List of number one hits in the US (1942)

This is a list of the number one hits on Billboard's 1942 US Best Sellers in Stores chart. There were nine number one singles that year.

See also : List of singles on the Billboard charts (1942)

← 1941 ←	List of number one hits in the US			1943 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 27, 1941 - February 6, 1942 6 weeks (9 in total) 9 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke & The Modernaires Chattanooga Choo Choo Harry Warren , Mack Gordon - February 7, 1942 - February 13, 1942 1 week (total 2) 2 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls Jerry Gray - February 14, 1942 - February 20, 1942 1 week (total 1) 1 Woody Herman & His Orchestra Blues in the Night Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer - February 21, 1942 - February 27, 1942 1 week (total 2) 2 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls Jerry Gray - February 28, 1942 - May 8, 1942 10 weeks (total 10) 10 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires Moonlight Cocktail Luckey Roberts , Kim Gannon - May 9, 1942 - June 19, 1942 6 weeks (6 in total) 6th Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell Tangerine Victor Schertzinger , Johnny Mercer - June 20, 1942 - July 17, 1942 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Harry James & His Orchestra Sleepy Lagoon Jack Lawrence, Eric Coates - July 18, 1942 - September 11, 1942 8 weeks (8 in total) 8th Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway Jingle Jangle Jingle Frank Loesser , Joseph J. Lilley - September 12, 1942 - October 30, 1942 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke , Marion Hutton & The Modernaires (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo Harry Warren , Mack Gordon - October 31, 1942 - January 15, 1943 11 weeks (total 11) 11 Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra White Christmas Irving Berlin -
← 1941				→ 1943 →

See also

• List of singles in the 1942 Harlem Hit Parade

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke & The Modernaires - Chattanooga Choo Choo)
2. ↑ Discogs (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - A String of Pearls)
3. ↑ Discogs (Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Blues in the Night)
4. ↑ Discogs (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires - Moonlight Cocktail)
5. ↑ Discogs (Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell - Tangerine)
6. ↑ Discogs (Harry James & His Orchestra - Sleepy Lagoon)
7. ↑ Discogs (Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway - Jingle Jangle Jingle)
8. ↑ Discogs (Glenn Miller & his Orchestra with Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton & The Modernaires - (I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo)
9. ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra - White Christmas)

Web links

• List of number one hits in the United States (1940-1949)
• Billboard Magazine 1936 to 2014 (Free Archive)
• Billboard Google Books 1940-1964

See also: Number One Hits 1942 in Australia .