<page_title> List of Billboard number-one R&B singles of the 1940s </page_title> <section_title> Number-one R&B songs </section_title> <table> <cell> July 14 <col_header> Issue date </col_header> <col_header> 1942 </col_header> <col_header> 1943 </col_header> <col_header> 1944 </col_header> <col_header> 1945 </col_header> </cell> <cell> "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" <col_header> Song </col_header> <col_header> 1942 </col_header> <col_header> 1943 </col_header> <col_header> 1944 </col_header> <col_header> 1945 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 8 weeks <col_header> Weeks at No. 1 </col_header> <col_header> 1942 </col_header> <col_header> 1943 </col_header> <col_header> 1944 </col_header> <col_header> 1945 </col_header> </cell> </table>
"Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart on July 14 and staying there for eight weeks.