This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1943 according to The Billboard.

The "National Best Selling Retail Records" chart was the first to poll retailers nationwide on record sales.

The new chart was billed as a "trade service feature," based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national retailers from New York to Los Angeles.

Shown is a list of songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records chart.

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.January 2"White Christmas"Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraJanuary 9January 16 "There Are Such Things"Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra and the Pied PipersJanuary 23January 30February 6February 13"I Had the Craziest Dream"Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen ForrestFebruary 20February 27"There Are Such Things"Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra and the Pied PipersMarch 6"I've Heard That Song Before"Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen ForrestMarch 13March 20March 27April 3April 10April 17April 24May 1May 8May 15May 22May 29"That Old Black Magic"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Skip Nelson and the ModernairesJune 5"I've Heard That Song Before"Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen ForrestJune 12"Taking a Chance on Love"Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with Helen ForrestJune 19June 26July 3"Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer"The Song SpinnersJuly 10July 17July 24"You'll Never Know"Dick Haymes and the Song SpinnersJuly 31August 7August 14August 21"In the Blue of Evening"Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank SinatraAugust 28September 4September 11"Sunday, Monday or Always"Bing Crosby and the Ken Darby SingersSeptember 18September 25October 2October 9October 16October 23October 30"Pistol Packin' Mama"Al Dexter and His Troopers with Al DexterNovember 6"Paper Doll"The Mills BrothersNovember 13November 20November 27December 4December 11December 18December 25

Number-one artists +List of number-one artists by total weeks at number oneArtistsWeeks at #1Harry James15Bing Crosby9Tommy Dorsey8The Mills BrothersDick Haymes4Benny Goodman3The Song SpinnersAl Dexter & His Troopers1Glenn Miller

See also 1943 in music

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