EDWARD FOOTE GARDNER TOP US SINGLES FOR 1942*

No. Song-Artist-Month
  1 THERE'S A STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE-ELTON BRITT-NOVEMBER 1074 
  2 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL-GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA-April 1056 
  3 SLEEPY LAGOON-HARRY JAMES-June 1048 
  4 JINGLE, JANGLE, JINGLE-KAY KYSER-July 936 
  5 JOHNNY DOUGHBOY FOUND A ROSE IN IRELAND-KAY KYSER-June 916 
  6 MY DEVOTION-VICTOR SILVESTER-September 916 
  7 WHO WOULDN'T LOVE YOU-KAY KYSER-July 868 
  8 SOMEBODY ELSE IS TAKING MY PLACE-Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman Orchestra-May 864 
  9 HE WEARS A PAIR OF SILVER WINGS-Kay Kyser & Harry Babbitt-September 864 
 10 ALWAYS IN MY HEART-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-July 864 
 11 White Christmas-Bing Crosby-November 852 
 12 Jersey Bounce-Benny Goodman Orchestra-June 848 
 13 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me-Glenn Miller,Marion Hutton,Tex Beneke/Modernaires-June 816 
 14 (I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller-October 796 
 15 I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell-September 776 
 16 A String Of Pearls-Glenn Miller Orchestra-March 764 
 17 Deep In The Heart Of Texas-Alvino Rey,Bill Schallen & Skeets Herfurt-March 760 
 18 I Don't Want To Walk Without You-Harry James Orchestra-March 760 
 19 Tangerine-Helen O'Connell, Jimmy Dosey Orchestra-May 760 
 20 Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer-October 688 
 21 Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller-November 680 
 22 The Shrine Of St. Cecilia-Andrews Sisters-February 656 
 23 Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition-Kay Kyser-November 648 
 24 Be Careful, It's My Heart-Bing Crosby-September 628 
 25 Miss You-Dinah Shore-April 628 
 26 The Army Air Corps Song-Gene Autry-September 622 
 27 One Dozen Roses-Kate Smith-June 620 
 28 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover-Vera Lynn-January 620 
 29 Dearly Beloved-Glenn Miller & Skip Nelson-November 612 
 30 Skylark-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-May 600 
 31 Mr. Five By Five-Freddie Slack-December 566 
 32 Three Little Sisters-Andrews Sisters-July 552 
 33 Idaho-Jack Simpson-August 544 
 34 Blues In The Night-Woody Herman-February 520 
 35 Amen-Abe Lyman & his California Orchestra-October 520 
 36 Take Me-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra-September 488 
 37 Remember Pearl Harbor-Sammy Kaye-February 488 
 38 I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean-Ambrose-June 476 
 39 I Said No!-Alvino Rey & Yvonne King-February 420 
 40 Rose O'day-Freddy Martin-February 414 
 41 Manhattan Serenade-Tommy Dorsey-November 408 
 42 Der Fuehrer's Face-Spike Jones-December 396 
 43 How About You?-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra & Frank Sinatra-March 372 
 44 Ev'rything I Love-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle Choir-February 368 
 45 Sweet Eloise-Glenn Miller-July 356 
 46 At Last-Glenn Miller Orchestra & Ray Eberle-October 336 
 47 Just As Though You Were Here-Ink Spots-August 332 
 48 The Bells Of San Raquel-Dick Jurgens Orchestra & Harry Coon-January 292 
 49 Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home-Sammy Kaye Orchestra & Nancy Norman-November 292 
 50 I Remember You-Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly-May 284 
 51 Tis Autumn-Eddy Duchin-February 272 
 52 By-u, By-o-Johnny Mercer-January 268 
 53 Strictly Instrumental-Harry James-September 264 
 54 I Came Here To Talk For Joe-Sammy Kaye Orchestra & Don Cornell-November 264 
 55 This Is No Laughing Matter-Charlie Spivak & Garry Stevens-January 244 
 56 He's My Guy-Harry James & Helen Forrest-October 240 
 57 We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)-Dick Robertson-February 216 
 58 A Zoot Suit-Kay Kyser & Sully Mason-April 200 
 59 Madelaine-Turner Layton-January 192 
 60 This Is Worth Fighting For-Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & Bob Eberly-August 180 
 61 We're The Couple In The Castle-Glenn Miller Orchestra & Ray Eberle-March 176 
 62 Daybreak-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra-December 174 
 63 I'll Keep The Lovelight Burning-Freddy Martin Orchestra & Stuart Wad-July 164 
 64 We'll Meet Again-Vera Lynn-June 156 
 65 Sometimes-Eddy Duchin Orchestra & June Robbins-April 152 
 66 I'll Pray For You-Vera Lynn-April 144 
 67 There Will Never Be Another You-Woody Herman Orchestra-December 136 
 68 Day Dreaming-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees-February 108 
 69 Nightingale-Vaughn Monroe-June 108 
 70 Cow-cow Boogie-Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse-August 100 
 71 How Do I Know It's Real?-Kay Kyser Orchestra & Dorothy Dunn-April 64 
 72 Me And My Melinda-Kay Kyser Orchestra & Glee Club-April 60 
 73 Breathless-Carroll Gibbons-June 56 
 74 The Marines' Hymn (From The Halls Of Montezuma)-Kate Smith-July 56 
 75 I Met Her On Monday-Mills Brothers-October 56 
 76 Dear Mom-Sammy Kaye-March 52 
 77 Full Moon-Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & Bob Eberly-May 52 
 78 She'll Always Remember-Glenn Miller Orchestra & Ray Eberle-April 48 
 79 Happy In Love-Glenn Miller-April 48 
 80 Sing Me A Song Of The Islands-Bing Crosby-June 48 
 81 Here You Are-Sammy Kaye Orchestra & Elaine Beatty-July 48 
 82 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)-Duke Ellington Orchestra & Ivie Anderson-February 44 
 83 Gobs Of Love-King Sisters-November 44 

*Edward Foote Gardner ia a mathematician who used data to
compile bi-monthly US single charts between 1899 and 1949.