Why Don't You Do Right?" [13] | Columbia 35869 | April 17, 1943 (1943-04-17) | May 1943 (1943-05) | US BB 1943 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks |
18 | Bing Crosby | "Moonlight Becomes You" [22] | Decca 18513 | June 12, 1942 (1942-06-12) | November 19, 1942 (1942-11-19) | US BB 1943 #20, US #3 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
19 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) | "It Started All Over Again" | Victor 27947 | June 17, 1943 (1943-06-17) | July 31, 1943 (1943-07-31) | US BB 1943 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks |
20 | Dinah Shore | "Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me" [23] | Victor 27970 | July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30) | September 11, 1942 (1942-09-11) | US BB 1943 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks |
21 | Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees | "As Time Goes By" [18] | Victor 20-1526 | July 25, 1931 (1931-07-25) | March 1943 (1943-03) | US BB 1943 #21, US #2 for 1 week, 18 total weeks |
22 | Judy Garland & Gene Kelly | "For Me and My Gal" | Decca 18480 | July 26, 1942 (1942-07-26) | December 1942 (1942-12) | US BB 1943 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 21 total weeksGrammy Hall of Fame in 2010 (1942) |
23 | Bing Crosby | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" [24] | Decca 18570 | October 1, 1943 (1943-10-01) | December 4, 1943 (1943-12-04) | US BB 1943 #24, US #3 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
24 | Song Spinners | "Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer" [25] | Decca 18553 | June 19, 1943 (1943-06-19) | July 1943 (1943-07) | US BB 1943 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 91 points |
25 | Harry James and His Orchestra | "I Heard You Cried Last Night" [7] | Columbia 36672 | July 31, 1942 (1942-07-31) | February 19, 1943 (1943-02-19) | US BB 1943 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 90 points |
26 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest) | "Taking a Chance on Love" [13] | Columbia 35869 | April 17, 1943 (1943-04-17) | May 1943 (1943-05) | US BB 1943 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 89 points |
27 | Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin | "People Will Say We're In Love" [26] | Decca 18564 | August 23, 1943 (1943-08-23) | October 9, 1943 (1943-10-09) | US BB 1943 #22, US #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 86 points |
28 | The Ink Spots | "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" [27] | Decca 18503 | February 6, 1943 (1943-02-06) | March 1943 (1943-03) | US BB 1943 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 27 total weeks, 82 points |
29 | Frank Sinatra | "You'll Never Know" [7] | Columbia 36678 | July 24, 1943 (1943-07-24) | August 1943 (1943-08) | US BB 1943 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 77 points |
30 | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | "Moonlight Becomes You" [22] | Decca 18513 | June 12, 1942 (1942-06-12) | November 19, 1942 (1942-11-19) | US BB 1943 #20, US #3 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
31 | Dinah Shore | "Murder, He Says" [28] | Victor 27970 | July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30) | September 11, 1942 (1942-09-11) | US BB 1943 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks |
32 | Ted Daffan's Texans | "No Letter Today" [29] | Okeh 6706 | February 20, 1942 (1942-02-20) | February 1943 (1943-02) | US BB 1943 #50, US #9 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1943 #3, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 53 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [5] |
33 | Erskine Hawkins | "Don't Cry, Baby" | Bluebird 30-0813 | June 12, 1942 (1942-06-12) | November 19, 1942 (1942-11-19) | US BS 1943 #58, US #11 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, US R&B 1943 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 14 weeks, 29 total weeks, August 14 – November 13, 1943 [30] |