List of number-one R&B singles of 1943 (U.S.)

This list of R&B #1 hits of 1943 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).

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Issue Date	Song	Artist	Weeks at #1
January 16	"See See Rider Blues"	Bea Booze	4 weeks*
January 23	"What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)"	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	1 week
January 30	"That Ain't Right"	Nat King Cole Trio	1 week
February 13	"Apollo Jump"	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	2 weeks
March 6	"Don't Stop Now"	Bonnie Davis and the Bunny Banks Trio	5 weeks*
March 27	"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"	The Ink Spots	2 weeks*
April 17	"I've Heard That Song Before"	Harry James and His Orchestra	1 week
April 24	"I Can't Stand Losing You"	The Ink Spots	7 weeks*
May 29	"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" ("Never No Lament")	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	3 weeks*
July 17	"You'll Never Know"	Dick Haymes	4 weeks
August 14	"Don't Cry Baby"	Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra	14 weeks*
September 25	"A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)"	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	1 week
October 2	"Sentimental Lady"	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	1 week
November 20	"All for You"	The Nat King Cole Trio	2 weeks*
December 18	"ShooShoo Baby"	Ella Mae Morse	2 weeks*
December 25	"Sweet Slumber"	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	1 week

An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.