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The Andrews Sisters performing "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" in 1942. Apple Tree Andrews Sisters.jpg
The Andrews Sisters performing "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" in 1942.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1942.

Contents

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart during 1942. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. Regional charts determined the 11–25 rankings each week, and records that failed to score on the main chart were ranked by highest position. Additional information was obtained from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954 [5] and other sources as specified.

The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart during 1942.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart positions
1 Bing Crosby "White Christmas" [6] Decca 18429May 29, 1942July 30, 1942US Billboard 1942 #1, US Pop #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 191 points, 2,600,000 sales 1944, 50,000,000 2007, [7] Grammy Hall of Fame 1974
2Glenn Miller and his Orchestra"(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" [8] Victor 27934August 1, 1942September 12, 1942US Billboard 1942 #2, US Pop #1 for 7 weeks, 18 total weeks, 181 points, 1,000,000 sales [5]
3 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Moonlight Cocktail" [9] Bluebird 11401May 7, 1941July 25, 1941US Billboard 1942 #3, US Pop #1 for 10 weeks, 21 total weeks, 178 points, 1,000,000 sales [5]
4Kay Kyser and his Orchestra"Who Wouldn't Love You" [10] Columbia 36526April 4, 1942June 20, 1942US Billboard 1942 #4, US Pop #2 for 8 weeks, 25 total weeks, 157 points, 1,000,000 sales [5]
5 Harry James and his Orchestra "Sleepy Lagoon" [10] Columbia 36549February 24, 1942March 1942US Billboard 1942 #5, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 153 points
6 Kay Kyser and his Orchestra "Jingle Jangle Jingle" [10] Columbia 36604July 4, 1942July 18, 1942US Billboard 1942 #6, US Pop #1 for 8 weeks, 13 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales [5]
7 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (Vocal Bob Eberle & Helen O'connell)"Tangerine" [11] Decca 4123January 24, 1942May 9, 1942US Billboard 1942 #7, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 148 points
8Glenn Miller and his Orchestra"A String of Pearls" [12] Bluebird 11382December 27, 1941February 7, 1942US Billboard 1942 #8, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 128 points, 1,000,000 sales [5]
9 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra "Jersey Bounce" [13] Okeh 6590March 14, 1942April 25, 1942US Billboard 1942 #9, US Pop #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 119 points
10Kay Kyser and his Orchestra"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" [10] Columbia 36640October 17, 1942October 31, 1942US Billboard 1942 #10, US Pop #2 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, 109 points, 1,000,000 sales [5]
11Glenn Miller and his Orchestra"Serenade in Blue" [14] Victor 27935September 12, 1942October 10, 1942US Billboard 1942 #11, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 92 points
12Glenn Miller and his Orchestra"Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone else But Me)" [15] Bluebird 11474March 21, 1942June 6, 1942US Billboard 1942 #12, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 81 points
13 Woody Herman and His Orchestra "Blues In the Night" [16] Decca 4030November 8, 1941December 1941US Billboard 1942 #13, US Pop #1 for 1 weeks, 21 total weeks, 78 points
14Harry James and his Orchestra"I Don't Want To Walk Without You" [17] Columbia 36478December 11, 1941January 2, 1942US Billboard 1942 #14, US Pop #2 for 5 weeks, 17 total weeks, 77 points
15 Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra "When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)" [18] Victor 27945July 8, 1942July 24, 1942US Billboard 1942 #15, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 77 points
16Kay Kyser and his Orchestra"He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" [10] Columbia 36604August 8, 1942September 5, 1942US Billboard 1942 #16, US Pop #2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, 70 points
17 Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra "My Devotion" [10] Columbia 36620September 5, 1942October 3, 1942US Billboard 1942 #17, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 70 points
18 Alvino Rey and his Orchestra "I Said No!" [19] Bluebird 11391December 27, 1941February 21, 1942US Billboard 1942 #18, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 54 points
19 Spike Jones and His City Slickers "Der Fuehrer's Face" [20] Bluebird 11586July 28, 1942September 11, 1942US Billboard 1942 #19, US Pop #3 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 50 points
20Harry James and His Orchestra (vocal Helen Forrest)"Mister Five By Five" [10] Columbia 36650July 31, 1942October 1942US Billboard 1942 #20, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 48 points

Classical music

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Barber, Samuel Second Essay for Orchestra 1942-04-16New York City New York Philharmonic – Walter [21]
Britten, Benjamin A Ceremony of Carols 1942-12-05Norwich, UK Mason / The Fleet Street Choir – Lawrence [22]
Britten, Benjamin Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra 1942-01-16Philadelphia Wittgenstein / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [23]
Carpenter, John Alden Symphony No. 2 1942-10-22New York City New York Philharmonic – Walter [24]
Chávez, Carlos Piano Concerto 1942-01-01New York City Eugene List (piano) New York Philharmonic – Mitropoulos [25]
Copland, Aaron Statements 1942-01-07New York City New York Philharmonic – Bernstein [26]
Casella, Alfredo Paganiniana 1942-04-14Vienna Vienna Philharmonic – Böhm [27]
Finzi, Gerald Let Us Garlands Bring 1942-10-12London Irvin, Ferguson [28]
Guarnieri, Camargo Abertura concertante 1942-06-02São Paulo Artistic Culture Society Orchestra – De Souza Lima [29]
Jolivet, André Cosmogonie 1942-03-04Nice French National Symphony – D'Auriol [30]
Krenek, Ernst I Wonder as I Wander 1942-12-11Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos [31]
Maderna, Bruno Piano Concerto 1942-06-22Venice Gorini / Marcello Conservatory Orchestra – Gracis [32]
Martin, Frank Sonata da chiesa for flute and organ1942-06-11Lausanne, Switzerland M. Martin, Faller [33]
Martinů, Bohuslav Symphony No. 1 1942-11-13Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [34]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Symphonic Ballade (Symphony No. 22) 1942-01-12Tbilisi, Soviet Union[unknown orchestra] – Stasevich [35]
Myaskovsky, Nikolai Symphony No. 23  [ nl ]1942-06-05Moscow
Prokofiev, Sergei String Quartet No. 2 1942-04-07Moscow Beethoven Quartet [36]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Leningrad Symphony (Symphony No. 7) 1942-03-05 Kuibyshev, Soviet Union Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra – Samosud [37]
Stravinsky, Igor Danses concertantes 1942-02-08Los Angeles Janssen Symphony – Stravinsky [38]
Tippett, Michael Fantasia on a Theme of Handel 1942-03-07London Sellick / Goehr Orchestra – Goehr [39]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Rudepoêma 1942-07-15Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Symphony – Villa-Lobos [40]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Five Preludes for guitar1942-12-11Montevideo, Uruguay Abel Carlevaro – Villa-Lobos [41]

Compositions

Opera

Film

Jazz

Musical theatre

Musical films

Births

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Paul McCartney

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ "Diseuse in Debut Here - Marianne Lorraine Presents 'One Woman Theatre' at Town Hall Critical review of Marianne Lorraine and John Serry". The New York Times. 1 March 1942. p. 36. ProQuest   106170249.
  2. ↑ Free World Vol. 2 p. 94 "The Free world Association presents Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Patroness Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt" - Free World Association Eleanor Roosevelt Feb. 1942 on Google Books
  3. ↑ Free World - A Monthly Magazine devoted to Democracy, p. 94 "The Free World Association presents...Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Town Hall, February28, 1942" Free World Association Marianne Oswald 1942 on Google Books
  4. ↑ "H. Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy : iMEGA Tour and Travel: Tour operator in Armenia". www.imegaservice.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Record Research.
  6. ↑ "Decca matrix DLA 3009. White Christmas / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  7. ↑ Giddins, Gary (2018). Bing Crosby: swinging on a star, the war years, 1940-1946. New York: Little Brown & Company. ISBN   978-0-316-41234-6. OCLC   1057695601.
  8. ↑ "Victor matrix PBS-072283. (I've got a gal in) Kalamazoo / Tex Beneke; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Marion Hutton; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  9. ↑ "Victor matrix BS-068456. Moonlight cocktail / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500–37000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
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  30. ↑ "Cosmogonie, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  31. ↑ "I wonder as I wander, Ernst Krenek" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  32. ↑ "Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, Bruno Maderna" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
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  36. ↑ "Prokofiev: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Sonata". www.naxos.com.
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  38. ↑ "Danses concertantes, Igor Stravinsky" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
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