Top Artists of 1943 - Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

US & UK hit charts

1942 <-

1943

-> 1944

	Artist	Points	Songs
1.	Dick Haymes	1543	07/1943 • It Can't Be Wrong • 342 pts 07/1943 • You'll Never Know • 397 pts 07/1943 • In My Arms • 180 pts 08/1943 • Wait for Me Mary • 94 pts 09/1943 • I Never Mention Your Name (Oh, No!) • 110 pts 10/1943 • Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You) • 217 pts 11/1943 • I Heard You Cried Last Night (And So Did I) • 110 pts 12/1943 • For the First Time (I've Fallen in Love) • 94 pts
2.	Bing Crosby	1282	01/1943 • Moonlight Becomes You • 255 pts 02/1943 • Constantly • 94 pts 08/1943 • Sunday, Monday or Always • 384 pts 10/1943 • If You Please • 94 pts 12/1943 • I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) • 276 pts 12/1943 • White Christmas • 179 pts
3.	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	1090	01/1943 • It Started All Over Again • 280 pts 07/1943 • In the Blue of Evening • 368 pts 07/1943 • Boogie Woogie • 243 pts 07/1943 • It's Always You • 198 pts
4.	Frank Sinatra	897	07/1943 • You'll Never Know • 301 pts 09/1943 • Sunday, Monday or Always • 152 pts 10/1943 • Close to You • 139 pts 10/1943 • People Will Say We're in Love • 199 pts 11/1943 • Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' • 107 pts
5.	Harry James and His Orchestra	885	1943 • Flash • 18 pts 1943 • Velvet Moon • 29 pts 01/1943 • Moonlight Becomes You • 94 pts 01/1943 • I've Heard That Song Before • 397 pts 05/1943 • Prince Charming • 107 pts 07/1943 • I Heard You Cried Last Night • 240 pts
6.	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	739	01/1943 • Why Don't You Do Right • 271 pts 05/1943 • Taking a Chance on Love • 368 pts 10/1943 • Mission to Moscow • 100 pts
7.	Dinah Shore	728	01/1943 • (As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me • 254 pts 02/1943 • You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To • 258 pts 05/1943 • Murder, He Says • 217 pts
8.	Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters	570	01/1943 • Vict'ry Polka • 198 pts 11/1943 • Pistol Packin' Mama • 372 pts
9.	Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra	554	05/1943 • Don't Get Around Much Anymore • 180 pts 11/1943 • My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) • 374 pts
10.	Song Spinners	529	06/1943 • Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer • 349 pts 07/1943 • Johnny Zero • 180 pts
11.	Kay Kyser and His Orchestra	524	02/1943 • Moonlight Mood • 94 pts 06/1943 • Let's Get Lost • 239 pts 07/1943 • The Fuddy Duddy Watchmaker • 100 pts 07/1943 • Pushin' Sand • 91 pts
12.	Bing Crosby and Trudy Erwin	519	10/1943 • People Will Say We're in Love • 301 pts 11/1943 • Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin' • 217 pts
13.	Al Dexter	415	08/1943 • Pistol Packin' Mama • 415 pts
14.	The Ink Spots	414	1943 • I Can't Stand Losing You • 47 pts 1943 • If I Cared a Little Bit Less (And You Cared a Little Bit More) • 18 pts 02/1943 • Don't Get Around Much Anymore • 348 pts
15.	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	411	05/1943 • Let's Get Lost • 110 pts 12/1943 • They're Either Too Young or Too Old • 301 pts
16.	The Mills Brothers	392	08/1943 • Paper Doll • 392 pts
17.	Freddie Slack and His Orchestra	352	03/1943 • That Old Black Magic • 139 pts 06/1943 • Riffette • 125 pts 07/1943 • Get On Board, Little Chillun • 88 pts
18.	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	349	01/1943 • (As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me? • 349 pts
19.	Frank Sinatra and Harry James	323	06/1943 • All or Nothing at All • 323 pts
20.	Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	322	01/1943 • Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) • 322 pts
21.	Duke Ellington	304	05/1943 • Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament) • 211 pts 08/1943 • A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship) • 47 pts 09/1943 • Sentimental Lady • 47 pts
22.	Willie Kelly and His Orchestra	289	06/1943 • You'll Never Know • 198 pts 07/1943 • Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer • 91 pts
23.	Ella Mae Morse	286	12/1943 • Shoo-Shoo Baby • 286 pts
24.	Jacques Renard and His Orchestra	277	03/1943 • As Time Goes By • 277 pts
25.	Judy Garland and Gene Kelly	254	01/1943 • For Me and My Gal • 254 pts
26.	Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra	213	02/1943 • That Old Black Magic • 147 pts 05/1943 • Washington Whirligig • 32 pts 06/1943 • Oh! Miss Jaxon • 34 pts
27.	Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra	201	01/1943 • (As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me? • 100 pts 03/1943 • You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To • 101 pts
28.	Freddy Martin and His Orchestra	191	01/1943 • I Get the Neck of the Chicken • 91 pts 08/1943 • (Theme from The) Warsaw Concerto • 100 pts
29.	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	182	01/1943 • There Will Never Be Another You • 88 pts 04/1943 • Taking a Chance on Love • 94 pts
30.	Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra	175	08/1943 • Don't Cry, Baby • 175 pts
31.	Vaughn Monroe	164	06/1943 • Let's Get Lost • 164 pts
32.	The King Cole Trio	135	11/1943 • All for You • 135 pts
33.	Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra	130	07/1943 • My Ideal • 130 pts
34.	Count Basie	121	05/1943 • Rusty Dusty Blues • 26 pts 07/1943 • All of Me • 94 pts
35.	The Four Vagabonds	116	1943 • It Can't Be Wrong • 34 pts 07/1943 • Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer • 82 pts
36.	Jimmy Lytell and His All Star Seven	110	03/1943 • Fat Meat Is Good Meat • 110 pts
37.	Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights	110	04/1943 • That Old Black Magic • 110 pts
38.	Allen Miller and His Orchestra	107	05/1943 • It Can't Be Wrong • 107 pts
39.	Ray McKinley and His Orchestra	101	05/1943 • Big Boy • 101 pts
40.	Six Hits and a Miss	100	03/1943 • You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To • 100 pts
41.	Henri René and His Musette Orchestra	100	03/1943 • Tap the Barrel Dry • 100 pts
42.	Hal Goodman and His Orchestra	94	09/1943 • People Will Say We're in Love • 94 pts
43.	Woody Herman and His Orchestra	94	07/1943 • Four or Five Times • 94 pts
44.	Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm	91	03/1943 • Please Think of Me • 91 pts
45.	Ethel Merman	91	02/1943 • Move It Over • 91 pts
46.	Jimmy Wakely	88	03/1943 • There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere • 88 pts
47.	Bob Crosby and His Orchestra	88	07/1943 • Blue Surreal • 88 pts
48.	Johnny Mercer	88	01/1943 • I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City • 88 pts
49.	Perry Como	82	10/1943 • Goodbye, Sue • 82 pts
50.	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians	82	04/1943 • For Me and My Gal • 82 pts