BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) R&B TOP SINGLES 1942 Harlem Hit Parade

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 TRAV'LIN LIGHT-PAUL WHITEMAN ORCHESTRA-NOVEMBER 1168 
  2 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN-LUCKY MILLINDER ORCHESTRA-November 958
  3 MISTER FIVE BY FIVE-FREDDIE SLACK, ELLA MAE MORSE-October 818
  4 STORMY MONDAY BLUES-EARL HINES-November 710
  5 WHITE CHRISTMAS-BING CROSBY-December 520
  6 PRAISE THE LORD-SOUTHERN SONS-November 272
  7 TAKE IT AND GIT-ANDY KIRK-October 268
  8 EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME-Ink Spots-November 188
  9 C BLUES-Barney Bigard-December 176
 10 I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN-Louis Jordan-October 156
 11 Jitterbug Waltz-Fats Waller-November 50
 12 Let's Be Friends-Lil Green-October 46
 13 Just Kiddin' Around-Artie Shaw Orchestra-October 46
 14 It Had To Be You-Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra-December 44
 15 This Is Worth Fighting For-Ink Spots-October 44
 16 Praise The Lord-Royal Harmony Quartet-November 42
 17 Hay-foot, Straw-foot-Duke Ellington Orchestra-November 42
 18 Just As Though You Were Here-Ink Spots-October 42
*The first "Harlem Hit Parade" chart was published in the October 24,1942
issue of Billboard Magazine,So,this list only spans from October 24
to the end of the year.