The year in music
Best Songs of 1943
“Oklahoma!” opens on Broadway, Frank Sinatra becomes the first teen idol, and “Casablanca” sends “As Time Goes By” back up the charts.

Play 1943
14 songs

If You Please
Bing Crosby

People Will Say We're in Love
Bing Crosby

Sunday, Monday or Always
Bing Crosby

That Old Black Magic
Glenn Miller

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
Judy Garland

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Frank Sinatra

I Heard You Cried Last Night
Harry James and His Orchestra

It's Always You
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

You'll Never Know
Dick Haymes

Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer
The Song Spinners

Johnny Zero
The Song Spinners

Taking a Chance on Love
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

Pistol Packin' Mama
Al Dexter and His Troopers

Poinciana
Benny Carter
1943 on Music By Decade
The catalogue holds 14 songs first released in 1943. Big Band, Swing and Jazz lead the year. Bing Crosby, The Song Spinners and Al Dexter and His Troopers are among the voices of 1943.
Artists of 1943
- Bing Crosby3
- The Song Spinners2
- Al Dexter and His Troopers
- Benny Carter
- Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
- Dick Haymes
- Frank Sinatra
- Glenn Miller
- Harry James and His Orchestra
- Judy Garland
- Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra