Billboard Hit 1942

The Billboard Year's Top Recordings 1942
Published on: 2nd January 1943

1. Kalamazoo – Glenn Miller
2. Who Wouldn’t Love You – Kay Kyser
3. Moonlight Cocktail – Glenn Miller
4. Sleepy Laoon – Harry James
5. Jersey Bounce – Benny Goodman
6. A String of Pearls – Glenn Miller
7. Tangerine – Jimmy Dorsey
8. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle – Kay Kyser
9. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
10. Praise the Lord – Kay Kyser
11. Serenade in Blue – Glenn Miller
12. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree – Glenn Miller
13. I Don’t Want to Walk Without You, Baby – Harry James
14. He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings – Kay Kayser
15. Blues in the Night – Woody Herman
16. Chattanooga Choo Choo – Glenn Miller
17. My Devotion – Charlie Spivak
18. I Said No – Alvino Roy
19. One Dozen Roses – Harry James
20. Der Fuehrer’s Face – Spike Jones

Billboard Harlem Hit Parade (R&B) 1942
Published: Weekly from 24th October to December.

* Bicycle Bounce - Erskine Hawkins (Pos-9: Dec 26)
* C Blues - Barney Bigard (Pos-9: Nov 21 Pos-10: Dec 5 Pos-7: Dec 19)
* Cow Cow Boogie - Freddie Slack (Pos-10: Oct 31 Dec 19, 26 Pos-9: Dec 5)
* Don't Get Around Much Any More - Four Ink Spots (Pos-7: Oct 24 Dec 12 Pos-5: Nov 7 Pos-8: Dec 26)
* Every Night About This Time - Four Ink Spots (Pos-9: Oct 24 Pos-7: Oct 31 Pos-6: Nov 14 Pos-8: Nov 28)
* Hay-Foot Straw-Foot - Duke Ellington (Pos-10: Nov 21)
* I'm Gonna Leave You at the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan (Pos-5: Oct 24 Pos-3: Oct 31 Pos-7: Nov 7)
* It Had to Be You - Jimmy Lunceford (Pos-9: Dec 12)
* Jitterbug Waltz - Fats Waller (Pos-6: Nov 7)
* Just as Though You Were Here - Four Ink Spots (Pos-10: Oct 24)
* Just Kiddin Around - Artie Shaw (Pos-8: Oct 31)
* Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Tampa Red (Pos-9: Dec 19)
* Let's Be Friends - Lil Green (Pos-8: Oct 24)
* Mr. Five by Five - Freddie Slack (Pos-3: Oct 24 Dec 26 Pos-1: Oct 31 Dec 12 Pos-2: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 Dec 5, 12)
* Praise the Lord - Royal Harmony Quartel (Pos-10: Nov 14 Dec 12 Pos-7: Nov 21 Dec 5 Pos-9: Nov 28 Pos-8: Dec 19)
* See See Rider Blues - Bea Booze (Pos-9: Nov 14 Pos-10: Nov 28)
* Stormy Monday Blues - Earl Hines (Pos-4: Oct 24 Nov 21 Pos-5: Oct 31 Nov 28 Dec 5, 12 Pos-9: Nov 7 Pos-1: Nov 14 Pos-6: Dec 12 Pos-7: Dec 26)
* Take It  and Git - Andy Kirk (Pos-1: Oct 24 Pos-6: Oct 31 Pos-4: Nov 7 Pos-8: Nov 14 Pos-7: Nov 28)
* That Ain't Right - King Cole Trio (Pos-6: Nov 21 Pos-8: Dec 5, 12)
* There are Such Things - Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey (Pos-8: Nov 7 Pos-5: Dec 26)
* Thing Ain't What They Used to Be - Charlie Barnet (Pos-10: Nov 7)
* This is Worth Fighting For - Four Ink Spots (Pos-9: Oct 31)
* Traveling Light - Billy Holiday with Paul Whiteman (Pos-2: Oct 24, 31 Pos-1: Nov 7, 21 Dec 5 Pos-5: Nov 14 Pos-6: Nov 28 Dec 26 Pos-3: Dec 12 Pos-4: Dec 19)
* What's the Use of Getting Sober - Louis Jordan (Pos-4: Nov 14, 28 Dec 5, 26 Pos-5: Nov 21 Pos-2: Dec 12 Pos-6: Dec 19)
* When the Lights Go on Again - Lucky Millinder (Pos-6: Oct 24 Pos-4: Oct 31 Pos-3: Nov 7, 14, 21 Dec 5, 12 Pos-1: Nov 28 Pos-5: Dec 12 Pos-2: Dec 26)
* White Christmas - Bing Crosby (Pos-7: Nov 14 Pos-8: Nov 21 Pos-3: Nov 28 Pos-6: Dec 5 Pos-4: Dec 12 Pos-1: Dec 19, 26)

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