The #1 R&B song on August 31, 1943

Don't Cry Baby By Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

Other #1 songs on August 31, 1943

#1 Hit Song

In the Blue of Evening
Tommy Dorsey

Notable August 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Mike Kuchar
Director
Born August 31, 1942
Rudolf Schenker
Guitarist
Born August 31, 1948
Jerome Corsi
Novelist
Born August 31, 1946
David Simkins
Screenwriter
Born August 31, 1949
William Dewitt Jr.
Entrepreneur
Born August 31, 1941
Earnie Shavers
Boxer
Born August 31, 1945