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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.
US Billboard 1943 #128, US Pop #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1943 #8, Hillbilly #1 for 3 weeks, 31 total weeks 9: Floyd Tillman "They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" [14] Decca 6090: April 30, 1941 () May 25, 1943 () US Hillbilly 1943 #9, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 35 total weeks 10: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Willie Nelson sets a new record as the oldest artist to achieve a number one country song at age 70. [69] 2004: 2005: The chart's name changes to Hot Country Songs. Josh Gracin becomes the first American Idol finalist to achieve a country number one. [2] [70] [71] 2006: George Strait achieves his 41st number one, breaking Conway Twitty's record.
1943 in country music; 1943 in jazz; Events ... Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for ...
The latter two songs were the two sides of the same record, but Billboard listed each in the number-one position for one week. [4] Ellington's recording of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was one of two versions of the song to top the chart during 1943; the Ink Spots also reached number one with a vocal version of the track.
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on the weekly country music singles chart published by Billboard magazine. From January 8, 1944 to May 15, 1948, the only country music chart was the Juke Box chart. A Best Sellers chart debuted that week, followed by a Jockeys chart on the week of December 10, 1949. [1]
[8] [9] A number of other artists achieved a first country number one in 1973. Joe Stampley was the first when he spent one week at the top of the chart with "Soul Song" in January. [10] In March, Cal Smith topped the chart for the first time with "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking", [11] as did Barbara Fairchild with "The Teddy Bear Song". [12]
Jim Reeves had his first number one in 1953.. In 1953 Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States: Most Played in Juke Boxes, National Best Sellers, and Most Played By Jockeys.