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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1942 according to The Billboard. The National Best Selling Retail Records chart was the first to poll retailers nationwide on record sales. The chart was billed as a "trade service feature," based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national ...
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 () October 31, 1942 () 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
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Since 2005 it has been published under the title Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs. The chart was first published in the issue of Billboard dated October 24, 1942 and six songs reached number one in the remainder of the year. Most of 1942's number ones were in the jazz and swing genres, which were among the most popular styles of music in the early 1940s. [5]
2 February – Graham Nash, English-born rock singer-songwriter and photographer; 12 February – Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer and educator (died 1994) 15 February – Glyn Johns, recording engineer; 19 February – Phil Coulter, musician and music producer; 24 February – Tim Staffell, singer and guitarist
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The Top Hillbilly-Folk Records of the Year chart was derived from Billboard magazine's 'Hillbilly Hits' chart from January and February 1942, then The Billboard's weekly "American Folk Records" columns Feb-December 1942, with raw reports from nationwide jukebox operators, and summaries of the top records in the nation.
1942 Tony Martin recorded the song with Victor Young and His Orchestra for Decca Records (catalog No.4394A) on July 19, 1942. [7] 1943 Vera Lynn - a single release. [8] 1953 The Skylarks - their recording was a #28 hit, [9] 1956 Helen Forrest - included in the album Miss Helen Forrest – Voice of the Name Bands. [10]