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The Andrews Sisters performing "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" in 1942.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1942.

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For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page.

The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys.

Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. By the way, the 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals.

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like 'Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954[5] and other sources as specified.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1 Bing Crosby "White Christmas"[6] Decca 18429 May 29, 1942 (1942-05-29) July 30, 1942 (1942-07-30) US Billboard 1942 #1, US Pop #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 191 points, 2,600,000 sales 1944, 50,000,000 2007,[7] Grammy Hall of Fame 1974
2 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo"[8] Victor 27934 August 1, 1942 (1942-08-01) September 12, 1942 (1942-09-12) US Billboard 1942 #2, US Pop #1 for 7 weeks, 18 total weeks, 181 points, 1,000,000 sales[5]
3 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Moonlight Cocktail"[9] Bluebird 11401 May 7, 1941 (1941-05-07) July 25, 1941 (1941-07-25) US Billboard 1942 #3, US Pop #1 for 10 weeks, 21 total weeks, 178 points, 1,000,000 sales[5]
4 Kay Kyser and his Orchestra "Who Wouldn't Love You"[10] Columbia 36526 April 4, 1942 (1942-04-04) June 20, 1942 (1942-06-20) US Billboard 1942 #4, US Pop #2 for 8 weeks, 25 total weeks, 157 points, 1,000,000 sales[5]
5 Harry James and his Orchestra "Sleepy Lagoon"[10] Columbia 36549 February 24, 1942 (1942-02-24) March 1942 (1942-03) US Billboard 1942 #5, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 153 points
6 Kay Kyser and his Orchestra "Jingle Jangle Jingle"[10] Columbia 36604 July 4, 1942 (1942-07-04) July 18, 1942 (1942-07-18) US Billboard 1942 #6, US Pop #1 for 8 weeks, 13 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales[5]
7 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (Vocal Bob Eberle & Helen O'connell) "Tangerine"[11] Decca 4123 January 24, 1942 (1942-01-24) May 9, 1942 (1942-05-09) US Billboard 1942 #7, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 148 points
8 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "A String of Pearls"[12] Bluebird 11382 December 27, 1941 (1941-12-27) February 7, 1942 (1942-02-07) US Billboard 1942 #8, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 128 points, 1,000,000 sales[5]
9 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra "Jersey Bounce"[13] Okeh 6590 March 14, 1942 (1942-03-14) April 25, 1942 (1942-04-25) US Billboard 1942 #9, US Pop #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 119 points
10 Kay Kyser and his Orchestra "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"[10] Columbia 36640 October 17, 1942 (1942-10-17) October 31, 1942 (1942-10-31) US Billboard 1942 #10, US Pop #2 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, 109 points, 1,000,000 sales[5]
11 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Serenade in Blue"[14] Victor 27935 September 12, 1942 (1942-09-12) October 10, 1942 (1942-10-10) US Billboard 1942 #11, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 92 points
12 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone else But Me)"[15] Bluebird 11474 March 21, 1942 (1942-03-21) June 6, 1942 (1942-06-06) US Billboard 1942 #12, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 81 points
13 Woody Herman and His Orchestra "Blues In the Night"[16] Decca 4030 November 8, 1941 (1941-11-08) December 1941 (1941-12) US Billboard 1942 #13, US Pop #1 for 1 weeks, 21 total weeks, 78 points
14 Harry James and his Orchestra "I Don't Want To Walk Without You"[17] Columbia 36478 December 11, 1941 (1941-12-11) January 2, 1942 (1942-01-02) US Billboard 1942 #14, US Pop #2 for 5 weeks, 17 total weeks, 77 points
15 Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra "When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)"[18] Victor 27945 July 8, 1942 (1942-07-08) July 24, 1942 (1942-07-24) US Billboard 1942 #15, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 77 points
16 Kay Kyser and his Orchestra "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings"[10] Columbia 36604 August 8, 1942 (1942-08-08) September 5, 1942 (1942-09-05) US Billboard 1942 #16, US Pop #2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, 70 points
17 Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra "My Devotion"[10] Columbia 36620 September 5, 1942 (1942-09-05) October 3, 1942 (1942-10-03) US Billboard 1942 #17, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 70 points
18 Alvino Rey and his Orchestra "I Said No!"[19] Bluebird 11391 December 27, 1941 (1941-12-27) February 21, 1942 (1942-02-21) US Billboard 1942 #18, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 54 points
19 Spike Jones and His City Slickers "Der Fuehrer's Face"[20] Bluebird 11586 July 28, 1942 (1942-07-28) September 11, 1942 (1942-09-11) US Billboard 1942 #19, US Pop #3 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 50 points
20 Harry James and His Orchestra (vocal Helen Forrest) "Mister Five By Five"[10] Columbia 36650 July 31, 1942 (1942-07-31) October 1942 (1942-10) US Billboard 1942 #20, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 48 points
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Classical music

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Premieres

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Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber, Samuel Second Essay for Orchestra 1942-04-16 New York City New York Philharmonic – Walter[21]
Britten, Benjamin A Ceremony of Carols 1942-12-05 Norwich, UK Mason / The Fleet Street Choir – Lawrence[22]
Britten, Benjamin Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra 1942-01-16 Philadelphia Wittgenstein / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy[23]
Carpenter, John Alden Symphony No. 2 1942-10-22 New York City New York Philharmonic – Walter[24]
Chávez, Carlos Piano Concerto 1942-01-01 New York City Eugene List (piano) New York Philharmonic – Mitropoulos[25]
Copland, Aaron Statements 1942-01-07 New York City New York Philharmonic – Bernstein[26]
Casella, Alfredo Paganiniana 1942-04-14 Vienna Vienna Philharmonic – Böhm[27]
Finzi, Gerald Let Us Garlands Bring 1942-10-12 London Irvin, Ferguson[28]
Guarnieri, Camargo Abertura concertante 1942-06-02 São Paulo Artistic Culture Society Orchestra – De Souza Lima[29]
Jolivet, André Cosmogonie 1942-03-04 Nice French National Symphony – D'Auriol[30]
Krenek, Ernst I Wonder as I Wander 1942-12-11 Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos[31]
Maderna, Bruno Piano Concerto 1942-06-22 Venice Gorini / Marcello Conservatory Orchestra – Gracis[32]
Martin, Frank Sonata da chiesa for flute and organ 1942-06-11 Lausanne, Switzerland M. Martin, Faller[33]
Martinů, Bohuslav Symphony No. 1 1942-11-13 Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky[34]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Symphonic Ballade (Symphony No. 22) 1942-01-12 Tbilisi, Soviet Union [unknown orchestra] – Stasevich[35]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Symphony No. 23 [nl] 1942-06-05 Moscow
Prokofiev, Sergei String Quartet No. 2 1942-04-07 Moscow Beethoven Quartet[36]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Leningrad Symphony (Symphony No. 7) 1942-03-05 Kuibyshev, Soviet Union Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra – Samosud[37]
Stravinsky, Igor Danses concertantes 1942-02-08 Los Angeles Janssen Symphony – Stravinsky[38]
Tippett, Michael Fantasia on a Theme of Handel 1942-03-07 London Sellick / Goehr Orchestra – Goehr[39]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Rudepoêma 1942-07-15 Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Symphony – Villa-Lobos[40]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Five Preludes for guitar 1942-12-11 Montevideo, Uruguay Abel Carlevaro – Villa-Lobos[41]

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Film

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Jazz

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Main article: 1942 in jazz

Musical theatre

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Births

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Paul McCartney

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Diseuse in Debut Here - Marianne Lorraine Presents 'One Woman Theatre' at Town Hall Critical review of Marianne Lorraine and John Serry". The New York Times. 1 March 1942. p. 36. ProQuest 106170249.
  2. ^ Free World Vol. 2 p. 94 "The Free world Association presents Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Patroness Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt" - Free World Association Eleanor Roosevelt Feb. 1942 on Google Books
  3. ^ Free World - A Monthly Magazine devoted to Democracy, p. 94 "The Free World Association presents...Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Town Hall, February28, 1942" Free World Association Marianne Oswald 1942 on Google Books
  4. ^ "H. Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy : iMEGA Tour and Travel: Tour operator in Armenia". www.imegaservice.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  6. ^ "Decca matrix DLA 3009. White Christmas / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  7. ^ Giddins, Gary (2018). Bing Crosby: swinging on a star, the war years, 1940-1946. New York: Little Brown & Company. ISBN 978-0-316-41234-6. OCLC 1057695601.
  8. ^ "Victor matrix PBS-072283. (I've got a gal in) Kalamazoo / Tex Beneke; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Marion Hutton; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  9. ^ "Victor matrix BS-068456. Moonlight cocktail / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500–37000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  11. ^ "Decca matrix 70028. Tangerine / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  12. ^ "Victor matrix BS-068068. A string of pearls / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  13. ^ "OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6500–6747 (end of series)". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  14. ^ "Victor matrix PBS-072284. Serenade in blue / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  15. ^ "Victor matrix BS-071861. Don't sit under the apple tree (with anyone else but me) / Tex Beneke; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Marion Hutton; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  16. ^ "Decca matrix DLA 2746. Blues in the night / Woody Herman Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  17. ^ "Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36000–36499". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  18. ^ "Victor matrix BS-075421. When the lights go on again (All over the world) / Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  19. ^ "Victor matrix PBS-061915. I said no! / Alvino Rey Orchestra; Yvonne King – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  20. ^ "Victor matrix PBS-072525. Der Fuehrer's face / City Slickers; Carl Grayson; Spike Jones; Willie Spicer – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
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  22. ^ "A Ceremony of Carols, Benjamin Britten" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  23. ^ "Diversions, Benjamin Britten" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  24. ^ "Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2". www.naxos.com.
  25. ^ Noel Straus, "Chavez Concerto by Philharmonic", The New York Times (2 January 1942): 24.
  26. ^ "Statements, Aaron Copland" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  27. ^ "Casella – Paganiniana for orchestra – Universal Edition". Universal Edition.
  28. ^ "FINZI: I Said to Love / Let Us Garlands Bring / Before and After Summer (English Song, Vol. 12)". www.naxos.com.
  29. ^ Martinez, Emanuel (8 April 2011). "Repertório: Camargo Guarnieri – Abertura Concertante (1942) & Abertura Festiva (1971)".
  30. ^ "Cosmogonie, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  31. ^ "I wonder as I wander, Ernst Krenek" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  32. ^ "Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, Bruno Maderna" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  33. ^ "Martin – Sonata da chiesa for flute and organ – Universal Edition". Universal Edition.
  34. ^ "World Premieres: The 1900s". www.bso.org. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  35. ^ "Le Chant du Monde" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  36. ^ "Prokofiev: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Sonata". www.naxos.com.
  37. ^ "The Story Behind Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony".
  38. ^ "Danses concertantes, Igor Stravinsky" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  39. ^ "Fantaisie sur une thème de Haendel, Sir Michael Tippett" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
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  42. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | the ROSE OF TRALEE (1942)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  43. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | WE'LL SMILE AGAIN (1942)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  44. ^ Brock Helander (1 January 2001). The Rockin' 60s: The People Who Made the Music. Schirmer Trade Books. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-85712-811-9.
  45. ^ Peter Lavezzoli (24 April 2006). The Dawn of Indian Music in the West. A&C Black. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-8264-1815-9.
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  47. ^ Chase's Annual Events. Contemporary Books. 1994. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-8092-3732-6.
  48. ^ Norm N. Nite; Wolfman Jack (1982). Rock on: The solid gold years. Harper & Row. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-06-181642-0.
  49. ^ "Obituary for Ruby Winters Jenkins". Allendave.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  50. ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1992. p. 141.
  51. ^ Fred Bronson (1997). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard Books. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-8230-7641-3.
  52. ^ Norm N. Nite; Wolfman Jack (1982). Rock on: The video revolution, 1978-present. Harper & Row. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-06-181644-4.
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  54. ^ Keith Hatschek; Veronica A. Wells (15 September 2018). Historical Dictionary of the American Music Industry. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-5381-1144-4.
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