BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (USA) SINGLE CHARTS FOR 1942
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 3,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 18 1 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO-Glenn Miller,Tex Beneke & The Modernaires 2 2 10 1 Elmer's Tune-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 3 4 23 1 Piano Concerto In B Flat-Freddy Martin & Jack Fina 4 3 12 3 This Love Of Mine-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 5 5 5 5 Shepherd Serenade-Bing Crosby 6 8 8 5 You Made Me Love You-Harry James 7 - 1 7 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 8 9 2 8 This Is No Laughing Matter-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 9 - 1 9 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 10 - 1 10 White Cliffs Of Dover-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Glee Club BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 10,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 19 1 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO-Glenn Miller,Tex Beneke & The Modernaires 2 2 11 1 Elmer's Tune-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 3 4 13 3 This Love Of Mine-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 4 3 24 1 Piano Concerto In B Flat-Freddy Martin & Jack Fina 5 5 6 5 Shepherd Serenade-Bing Crosby 6 7 2 6 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 7 6 9 5 You Made Me Love You-Harry James 8 - 9 5 Tonight We Love-Tony Martin 9 - 2 9 White Cliffs Of Dover-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 10 - 1 10 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 17,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 20 1 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO-Glenn Miller,Tex Beneke & The Modernaires 2 2 12 1 Elmer's Tune-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 3 3 14 3 This Love Of Mine-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 4 6 3 4 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 5 7 10 5 You Made Me Love You-Harry James 6 9 3 5 White Cliffs Of Dover-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 7 RE 2 7 White Cliffs Of Dover-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Glee Club 8 10 2 8 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 9 - 1 8 Everything I Love-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle Choir 10 - 2 9 A String Of Pearls-Glenn MillerBILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 24,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 21 1 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO-Glenn Miller,Tex Beneke & The Modernaires 2 4 4 2 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 3 10 3 3 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 4 2 13 1 Elmer's Tune-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 5 8 3 5 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 6 3 15 3 This Love Of Mine-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 7 - 1 7 Remember Pearl Harbor-Sammy Kaye 8 9 2 8 Everything I Love-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle Choir 9 6 4 5 White Cliffs Of Dover-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 10 - 1 10 I Said No-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 31,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 A STRING OF PEARLS-Glenn Miller 2 1 22 1 Chattanooga Choo Choo-Glenn Miller,Tex Beneke & The Modernaires 3 5 4 3 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 4 2 5 2 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 5 6 16 3 This Love Of Mine-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 6 - 1 6 Blues In The Night-Jimmie Lunceford Ensemble 7 7 2 7 Remember Pearl Harbor-Sammy Kaye 8 4 14 1 Elmer's Tune-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 9 RE 3 7 White Cliffs Of Dover-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Glee Club 10 8 3 8 Everything I Love-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle Choir BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 7,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 4 6 1 BLUES IN THE NIGHT-Woody Herman 2 1 5 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 3 7 3 3 Remember Pearl Harbor-Sammy Kaye 4 3 5 3 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 5 6 2 5 Blues In The Night-Jimmie Lunceford Ensemble 6 2 23 1 Chattanooga Choo Choo-Glenn Miller,Tex Beneke & The Modernaires 7 10 4 7 Everything I Love-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle Choir 8 - 5 5 White Cliffs Of Dover-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 9 8 15 1 Elmer's Tune-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 10 - 1 10 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 14,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 A STRING OF PEARLS-Glenn Miller 2 4 6 2 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 3 1 7 1 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 4 5 3 4 Blues In The Night-Jimmie Lunceford Ensemble 5 - 1 5 Moonlight Cocktail-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 6 3 4 3 Remember Pearl Harbor-Sammy Kaye 7 10 2 7 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt 8 - 1 8 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore 9 - 1 9 White Cliffs Of Dover-Kate Smith 10 8 6 5 White Cliffs Of Dover-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 21,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 5 2 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 1 7 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 3 7 3 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt 4 2 7 2 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 5 3 8 1 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 6 6 5 3 Remember Pearl Harbor-Sammy Kaye 7 4 4 4 Blues In The Night-Jimmie Lunceford Ensemble 8 - 1 8 Rose O'Day-Kate Smith 9 10 7 5 White Cliffs Of Dover-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 10 - 1 10 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 28,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 2 6 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 3 - 1 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Bing Crosby & Woody Herman Orchestra 4 4 8 2 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 5 3 4 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt 6 7 5 4 Blues In The Night-Jimmie Lunceford Ensemble 7 - 2 7 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore 8 10 2 8 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 9 5 9 1 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 10 8 2 8 Rose O'Day-Kate Smith BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 7,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 8 3 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 3 2 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Bing Crosby & Woody Herman Orchestra 4 5 5 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt 5 2 7 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 6 7 3 6 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore 7 4 9 2 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 8 - 1 8 Blues In The Night-Cab Calloway 9 - 1 9 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Horace Heidt Ensemble 10 10 3 8 Rose O'Day-Kate Smith BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 14,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 5 8 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 3 2 4 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 4 6 4 4 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore 5 3 3 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Bing Crosby & Woody Herman Orchestra 6 4 6 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt 7 9 2 7 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Horace Heidt Ensemble 8 - 1 8 A Zoot Suit-Kay Kyser & Sully Mason 9 - 10 1 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 10 - 1 10 Miss You-Dinah Shore BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 21,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 3 5 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 2 9 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 4 5 4 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Bing Crosby & Woody Herman Orchestra 5 4 5 4 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore 6 - 1 6 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 7 9 11 1 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman 8 10 2 8 Miss You-Dinah Shore 9 - 10 2 I Said No-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King 10 7 3 7 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Horace Heidt Ensemble BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 28,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 2 6 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 3 10 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 4 4 5 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Bing Crosby & Woody Herman Orchestra 5 5 6 4 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore 6 - 7 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt 7 - 1 7 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 8 6 2 6 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 9 - 1 9 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Bing Crosby 10 - 1 10 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 4,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 2 7 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 3 11 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 4 7 2 4 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 5 8 3 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 6 4 6 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Bing Crosby & Woody Herman Orchestra 7 5 7 4 Blues In The Night-Dinah Shore 8 10 2 8 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 9 6 8 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt 10 - 3 8 Miss You-Dinah Shore BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 11,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 2 8 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 4 3 3 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 4 3 12 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 5 8 3 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 6 5 4 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 7 - 1 7 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 8 - 1 8 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 9 - 4 7 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Horace Heidt Ensemble 10 9 9 3 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Herfurt BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 18,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 3 4 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 3 2 9 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 4 7 2 4 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 5 5 4 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 6 4 13 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 7 6 5 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 8 8 2 8 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 9 - 1 9 I Remember You-Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly 10 - 1 10 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 25,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 2 2 5 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 3 4 3 3 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 4 3 10 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 5 7 6 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 6 6 14 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 7 8 3 7 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 8 - 1 8 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 9 10 2 9 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 10 - 1 10 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 2,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 TANGERINE-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 2 2 6 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 3 7 4 3 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 4 1 12 1 Moonlight Cocktail-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 5 8 2 5 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 6 - 5 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 7 10 2 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 8 4 11 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest 9 5 7 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 10 9 3 9 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 9,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 TANGERINE-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 2 2 7 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 3 4 13 1 Moonlight Cocktail-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 4 10 4 4 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 5 5 3 5 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 6 3 5 3 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 7 9 8 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 8 7 3 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 9 - 15 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 10 6 6 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 16,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 TANGERINE-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 2 2 8 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 3 5 4 3 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 4 6 6 3 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 5 10 7 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 6 4 5 4 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 7 3 14 1 Moonlight Cocktail-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 8 8 4 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 9 7 9 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee 10 - 1 10 Always In My Heart-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 23,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 TANGERINE-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 2 2 9 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 3 3 5 3 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 4 4 7 3 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 5 6 6 4 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 6 5 8 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 7 8 5 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 8 7 15 1 Moonlight Cocktail-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 9 - 16 1 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller 10 - 12 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 30,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 TANGERINE-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 2 3 6 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 3 2 10 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 4 5 7 4 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 5 4 8 3 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 6 6 9 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 7 - 1 7 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 8 7 6 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 9 - 1 9 Miss You-Bing Crosby 10 10 13 2 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James & Helen Forrest BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 6,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 TANGERINE-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 2 2 7 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 3 4 8 3 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 4 5 9 3 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 5 3 11 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 6 6 10 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 7 7 2 7 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 8 - 1 8 One Dozen Roses-Glen Gray & Pee Wee Hunt 9 - 1 9 Jersey Bounce-Jimmy Dorsey 10 8 7 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 13,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 3 9 1 SLEEPY LAGOON-Harry James 2 4 10 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 5 12 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 4 2 8 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 5 1 10 1 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 6 7 3 6 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 7 10 8 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 8 - 1 8 Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland-Kay Kyser 9 - 1 9 One Dozen Roses-Dinah Shore 10 8 2 8 One Dozen Roses-Glen Gray & Pee Wee Hunt BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 20,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 SLEEPY LAGOON-Harry James 2 2 11 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 5 11 1 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 4 4 9 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 5 3 13 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 6 6 4 6 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 7 - 11 5 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place-Russ Morgan & The Morganaires 8 7 9 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 9 - 1 9 Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland-Guy Lombardo & Gardner 10 9 2 9 One Dozen Roses-Dinah Shore BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 27,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 SLEEPY LAGOON-Harry James 2 2 12 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 5 14 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 4 - 1 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 5 6 5 5 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 6 4 10 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 7 3 12 1 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 8 8 10 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle 9 - 1 9 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 10 10 3 9 One Dozen Roses-Dinah Shore BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 4,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 SLEEPY LAGOON-Harry James 2 2 13 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 4 2 3 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 4 9 2 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 5 5 6 5 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 6 6 11 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 7 3 15 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 8 10 4 8 One Dozen Roses-Dinah Shore 9 7 13 1 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 10 8 11 7 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 11,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 3 3 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 2 14 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 1 13 1 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 4 4 3 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 5 9 14 1 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 6 5 7 5 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 7 6 12 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 8 - 2 8 Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland-Kay Kyser 9 - 3 8 One Dozen Roses-Glen Gray & Pee Wee Hunt 10 7 16 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 18,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 3 14 1 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 3 2 15 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 4 4 4 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 5 5 15 1 Tangerine-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell 6 6 8 5 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 7 7 13 2 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree-Glenn Miller,Hutton & Beneke 8 - 5 8 One Dozen Roses-Dinah Shore 9 10 17 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 10 - 1 10 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 25,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 2 15 1 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 3 3 16 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 4 6 9 4 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 5 4 5 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 6 10 2 6 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers 7 - 1 7 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 8 - 3 8 Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland-Kay Kyser 9 9 18 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman 10 - 1 10 Sweet Eloise-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 1,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 3 17 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 2 16 1 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 4 7 2 4 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 5 5 6 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 6 6 3 6 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers 7 - 1 7 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 8 - 1 8 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James 9 10 2 9 Sweet Eloise-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 10 9 19 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman Note: as of August 1st, the infamous American Federation of Musicians' strike against the recording industry effectively put a stop to a new U.S.-made recordings featuring "musical instruments" (ukeleles, harmonicas, etc. were OK). By early 1943, after the existing unreleased recordings had been issued, companies interested in presenting fresh versions of newly-popular (or newly-revived) songs were forced either to record vocal-only (acapella) versions or to find past recordings to reissue. Though the bands were already decimated by the draft, there are many who believe that this union action was a major factor in the demise of the "big band era" as it had existed until that time. As two of the three major companies...Victor and Columbia...did not settle until late 1944, the other labels who came to terms in September 1943, most notably Decca and the new Capitol, were able to place a much larger and more varied selection of 78s into the stores and dominated the sales charts for over a year. Pointing out the effect of the strike on the Billboard charts, you'll note that in the listings that cover this period (generally 1943 & 1944), a number of titles are marked "acapella" and others are noted to have been recorded in years previous to their (eventual) popularity. Yes...there was another "musicians' strike" for a large chunk of 1948, too. That time, however, all of the record companies knew what to expect and (in the words of a Jon and Sondra Steele song recorded in late 1947) "The All Recorded To Beat The Ban." BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 8,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 2 18 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 4 3 3 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 4 7 2 4 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 5 5 7 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 6 8 2 6 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James 7 6 4 6 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers 8 9 3 8 Sweet Eloise-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & The Modernaires 9 - 10 4 One Dozen Roses-Harry James & Jimmy Saunders 10 10 20 2 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 15,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 2 19 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 3 - 17 1 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 4 3 4 3 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 5 4 3 4 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 6 7 5 6 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers 7 6 3 6 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James 8 5 8 4 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Merry Macs 9 - 1 9 Cow-Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse 10 - 1 10 Take Me-Benny Goodman & Dick Haymes BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 22,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 4 5 2 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 3 2 20 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 4 5 4 4 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 5 3 18 1 Sleepy Lagoon-Harry James 6 - 1 6 Idaho-Benny Goodman & Dick Haymes 7 7 4 6 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James 8 6 6 6 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers 9 9 2 9 Cow-Cow Boogie-Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse 10 - 1 10 My Devotion-Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 29,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 2 4 5 2 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 3 2 6 2 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 4 6 2 4 Idaho-Benny Goodman & Dick Haymes 5 3 21 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 6 - 1 6 Amen-Abe Lyman & Rose Blane 7 - 1 7 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer 8 - 1 8 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye/Don Cornell 9 - 1 9 Amen-Woody Herman 10 - 1 10 My Devotion-Vaughn Monroe BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 5,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 3 7 1 KALAMAZOO-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 2 2 6 2 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 3 1 11 1 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 4 - 1 4 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 5 9 2 5 Amen-Woody Herman 6 5 22 2 Who Wouldn't Love You-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Trudy Erwin 7 4 3 4 Idaho-Benny Goodman & Dick Haymes 8 - 5 6 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James 9 7 2 7 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer 10 8 2 8 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye/Don Cornell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 12,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 KALAMAZOO-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 2 2 7 2 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 3 10 3 3 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye/Don Cornell 4 3 12 1 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 5 8 6 5 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James 6 4 2 4 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 7 9 3 7 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer 8 - 1 8 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 9 5 3 5 Amen-Woody Herman 10 - 1 10 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Charlie Spivak/Stevens BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 19,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 KALAMAZOO-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 2 2 8 2 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 3 6 3 3 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 4 3 4 3 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye/Don Cornell 5 - 1 5 Take Me-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 6 5 7 5 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James 7 8 2 7 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 8 4 13 1 Jingle Jangle Jingle-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway 9 9 4 5 Amen-Woody Herman 10 - 1 10 Strip Polka-Alvino Rey & The Four King Sisters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 26,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 KALAMAZOO-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 2 3 4 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 3 - 7 3 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers 4 4 5 3 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye/Don Cornell 5 5 2 5 Take Me-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 6 2 9 2 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 7 7 3 7 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 8 10 2 8 Strip Polka-Alvino Rey & The Four King Sisters 9 - 1 9 He's My Guy-Harry James & Helen Forrest 10 - 1 10 Strip Polka-Kay Kyser & Jack Martin BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 3,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 KALAMAZOO-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 2 7 4 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 3 2 5 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 4 - 2 4 Amen-Abe Lyman & Rose Blane 5 10 2 5 Strip Polka-Kay Kyser & Jack Martin 6 5 3 5 Take Me-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra 7 4 6 3 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye/Don Cornell 8 - 4 7 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer 9 - 1 9 White Christmas-Bing Crosby 10 6 10 2 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 10,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 KALAMAZOO-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 2 3 6 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 3 9 2 3 White Christmas-Bing Crosby 4 - 1 4 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 5 2 5 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 6 10 11 2 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt 7 8 5 7 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer 8 - 2 8 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Charlie Spivak/Stevens 9 7 7 3 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye/Don Cornell 10 - 8 3 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 17,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 KALAMAZOO-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 2 3 3 2 White Christmas-Bing Crosby 3 4 2 3 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 4 5 6 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 5 - 2 5 My Devotion-Vaughn Monroe 6 - 1 6 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 7 7 6 7 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer 8 2 7 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 9 - 3 4 Amen-Abe Lyman & Rose Blane 10 - 3 5 Strip Polka-Kay Kyser & Jack Martin BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 24,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 3 3 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 3 1 14 1 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 4 4 7 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 5 8 8 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 6 6 2 6 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 7 - 1 7 Strip Polka-Andrews Sisters 8 5 3 5 My Devotion-Vaughn Monroe 9 - 9 3 Just As Though You Were Here-Tommy Dorsey,Sinatra & Pied Pipers 10 - 1 10 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 31,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 2 4 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 3 4 8 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 4 3 15 1 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 5 6 3 6 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 6 7 2 6 Strip Polka-Andrews Sisters 7 5 9 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 8 8 4 5 My Devotion-Vaughn Monroe 9 10 2 9 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 10 - 1 10 Daybreak-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 7,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 2 5 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 3 5 4 3 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 4 4 16 1 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 5 3 9 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 6 6 3 6 Strip Polka-Andrews Sisters 7 7 10 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 8 8 5 5 My Devotion-Vaughn Monroe 9 - 1 9 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers 10 - 1 10 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Merry Macs BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 14,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 2 6 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 3 5 10 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 4 7 11 2 My Devotion-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens 5 - 3 5 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 6 4 17 1 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 7 3 5 3 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 8 9 2 8 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers 9 6 4 6 Strip Polka-Andrews Sisters 10 10 2 10 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Merry Macs BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 21,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 2 7 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 3 3 11 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 4 5 4 4 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 5 7 6 3 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 6 - 1 6 Mister Five By Five-Harry James & Helen Forrest 7 6 18 1 Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke & Modernaires 8 10 3 8 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Merry Macs 9 - 1 9 Manhattan Serenade-Harry James & Helen Forrest 10 8 3 8 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 28,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 2 8 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 3 3 12 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 4 5 7 3 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 5 10 4 5 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers 6 6 2 6 Mister Five By Five-Harry James & Helen Forrest 7 4 5 4 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 8 8 4 8 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Merry Macs 9 - 1 9 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 10 - 2 10 Daybreak-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 5,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 2 9 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 3 7 6 3 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 4 3 13 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 5 6 3 5 Mister Five By Five-Harry James & Helen Forrest 6 4 8 3 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 7 5 5 5 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers 8 9 2 8 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 9 - 1 9 Juke Box Saturday Night-Glenn Miller,Marion,Benke & Modernaires 10 - 1 10 Mister Five By Five-Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 12,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 5 4 2 Mister Five By Five-Harry James & Helen Forrest 3 2 10 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 4 3 7 3 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 5 8 3 5 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 6 - 1 6 Dearly Beloved-Glenn Miller & Skip Nelson 7 4 14 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 8 9 2 8 Juke Box Saturday Night-Glenn Miller,Marion,Benke & Modernaires 9 7 6 5 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers 10 - 1 10 Moonlight Becomes You-Glenn Miller,Skip Nelson & The Modernaires BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 19,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 4 8 2 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 3 3 11 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 4 9 7 4 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers 5 2 5 2 Mister Five By Five-Harry James & Helen Forrest 6 5 4 5 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 7 8 3 7 Juke Box Saturday Night-Glenn Miller,Marion,Benke & Modernaires 8 7 15 2 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller,Ray Eberle & Modernaires 9 - 9 3 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones & Carl Grayson 10 - 10 10 Dearly Beloved-Dinah Shore BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 26,1942 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 2 4 8 2 There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers 3 3 12 2 Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser 4 6 5 4 I Had The Craziest Dream-Harry James & Helen Forrest 5 - 2 5 Dearly Beloved-Glenn Miller & Skip Nelson 6 5 6 2 Mister Five By Five-Harry James & Helen Forrest 7 7 4 7 Juke Box Saturday Night-Glenn Miller,Marion,Benke & Modernaires 8 2 9 2 When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)-Vaughn Monroe 9 - 2 9 Moonlight Becomes You-Glenn Miller,Skip Nelson & The Modernaires 10 - 2 10 Mister Five By Five-Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse
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