PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1942*
https://playback.fm/year/1942 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-BING CROSBY-DECEMBER 2 (I'VE GOT A GAL IN) KALAMAZOO-GLENN MILLER,MARION HUTTON,TEX BENEKE & THE MODERNAIRES-September 3 TANGERINE-JIMMY DORSEY,BOB EBERLY & HELEN O'CONNELL-May 4 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-GLENN MILLER,RAY EBERLE & MODERNAIRES-March 5 SLEEPY LAGOON-HARRY JAMES-June 6 (I GOT SPURS THAT) JINGLE,JANGLE,JINGLE-KAY KYSER,HARRY BABBITT & JULIE CONWAY-July 7 A STRING OF PEARLS-GLENN MILLER-February 8 BLUES IN THE NIGHT-Woody Herman-February 9 JERSEY BOUNCE-Benny Goodman-May 10 DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Skeets Herfurt-February 11 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & The Modernaires-June 12 Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser-November 13 Who Wouldn't Love You?-Kay Kyser Orchestra,trudy Erwin & Harry Babbitt-August 14 My Devotion-Vaughn Monroe-October 15 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee-April 16 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Gene Autry-December 17 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Glee Club-January 18 Strip Polka-Kay Kyser & Jack Martin-October 19 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Horace Heidt Ensemble-March 20 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest-March 21 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Bing Crosby-April 22 Travellin' Light-Paul Whiteman & Billie Holiday-November 23 Flying Home-Lionel Hampton-July 24 Every Night About This Time-The Ink Spots-November 25 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) White Cliffs Of Dover-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-January 26 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson-November 27 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore-March 28 Always In My Heart-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-May 29 Happy in Love-Glenn Miller-April 30 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt-September 31 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders-July 32 Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)-Jimmy Dorsey-December 33 Moonlight Becomes You-Bing Crosby-December 34 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens-October 35 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) White Cliffs Of Dover-Jean Cerchi-January 36 Ai! Que Saudades da Amelia-Ataulfo Alves-July 37 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) White Cliffs Of Dover-Vera Lynn-January 38 Rose O'Day (The Filla-Da-Gusha Song)-Freddy Martin Orchestra & Eddie Stone-February 39 At Last-Glenn Miller Orchestra & Ray Eberle-October 40 Perfidia (Tonight)-Glenn Miller-May 41 Be Careful It's My Heart-Bing Crosby-October 42 My Devotion-Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly-August 43 Strip Polka-Andrews Sisters-November 44 Juke Box Saturday Night-Glenn Miller,Marion,Tex Benke & The Modernaires-December 45 Moonlight Becomes You-Glenn Miller-December 46 American Patrol-Glenn Miller-July 47 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell-September 48 Tonight We Love-Freddy Martin-January 49 Blues In The Night-Jimmie Lunceford Ensemble-March 50 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires-November 51 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer-September 52 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King-February 53 Ave Maria No Morro-Trio de Ouro-July 54 Blues In The Night-Cab Calloway & his Cotton Club Orchestra-March 55 Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition-Merry Macs-November 56 Cow Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse-August 57 Mister Five By Five-Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse-December 58 Idaho-Benny Goodman & Dick Haymes-September 59 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey-August 60 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Bing Crosby & Woody Herman Orchestra-February 61 Remember Pearl Harbor-Sammy Kaye-February 62 I'll Remember April-Woody Herman-March 63 Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland-Kay Kyser-June 64 Jersey Bounce-The Royal Air Force Orchestra-May 65 Emilia-Vassourinha-July 66 Dearly Beloved-Glenn Miller & Skip Nelson-December 67 Easter Parade-Harry James-April 68 Take Me-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra-September 69 Always In My Heart-Jimmy Dorsey-May 70 I Cried For You-Harry James-September 71 (I Got Spurs That) Jingle,Jangle,Jingle-Merry Macs-July 72 Amen-Abe Lyman & Rose Blane-October 73 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-May 74 Everything I Love-Glenn Miller-July 75 Sweet Eloise-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires-August 76 Chattanooga Choo Choo-Harry Roy-January 77 Esta Chegando a Hora-Carmen Costa-July 78 When There's A Breeze On Lake Louise-Freddy Martin 79 Pig Foot Pete-Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol-March 80 Pennsylvania Polka-Andrews Sisters-July *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA and UK).