List of Billboard number-one singles of 1942

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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1942 according to The Billboard .

The National Best Selling Retail Records chart was the first to poll retailers nationwide on record sales. The chart was billed as a "trade service feature," based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national retailers from New York to Los Angeles.

Shown is a list of songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1942.

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
January 3"Chattanooga Choo Choo" Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires [1]
January 10 [2]
January 17 [3]
January 24 [4]
January 31 [5]
February 7"A String of Pearls"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra [6]
February 14"Blues in the Night" Woody Herman and His Orchestra with Woody Herman [7]
February 21"A String of Pearls"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra [8]
February 28"Moonlight Cocktail"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires [9]
March 7 [10]
March 14 [11]
March 21 [11]
March 28 [12]
April 4 [13]
April 11 [14]
April 18 [15]
April 25 [16]
May 2 [17]
May 9"Tangerine" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell [18]
May 16 [19]
May 23 [20]
May 30 [21]
June 6 [22]
June 13 [23]
June 20"Sleepy Lagoon" Harry James and His Orchestra [24]
June 27 [25]
July 4 [26]
July 11 [27]
July 18"Jingle Jangle Jingle" Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group [28]
July 25 [29]
August 1 [30]
August 8 [31]
August 15 [32]
August 22 [33]
August 29 [34]
September 5 [35]
September 12"(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires [36]
September 19 [37]
September 26 [38]
October 3 [39]
October 10 [40]
October 17 [41]
October 24 [42]
October 31"White Christmas" Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra [43]
November 7 [44]
November 14 [45]
November 21 [46]
November 28 [47]
December 5 [48]
December 12 [49]
December 19 [50]
December 26 [51]

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