Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that
we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution
since they are based on fairly subjective charts.
| # |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
| 1 |
Bing Crosby |
White Christmas |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - Dec 1946 (6 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Oct 1942, US BB 1 of 1942, US 1 for 11 weeks Oct 1942, Australia 1 for 5 months Jun 1943, Global 1 (50 M sold) - 1942, Oscar in 1942, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974, RYM 1 of 1942, POP 1 of 1942, Europe 2 of the 1940s, RIAA 2, Scrobulate 2 of christmas, UK 5 - Dec 1977, AFI 5, Norway 6 - Dec 1959, Brazil 54 of 1943, Acclaimed 306, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Feb 1978) |
| 2 |
Glenn Miller |
Moonlight Cocktail |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (19 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1942, US 1 for 10 weeks Feb 1942, US BB 6 of 1942, POP 6 of 1942, RYM 18 of 1942, Brazil 50 of 1942, Europe 55 of the 1940s |
| 3 |
Glenn Miller |
(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1942, US 1 for 7 weeks Sep 1942, US BB 10 of 1942, POP 10 of 1942, RYM 41 of 1942, Europe 44 of the 1940s, Brazil 64 of 1943 |
| 4 |
Glenn Miller |
A String of Pearls |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1942, US 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1942, US BB 2 of 1941, RYM 13 of 1941, POP 13 of 1941, Brazil 44 of 1942 |
| 5 |
Jimmy Dorsey |
Tangerine |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (16 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1942, US 1 for 6 weeks May 1942, US BB 4 of 1942, POP 4 of 1942, Brazil 9 of 1943, Europe 82 of the 1940s |
| 6 |
Kay Kyser |
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1942, US 1 for 8 weeks Jul 1942, US BB 13 of 1942, POP 21 of 1942, Europe 66 of the 1940s, Brazil 69 of 1943 |
| 7 |
Woody Herman |
Blues in the Night |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - Dec 1941 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1942, US 1 for 1 week Feb 1942, POP 8 of 1942, Brazil 69 of 1942 |
| 8 |
Harry James |
Sleepy Lagoon |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1942, US 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1942, POP 12 of 1942, Brazil 79 of 1944 |
| 9 |
Alveno Rey |
Deep in the Heart of Texas |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (10 weeks), US BB 2 of 1942, POP 2 of 1942, US 1940s 3 - Feb 1942, Brazil 78 of 1942, RIAA 290 |
| 10 |
Benny Goodman |
Jersey Bounce |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (21 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1942, US BB 11 of 1942, POP 11 of 1942, Brazil 37 of 1942, Europe 79 of the 1940s, RYM 86 of 1942 |
| 11 |
Glenn Miller |
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (17 weeks), US 1940s 2 - May 1942, US BB 9 of 1942, POP 9 of 1942, RYM 11 of 1942 |
| 12 |
Lena Horne |
Stormy Weather |
1942 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, RYM 10 of 1942, US Billboard 21 - 1943 (1 weeks), RIAA 26, AFI 30, Acclaimed 1039 |
| 13 |
Kay Kyser |
Who Wouldn't Love You? |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1942, US BB 18 of 1942, POP 24 of 1942, Europe 70 of the 1940s |
| 14 |
Kay Kyser |
Praise The Lord & Pass the Ammunition |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - Oct 1942 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Oct 1942, US BB 20 of 1943, POP 25 of 1943, Europe 65 of the 1940s |
| 15 |
Vaughn Monroe |
My Devotion |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (14 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Sep 1942, US BB 19 of 1942, POP 23 of 1942, Brazil 71 of 1943 |
| 16 |
Kay Kyser |
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - Dec 1941 (13 weeks), US BB 3 of 1942, POP 3 of 1942, US 1940s 7 - Jan 1942 |
| 17 |
Kay Kyser |
Strip Polka |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (11 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Oct 1942, US BB 20 of 1942, POP 25 of 1942, Europe 64 of the 1940s |
| 18 |
Harry James |
I Don't Want to Walk Without You |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1942, US BB 15 of 1942, POP 15 of 1942 |
| 19 |
Vaughn Monroe |
When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - Oct 1942 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Nov 1942, US BB 19 of 1943, POP 23 of 1943 |
| 20 |
Lionel Hampton |
Flying Home |
1942 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996, US Billboard 23 - 1942 (2 weeks), Scrobulate 32 of swing, Acclaimed 1501 |
| 21 |
Horace Heidt |
Deep in the Heart of Texas |
1942 |
Australia 1 for 2 months Dec 1943, US Billboard 7 - 1942 (6 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Mar 1942 |
| 22 |
Dinah Shore |
Blues in the Night |
1942 |
US Billboard 4 - 1942 (11 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Feb 1942, US BB 8 of 1942, POP 8 of 1942 |
| 23 |
Freddy Martin |
Rose O'Day (The Filla-Da-Gusha Song) |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (11 weeks), US BB 16 of 1942, POP 17 of 1942 |
| 24 |
The Ink Spots |
Every Night About This Time |
1942 |
Australia 1 for 1 months Jan 1944, US Billboard 17 - 1942 (2 weeks), RYM 94 of 1942 |
| 25 |
Glenn Miller |
Serenade in Blue |
1942 |
US Billboard 2 - 1942 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1942, RYM 31 of 1942 |
| 26 |
Charlie Spivak |
My Devotion |
1942 |
US Billboard 2 - 1942 (12 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1942, Brazil 75 of 1944 |
| 27 |
Kay Kyser |
He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - 1942 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Aug 1942 |
| 28 |
Benny Goodman |
Somebody Else is Taking My Place |
1942 |
US 1940s 5 - Mar 1942, US BB 14 of 1942, POP 14 of 1942, US Billboard 30 - Jun 1948 (1 weeks) |
| 29 |
Bing Crosby |
Moonlight Becomes You |
1942 |
US Billboard 1 - Dec 1942 (17 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Dec 1942 |
| 30 |
Glenn Miller |
At Last |
1942 |
Brazil 7 of 1943, US Billboard 9 - 1942 (9 weeks), POP 20 of 1942, RYM 41 of 1942 |
| 31 |
Glenn Miller |
American Patrol |
1942 |
RYM 7 of 1942, US Billboard 15 - 1942 (2 weeks), Europe 49 of the 1940s, Scrobulate 60 of swing |
| 32 |
Glenn Miller |
Always In My Heart |
1942 |
US Billboard 10 - 1942 (5 weeks), US 1940s 10 - May 1942, Brazil 83 of 1943, RYM 84 of 1942 |
| 33 |
Dinah Shore |
Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me? |
1942 |
Australia 1 for 1 months Nov 1943, US 1940s 5 - Dec 1942 |
| 34 |
Spike Jones |
Der Fuhrer's Face |
1942 |
US Billboard 3 - 1942 (16 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1942, Europe 74 of the 1940s |
| 35 |
Glenn Miller |
Happy in Love |
1942 |
Australia 1 for 1 months Aug 1944, RYM 18 of 1942 |
| 36 |
Bing Crosby |
Let's Start the New Year Right |
1942 |
RYM 1 of 1942, US Billboard 18 - 1943 (1 weeks) |
| 37 |
Tommy Dorsey |
Just As Though You Were Here |
1942 |
US 1940s 3 - Jul 1942, US Billboard 6 - 1942 (10 weeks), RYM 33 of 1942 |
| 38 |
Jimmie Lunceford |
Blues in the Night |
1942 |
US Billboard 4 - 1942 (8 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Feb 1942, RYM 58 of 1942 |
| 39 |
Harry James |
One Dozen Roses |
1942 |
US Billboard 4 - 1942 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jun 1942, Brazil 89 of 1943 |
| 40 |
Xavier Cugat |
Brazil |
1942 |
US Billboard 2 - 1943 (24 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1942 |
| 41 |
Alveno Rey |
I Said No |
1942 |
US Billboard 2 - 1942 (10 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jan 1942 |
| 42 |
Jimmy Dorsey |
My Devotion |
1942 |
US Billboard 3 - 1942 (11 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Aug 1942, Brazil 50 of 1944 |
| 43 |
Frank Sinatra |
Night & Day |
1942 |
RYM 3 of 1942, US Billboard 15 - Sep 1944 (3 weeks), Scrobulate 22 of easy listening |
| 44 |
Glenn Miller |
Dearly Beloved |
1942 |
US Billboard 4 - Oct 1942 (10 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Dec 1942, RYM 74 of 1942 |
| 45 |
The Andrews Sisters |
Strip Polka |
1942 |
US Billboard 6 - 1942 (9 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Oct 1942, Europe 38 of the 1940s |
| 46 |
Glenn Miller |
Moonlight Becomes You |
1942 |
US Billboard 5 - Dec 1942 (12 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Dec 1942, Brazil 92 of 1943 |
| 47 |
Glenn Miller |
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover |
1942 |
US Billboard 6 - 1942 (9 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jan 1942, RYM 83 of 1941 |
| 48 |
Glenn Miller |
Skylark |
1942 |
US Billboard 7 - 1942 (12 weeks), US 1940s 7 - May 1942, RYM 82 of 1942 |
| 49 |
Glenn Miller |
Everything I Love |
1942 |
US Billboard 7 - 1942 (10 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Jan 1942, RYM 86 of 1941 |
| 50 |
Merry Macs |
Praise The Lord & Pass the Ammunition |
1942 |
US Billboard 8 - 1942 (5 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Nov 1942, POP 22 of 1942 |