1943 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1943.

1943 in music
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Top records 1943

1941 was a great year for the United States recording industry, as bad memories of the Depression-tainted 1930s were replaced by record-setting sales. Then came Pearl Harbor, and on August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians, which ended all recording sessions. Record companies kept business going by releasing promising recordings from their vaults, but by mid-1943, alternate sources were running dry, as the strike continued. Decca was the first company to settle with the union in September, but year-end statistics showed a 50% drop in charted records from 1942.

The following songs achieved the highest positions in the National Best Selling Retail Records,[3] and Harlem Hit Parade charts and the "American Folk Records" column,[4] all published by "The Billboard" during 1943. As always, numerical rankings are approximate.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1Al Dexter and His Troopers"Pistol Packin' Mama"[5]Okeh 6708March 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, 2,000,000+ sales[3]
2Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest)"I've Heard That Song Before"[6]Columbia 36668July 31, 1942 (1942-07-31)December 4, 1942 (1942-12-04)US BB 1943 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 26 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[3]
3The Mills Brothers"Paper Doll"[7]Decca 18318February 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, 1,000,000 sales[3]
4Bing Crosby"Sunday, Monday or Always"[8]Decca 18561July 2, 1943 (1943-07-02)August 21, 1943 (1943-08-21)US BB 1943 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[3]
5Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers)"There Are Such Things"[9]Victor 27974July 1, 1942 (1942-07-01)July 17, 1942 (1942-07-17)US BB 1943 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[3]
6Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners"You'll Never Know"[10]Decca 18556May 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
7Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra)"In The Blue Of Evening"[11]Victor 27947June 17, 1943 (1943-06-17)July 31, 1943 (1943-07-31)US BB 1943 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks
8Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest)"Taking a Chance on Love"[12]Columbia 35869April 17, 1943 (1943-04-17)May 1943 (1943-05)US BB 1943 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks
9Song Spinners"Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer"[13]Decca 18553June 19, 1943 (1943-06-19)July 1943 (1943-07)US BB 1943 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
10Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest)"I Had The Craziest Dream"[6]Columbia 36659July 23, 1942 (1942-07-23)October 10, 1942 (1942-10-10)US BB 1943 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks
11Glenn Miller and His Orchestra"That Old Black Magic"Victor 20-1523July 15, 1942 (1942-07-15)January 1943 (1943-01)US BB 1943 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks
12Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra"Brazil"[6]Columbia 36651January 23, 1943 (1943-01-23)February 1943 (1943-02)US BB 1943 #12, US #2 for 7 weeks, 24 total weeks
13Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters"Pistol Packin' Mama"[14][15]Decca 23277September 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
14Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners"It Can't Be Wrong"[16]Decca 18557May 27, 1943 (1943-05-27)June 1943 (1943-06)US BB 1943 #13, US #2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks
15Dinah Shore"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"[17]Victor 20-1519July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30)November 20, 1942 (1942-11-20)US BB 1943 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks
16Frank Sinatra"You'll Never Know"[6]Columbia 36678July 24, 1943 (1943-07-24)August 1943 (1943-08)US BB 1943 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks
17Harry James and His Orchestra"Velvet Moon"[6]Columbia 36672July 31, 1942 (1942-07-31)February 19, 1943 (1943-02-19)US BB 1943 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks
18Ink Spots"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"[18]Decca 18503February 6, 1943 (1943-02-06)March 1943 (1943-03)US BB 1943 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 27 total weeks
19Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra)"All or Nothing at All"[12]Columbia 35587September 17, 1939 (1939-09-17)May 1943 (1943-05)[19]US BB 1943 #19, US #2 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[3]
20Bing Crosby"Moonlight Becomes You"[20]Decca 18513June 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[3]
21Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees"As Time Goes By"[21]Victor 20-1526July 25, 1931 (1931-07-25)March 1943 (1943-03)US BB 1943 #21, US #2 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
22Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin"People Will Say We're In Love"[22]Decca 18564August 23, 1943 (1943-08-23)October 9, 1943 (1943-10-09)US BB 1943 #22, US #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks
23Dinah Shore"Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me"[23]Victor 27970July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30)September 11, 1942 (1942-09-11)US BB 1943 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
24Bing Crosby"I'll Be Home for Christmas"[24]Decca 18570October 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[3]
25Judy Garland and Gene Kelly"For Me and My Gal"[25]Decca 18480July 26, 1942 (1942-07-26)December 1942 (1942-12)US BB 1943 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 21 total weeks
26Ted Daffan's Texans"No Letter Today"[26]Okeh 6706February 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[3]
27Erskine Hawkins"Don't Cry, Baby"[27]Bluebird 30-0813May 27, 1942 (1942-05-27)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[28]

Classical music

Premieres
Sortable table
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Berkeley, LennoxSymphony No. 11943-07-08 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron[29]
Britten, BenjaminPrelude and Fugue for Strings1943-06-23 LondonNeel String Orchestra – Neel[30]
Britten, BenjaminSerenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings1943-10-15 LondonPears, Brain / Neel String Orchestra – Britten [31]
Copland, AaronMusic for the Movies1943-02-17 New York CitySaidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg[32]
Dale, BenjaminThe Flowing Tide1943-08-06 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Boult[29]
Dunhill, ThomasWaltz Suite1943-08-05 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Dunhill[33]
Dutilleux, HenriMelodies for Voice and Orchestra1943-12-14 ParisPanzera / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Tomasi[34]
Feldman, MortonDirge in Memory of Thomas Wolfe1943-04-15 New York CityHSMA Senior Symphony – Feldman [35]
Foss, LukasThe Prairie1946-10-15 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[36]
Ginastera, AlbertoDances from Estancia1943-05-12 Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra – Calusio[37]
Gundry, InglisHeyday Freedom, orchestral suite1943-06-26 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron[29]
Hanson, HowardRequiem (Symphony No. 4)1943-12-03 BostonBoston Symphony – Hanson [38]
Harris, RoySymphony No. 51943-02-26 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[39]
Jolivet, AndréLes trois complaintes du soldat1943-02-28 ParisBernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra – Munch[40]
Martinu, BohuslavConcerto for Two Pianos1943-11-05 PhiladelphiaLuboshutz, Nemenoff / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy[41]
Martinu, BohuslavMemorial to Lidice1943-10-28 New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski[42]
Martinu, BohuslavSymphony No. 21943-10-28 ClevelandCleveland Orchestra – Leinsdorf[43]
Martinu, BohuslavViolin Concerto No. 21943-12-31 BostonElman / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky[44]
Messiaen, OlivierVisions de l'Amen1943-05-10 ParisLoriod, Messiaen [45]
Moeran, Ernest JohnRhapsody No. 3, for piano and orchestra1943-08-19 London (Proms)Cohen / BBC Symphony – Boult[46]
Moroi, SaburoSinfonietta for Children1943-11-05 TokyoTokyo Broadcast Orchestra – Moroi [47]
Ponce, ManuelViolin Concerto1943-08-20 México DFSzeryng / Mexico Symphony – Chávez[48]
Prokofiev, SergeiFlute Sonata1943-12-07 MoscowKharkovsky, Richter[49]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 71943-01-18 MoscowRichter[50]
Prokofiev, SergeiThe Year 19411943-01-21 SverdlovskUSSR Radio Symphony – Rabinovich[51]
Rodrigo, JoaquínConcierto heroico1943-04-03 LisbonQuerol / Spanish National Orchestra – E. Halffter[52]
Rowley, AlecBurlesque Quadrilles1943-07-13 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Cameron[29]
Rubbra, EdmundSinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra1943-08-10 London (Proms)Rubbra / BBC Symphony – Boult[29]
Schuman, WilliamSymphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5)1943-11-12 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[53]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Sonata No. 21943-06-06 MoscowShostakovich [54]
Shostakovich, DmitriSix Romances on Verses by English Poets1943-06-06 MoscowFlachs, Shostakovich [55]
Shostakovich, DmitriSymphony No. 41943-11-04 MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Mravinsky[56]
Strauss, RichardDivertimento after pieces by Couperin1943-01-31 ViennaVienna Philharmonic – Krauss[57][58]
Stravinsky, IgorOde1943-10-08 BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[59]
Tippett, MichaelBoyhood's End1943-05-24 Morley CollegeUnspecified performers [60]
Tippett, MichaelString Quartet No. 21943-03-27 LondonZorian Quartet[61]
Tubin, EduardSuite on Estonian Dance Tunes1943-10-02 TartuTurgan, Mangre[62]
Vaughan Williams, RalphSymphony No. 51943-06-24 London (Proms)London Philharmonic – Vaughan Williams [63]
Villa Lobos, HeitorString Quartet No. 61943-11-30 Rio de JaneiroQuarteto Haydn [64]
Walton, WilliamViolin Concerto (2nd version)1943-11-30 WolverhamptonRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent[65]
Webern, AntonThree Lieder, Op. 231943-12-05 BaselGradmann-Lüscher, Baumgartner[66]
Webern, AntonVariations for Orchestra (1940)1943-03-03 WinterthurStadtorchester Winterthur – Scherchen[67]
Weisgall, HugoAmerican Comedy 19431943-07-29 London (Proms)BBC Symphony – Weisgall [29]

Compositions
Yehudi Menuhin in 1943

Opera

Film

Jazz
Main article: 1943 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

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Deaths

References
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  2. Wilgus, D. K. (1970). "Country-Western Music and the Urban Hillbilly". The Journal of American Folklore. 83 (328): 157–179. doi:10.2307/539105. ISSN 0021-8715. JSTOR 539105.
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  5. "OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6500 - 6747 (end of series)". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  6. "COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500 - 37000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  7. "Decca matrix 70348. Paper doll / Mills Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  8. "Decca matrix L 3172. Sunday, Monday or always / Bing Crosby - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  9. "Victor matrix BS-075400. There are such things / The Pied Pipers ; Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  10. "Decca matrix 71378. You'll never know / Dick Haymes - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  11. "Victor matrix BS-075282. In the blue of evening / Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
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  13. "Decca matrix 71338. Comin' in on a wing and a prayer / The Song Spinners - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  14. "Decca matrix L 3197. Pistol packin' Mama / The Andrews Sisters ; Bing Crosby - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  15. "The Billboard Jan 16, 1943 pg 59". google books. 16 January 1943. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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  19. "Record Buying Guide New Releases". Billboard: 96. May 29, 1943 – via Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  20. "Decca matrix DLA 3034. Moonlight becomes you / Bing Crosby - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  21. "Victor matrix BRC-70128. As time goes by / Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  22. "Decca matrix L 3181. People will say we're in love / Bing Crosby ; Trudy Irwin - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  23. "Victor matrix PBS-072558. (As long as you're not in love with anyone else) Why don't you fall in love with me / Dinah Shore ; Paul Wetstein - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  24. "Decca matrix L 3203. I'll be home for Christmas / Bing Crosby - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  25. "Decca matrix L 3140. For me and my gal / Judy Garland ; Gene Kelly - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
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  36. Boston Symphony Orchestra
  37. IRCAM
  38. Carl Fischer Music
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  41. Your Classical
  42. Martinu and the Symphony
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  44. Hyperion Records
  45. IRCAM
  46. BBC Symphony
  47. Naxos Records
  48. Apreciación Musical
  49. Kimmel Center
  50. Classical Connect
  51. The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years
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  53. Boston Symphony
  54. Naxos Records
  55. IRCAM
  56. New York Philharmonic
  57. Encore Arts Seattle
  58. Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
  59. Schott Music
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  62. ERP Music
  63. London Philharmonic
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  66. IRCAM
  67. IRCAM
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