No. |
Song |
Artist
|
| 1 |
Pistol Packin' Mama
| Al Dexter / Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
|
| 2 |
Don't Cry, Baby
| Erskine Hawkins (Jimmy Mitchelle)
|
| 3 |
I'll Be Home For Christmas
| Bing Crosby
|
| 4 |
(Goodnight) Irene
| Leadbelly
|
| 5 |
Shoo-Shoo Baby
| Andrews Sisters / Ella Mae Morse
|
| 6 |
Bésame Mucho
| Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
|
| 7 |
Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
| Song Spinners / Willie Kelly / Four Vagabonds
|
| 8 |
You'll Never Know
| Dick Haymes
|
| 9 |
As Time Goes By
| Rudy Vallee
|
| 10 |
Star Eyes
| Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell)
|
| 11 |
Sunday, Monday, or Always
| Bing Crosby
|
| 12 |
Mairzy Doats
| Merry Macs
|
| 13 |
That Old Black Magic
| Glenn Miller
|
| 14 |
My Heart Tells Me
| Glen Gray (Eugenie Baird)
|
| 15 |
It Can't Be Wrong
| Dick Haymes / Allen Miller / Four Vagabonds
|
| 16 |
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
| Duke Ellington (Al Hibbler)
|
| 17 |
Let's Get Lost
| Vaughn Monroe / Kay Kyser / Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly)
|
| 18 |
Five Guys Named Moe
| Louis Jordan
|
| 19 |
People Will Say We're In Love
| Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin / Frank Sinatra
|
| 20 |
I Heard You Cried Last Night
| Harry James (Helen Forrest)
|
| 21 |
They're Either Too Young or Too Old
| Jimmy Dorsey (Kitty Kallen)
|
| 22 |
Deacon Jones
| Louis Jordan
|
| 23 |
Holiday For Strings
| David Rose
|
| 24 |
It Started All Over Again
| Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra)
|
| 25 |
No Love, No Nothin'
| Ella Mae Morse / Johnny Long (Patti Dugan)
|
| 26 |
All For You
| King Cole Trio
|
| 27 |
A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
| Duke Ellington (Ray Nance)
|
| 28 |
In My Arms
| Dick Haymes
|
| 29 |
I Can't Stand Losing You
| Ink Spots
|
| 30 |
Victory Polka
| Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
|
| 31 |
Sweet Slumber
| Lucky Millinder (Trevor Bacon)
|
| 32 |
My Ideal
| Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly) / Billy Butterfield (Margaret Whiting) / Maxine Sullivan
|
| 33 |
Ration Blues
| Louis Jordan
|
| 34 |
Solo Flight
| Benny Goodman & Charlie Chsitian
|
| 35 |
My Shining Hour
| Glen Gray (Eugenie Baird)
|
| 36 |
Sentimental Lady (I Didn't Know About You)
| Duke Ellington
|
| 37 |
G.I. Jive
| Johnny Mercer
|
| 38 |
Are You Ready?
| Lucky Millinder (Trevor Bacon)
|
| 39 |
It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)
| Glenn Miller
|
| 40 |
Velvet Moon
| Harry James
|
| 41 |
Appolo Jump
| Lucky Millinder
|
| 42 |
Rusty Dusty Blues
| Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing)
|
| 43 |
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
| Oklahoma Orchestra (Alfred Drake) / Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin
|
| 44 |
Don't Stop Now
| Bunny Banks Trio (Bonnie Davis) / Beverly White
|
| 45 |
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
| Judy Garland
|
| 46 |
Riffette
| Freddie Slack
|
| 47 |
Cherry
| Harry James
|
| 48 |
Johnny Zero
| Song Spinners
|
| 49 |
Mean Old 'Frisco Blues
| Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
|
| 50 |
Murder, He Says
| Dinah Shore
|
| 51 |
Let's Beat Out Some Love
| Buddy Johnson (Warren Evans)
|
| 52 |
Oh! Miss Jaxon
| Charlie Barnet ("Peanuts" Holland)
|
| 53 |
Rhapsody in Blue
| Glenn Miller
|
| 54 |
Jingle Bells
| Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
|
| 55 |
Oklahoma!
| Alfred Drake
|
| 56 |
I Never Mention Your Name
| Jack Leonard / Dick Haymes
|
| 57 |
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
| Benny Carter
|
| 58 |
John Henry
| Leadbelly
|
| 59 |
Hey Lawdy Mama (Meet Me in the Bottom)
| Any Kirk (June Richmond)
|
| 60 |
Shame And Scandal
| Sir Lancelot
|
| 61 |
Rosalita
| Al Dexter
|
| 62 |
Dreamer
| Kay Armen
|
| 63 |
From Twilight 'Til Dawn
| Ceelle Burke / Freddy Martin
|
| 64 |
If You Please
| Bing Corsby
|
| 65 |
Big Boy
| Ray McKinley (Imogene Lynn)
|
| 66 |
Down In The Valley
| Andrews Sisters
|
| 67 |
Tweedle-O-Twill
| Gene Autry
|
| 68 |
Come Sunday
| Duke Ellington
|
| 69 |
That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
| Louis Jordan
|
| 70 |
Rose Ann Of Charing Cross
| Four Vagabonds / Peter Piper
|
| 71 |
Prince Charming
| Harry James
|
| 72 |
Rum & Coca-Cola
| Lord Invader
|
| 73 |
The Old Gray Mare Is Back Where She Used to Be
| Carson Robinson
|
| 74 |
I'm Old Fashioned
| Fred Astaire
|
| 75 |
Ten Little Soldiers
| Four Vagabonds
|
| 76 |
This Is the Army, Mr Jones
| Horace Heidt
|
| 77 |
My Heart and I Decided
| Ella Fitzgerald
|
| 78 |
Get Me on Your Mind
| Jay McShann (Al Hibbler)
|
| 79 |
Close To You
| Frank Sinatra
|
| 80 |
Home in San Antone
| Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
|
| 81 |
Washington Whirliglig
| Charlie Barnet
|
| 82 |
Hit That Jive, Jack
| Four Vagabonds
|
| 83 |
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
| Tommy Dorsey
|
| 84 |
Mission To Moscow
| Benny Goodman
|
| 85 |
Think of Me
| Roy Rogers
|
| 86 |
On A Monday
| Leadbelly
|
| 87 |
Pushin' Sand
| Kay Kyser
|
| 88 |
Jump Town
| Harry James
|
| 89 |
Something To Remember You By
| Dinah Shore
|
| 90 |
I'll Never Make The Same Mistake Again
| Ink Spots
|
| 91 |
Miss Molly
| Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
|
| 92 |
East Side Of The Rockies
| Andrews Sisters
|
| 93 |
The Prodigal Son
| Roy Acuff
|
| 94 |
Rubber Bounce
| Sonny Boy Williams
|
| 95 |
The Fuddy Duddy Watchmaker
| Kay Kyser
|
| 96 |
Your Socks Don't Match
| Fats Waller
|
| 97 |
Old Acquaintance
| Jo Stafford
|
| 98 |
Columbus Stockade Blues
| Jimmie Davis
|
| 99 |
Move It Over
| Ethel Mermen
|
| 100 |
Four or Five Times
| Woody Herman
|
| 20 more worth mentioning. |
| 101 |
Tell Me, Mama
| Jazz Gillum
|
| 102 |
Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
| Perry Como
|
| 103 |
Gonna Follow My Baby
| Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
|
| 104 |
Please Be Careful (If You Can't Be Good)
| Boone's Jumpin' Jacks
|
| 105 |
Tap the Barrel Dry
| Rene Musstte Orchestra
|
| 106 |
They Took the Stars Out of Heaven
| Floyd Tillman
|
| 107 |
For The Good Of Your Country
| Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing)
|
| 108 |
How Sweet You Are
| Kay Armen / Jo Stafford
|
| 109 |
Savoy
| Lucky Millinder
|
| 110 |
Cryin' The Boogie Blues
| Will Bradley
|
| 111 |
Get On Board, Little Chillun
| Freddie Slack
|
| 112 |
Fly Right, Baby
| Lonnie Johnson
|
| 113 |
I Had the Craziest Dream
| Four Vagabonds
|
| 114 |
Night Watchman Blues
| Big Bill Broonzy
|
| 115 |
Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine
| Kay Armen
|
| 116 |
Blue Surreal
| Bob Crosby
|
| 117 |
The Surrey with The Fringe on Top
| Oklahoma Orchestra (Alfred Drake)
|
| 118 |
Stalin Wasn't Stallin'
| Golden Gate Quartet
|
| 119 |
Please Think of Me
| Shep Fields (Ralph Young)
|
| 120 |
He Knows How To Knock Me Out
| Bunny Banks Trio (Bonnie Davis)
|
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1943 |
| Adam's Choice: An unheralded great record from 1943 |
| * |
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
| Benny Goodman
|
| Bruce's Choice: |
| * |
Sharp As A Tack
| Four Vagabonds
|
| Lew's Choice: |
| * |
Them There Eyes
| Quintette du Hot Club de France
|
