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

Trav'lin' Light Paul Whiteman Orchestra

Moon Mist Duke Ellington

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

Night and Day Frank Sinatra

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

Flying Home Lionel Hampton

Cow-Cow Boogie Freddie Slack

I've Heard That Song Before Harry James

American Patrol Glenn Miller

Wreck on the Highway Roy Acuff

Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder gescheh'n Zarah Leander

The White Cliffs of Dover Vera Lynn

Brazil Xavier Cugat

Paper Doll Mills Brothers

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

Hong Kong Blues Hoagy Carmichael

Sleepy Lagoon Harry James

Jersey Bounce Benny Goodman

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

Blues in the Night Dinah Shore

I Had the Craziest Dream Harry James

That Ain't Right Nat King Cole

Der Fuehrer's Face Spike Jones

See See Rider Blues Bea Booze

Serenade in Blue Glenn Miller

Tangerine Jimmy Dorsey

Let Me Play With Your Poodle Tampa Red

The Thrill Is Gone Freddie Slack

What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) Louis Jordan

Take This Hammer (Steel Drivin') Lead Belly

Blues in the Night Benny Goodman

Hayfoot, Strawfoot Duke Ellington

Moonlight Cocktail Glenn Miller

Well, Git It! Tommy Dorsey

The Way You Look Tonight Benny Goodman

Manhattan Serenade Tommy Dorsey

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) The Andrews Sisters

When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) Lucky Millinder

Jingle Jangle Jingle Kay Kyser

Take It and Git Andy Kirk

St. James Infirmary Blues (Parts 1 & 2) Artie Shaw

You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Dinah Shore

Stormy Monday Blues Earl Hines

I Don't Want to Walk Without You Harry James

Juke Box Saturday Night Glenn Miller

In the Blue of Evening Tommy Dorsey

There Are Such Things Tommy Dorsey

Workingman's Blues Brownie McGhee

For Me and My Gal Judy Garland & Gene Kelly

Clink, Clink, Another Drink Spike Jones

I Want a Tall Skinny Papa Lucky Millinder

Silent Night, Holy Night Bing Crosby

Davon geht die Welt nicht unter Zarah Leander

I Feel So Good Big Bill Broonzy

Haul Away Joe Lead Belly

Clarinet a la King Benny Goodman

Moonlight Becomes You Glenn Miller

We'll Meet Again Benny Goodman

Manhattan Serenade Harry James

The Lamp of Memory Benny Goodman

I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town Big Bill Broonzy

Night Train to Memphis Roy Acuff

La paloma (The Dove) Marek Weber

Deep in the Heart of Texas Bing Crosby

The Mooche Sidney Bechet

Don't Get Around Much Anymore The Ink Spots

Skylark Woody Herman

She Don't Love Me That Way Sonny Boy Williamson I

Please Don't Leave Me Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Dearly Beloved Glenn Miller

Lili Marleen Lale Andersen

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition! Kay Kyser

Skylark Glenn Miller

Jingle Jangle Jingle Tex Ritter

Easter Parade Harry James

I'm on My Last Go-Round Lead Belly

Deep in the Heart of Texas Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights

Deep in the Heart of Texas Gene Autry

Things Ain't What They Used to Be Johnny Hodges

Mister Five by Five Harry James

I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me Ella Fitzgerald

Savoy Lucky Millinder

Walking and Looking Blues Blind Boy Fuller

But Not for Me Harry James

Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry Jimmy Dorsey

Boomtown Bill The Almanac Singers

Ogeechee River Lullaby Cab Calloway

Skylark Harry James

At the President's Ball Glenn Miller

Moonlight Becomes You Bing Crosby

I'll Take Tallulah Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.

On the Sunny Side of the Street Benny Goodman

Yours Vera Lynn

Strip Polka The Andrews Sisters

Be Careful, It's My Heart Tommy Dorsey

Wir machen Musik ... Ilse Werner

Jumpin' in a Julep Joint Erskine Hawkins

Unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli Lale Andersen

I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (Parts 1 & 2) Jimmie Lunceford

When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) Les Brown

Street of Dreams Tommy Dorsey

My Old Flame Count Basie

Wee Wee Hours Big Bill Broonzy

Skylark Dinah Shore

Deep in the Heart of Texas Tommy Tucker

I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen Russ Morgan

Margie Bix Beiderbecke & His Orch.

Knit One, Purl Two Glenn Miller

I'm Not a Bad Gal Memphis Minnie

That Old Black Magic Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights

What Is This Thing Called Love Tommy Dorsey

(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover Kate Smith

Chip Off the Old Block Glenn Miller

Es geht alles vorüber, es geht alles vorbei Lale Andersen

Winter Weather Fats Waller

Lili Marleen Suzy Solidor

Honey Stealin' Blues Doctor Clayton

Ev'ry Night About This Time The Ink Spots

Two O'Clock Jump Muggsy Spanier

There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere Elton Britt

'Fore Day Rider Jay McShann

This Life I'm Living Memphis Slim

Sweet Eloise Glenn Miller

For Me and My Gal Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

Sun Risin' Blues Big Joe Turner

Night and Day Claude Thornhill

Skylark Earl Hines

"C" Blues Barney Bigard

Love Is Mine Claude Thornhill

Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Russ Morgan

Full Moon Benny Goodman

Holiday For Strings David Rose

Piloten Lale Andersen

My Devotion Vaughn Monroe

Yesterday's Gardenias Glenn Miller

I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep Claude Thornhill

He's a Jelly-Roll Baker Lonnie Johnson

When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) Vaughn Monroe

Carnival Artie Shaw

Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) Big Joe Turner

The Road to Morocco Bing Crosby

Third Degree Blues Roosevelt Sykes

If You Build a Better Mousetrap Jimmy Dorsey

When the Roses Bloom Again Glenn Miller

In the dugout Lidia Ruslanova

My Little Cousin Benny Goodman

Mistreated Harlan Leonard

It Had to Be You Jimmie Lunceford

Seitsemän tuntia onnehen Olavi Virta

More Than You Know Count Basie

Big Time Mama Champion Jack Dupree

All Alone Blues Champion Jack Dupree

I Left My Heart at the Stagedoor Canteen Sammy Kaye

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Artie Shaw

Fooled Glenn Miller

My Devotion Jimmy Dorsey

Blue Danube Waltz The Philadelphia Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski

Daybreak Jimmy Dorsey

(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover Kay Kyser

Sollozos Osvaldo Fresedo

By the Light of the Silvery Moon Fats Waller

You're in Love With Someone Else Harry James

"Murder," He Says Gene Krupa

A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Girl) Bob Crosby

My Man Ella Fitzgerald

Say "Si, Si" The Andrews Sisters

Give Me a 32-20 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

Sing me a Song of the Islands Betty Grable

Lonely Boy Blues Jay McShann and His Orchestra

Travelin' Highway Man Tommy McClennan

Time Won't Heal My Broken Heart Ted Daffan

When You're a Long, Long Way From Home Harry James

Three Little Sisters The Andrews Sisters

If You Build a Better Mousetrap Benny Goodman

Waldteufel Waltz Medley Marek Weber

Life Is Fine Jimmie Lunceford

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition The Southern Sons

Kauas, kauas lähden pois Olavi Virta

Hey Huss! Lucky Millinder

Winter Weather Tommy Dorsey

She'll Always Remember Glenn Miller

(Get Some) Cash for Your Trash Louis Armstrong

Be Not Disencouraged Woody Herman

Sweet Talk Una Mae Carlisle

Que reste-t-il de nos amours Charles Trenet

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