The #1 song on August 31, 1943

In the Blue of Evening By Tommy Dorsey

Other #1 songs on August 31, 1943

#1 R&B Song

Don't Cry Baby
Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

Notable August 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Richard Gere

Born August 31, 1949
Lowell Ganz

Born August 31, 1948
Jerome Corsi

Born August 31, 1946
Itzhak Perlman

Born August 31, 1945
William DeWitt

Born August 31, 1941
Robbie Basho

Born August 31, 1940