Year:1942

Bands Formed

 * Artist

Singles Released
Rock Island Line (Railroad Song) Lead Belly

Perdido Duke Ellington

White Christmas Bing Crosby

Why Don't You Do Right? Benny Goodman

Stormy Weather Lena Horne

Moon Mist Duke Ellington

Trav'lin' Light Paul Whiteman Orchestra

(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo Glenn Miller

Night and Day Frank Sinatra

Flying Home Lionel Hampton

Cow-Cow Boogie Freddie Slack

Wreck on the Highway Roy Acuff

I've Heard That Song Before Harry James

American Patrol Glenn Miller

Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) (Parts 1 & 2) Jimmie Lunceford

Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder gescheh'n / Mein Leben für die Liebe - jawohl! Zarah Leander

Brazil Xavier Cugat

Paper Doll Mills Brothers

Que reste-t-il de nos amours Charles Trenet

Sleepy Lagoon Harry James

Hong Kong Blues Hoagy Carmichael

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) Glenn Miller

The White Cliffs of Dover Vera Lynn

Jersey Bounce Benny Goodman

Blues in the Night Dinah Shore

That Ain't Right Nat King Cole

I Had the Craziest Dream Harry James

See See Rider Blues Bea Booze

I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got Duke Ellington

Der Fuehrer's Face Spike Jones

Tangerine Jimmy Dorsey

Let Me Play With Your Poodle Tampa Red

Blues in the Night Benny Goodman

Take This Hammer (Steel Drivin') Lead Belly

Moonlight Cocktail Glenn Miller

Jingle Jangle Jingle Kay Kyser

The Way You Look Tonight Benny Goodman

Albums Released

 * Date Released: Artist - Album

Other Events
Premieres
 * February 24: Paul Jones born.
 * March 25: Aretha Franklin born.
 * November 27: Jimi Hendrix born.
 * Arnold Schoenberg composes his piano concerto, op. 42
 * 10 January: Natanael Berg's opera Birgitta
 * 23 september: Benjamin Britten's Seven sonnets of Michelangelo
 * 22 november: Benjamin Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia
 * 5 december: Benjamin Britten's A ceremony of carols