1942 in music

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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hit records
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths

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Events

Bunk Johnson makes his first recordings

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Albums released

Holiday Inn - Bing Crosby

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Top hit records

"Blues In the Night" by Woody Herman
"Don't Sit under the Apple Tree" - Andrews Sisters
"He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" by Kay Kyser
"Jersey Bounce" by Benny Goodman
"Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" by Kay Kyser
"Kalamazoo" by Glenn Miller
"Moonlight Cocktail" by Glenn Miller
"Sleepy Lagoon" by Harry James
"Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" by Benny Goodman
"Tangerine" by Jimmy Dorsey
"White Christmas" - Bing Crosby (The best selling song of all time from a film)

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Published popular music

""C" Jam Blues" m. Duke Ellington
""Murder", He Says!" w. Frank Loesser m. Jimmy McHugh
"Abraham" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Ain't Got A Dime To My Name" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"At Last" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
"Baltimore Oriole" w. Paul Francis Webster & Hoagy Carmichael
"Be Careful, It's My Heart" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Be Like The Kettle And Sing" w.m. Connor, O'Connor & Ridley
"Born To Lose" w.m. Frankie Brown
"Cow-Cow Boogie" w.m. Don Raye, Gene De Paul & Benny Carter
"Dearly Beloved" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jerome Kern
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" w. Bob Russell m. Duke Ellington
"Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" w. Lew Brown & Charles Tobias m. Sam H. Stept
"Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
"Happy Holiday" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Holiday For Strings" m. David Rose
"The House I Live In" w.m. Earl Robinson & Lewis Allan
"I Came Here To Talk For Joe" w. Charles Tobias & Lew Brown m. Sam H. Stept
"I Had The Craziest Dream" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Helen Forrest with Harry James and his Music in the film Springtime in the Rockies.
"I Heard You Cried Last Night" w. Jerrie Kruger m. Ted Grouya
"I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City" w.m. Leon René & Johnny Lange
"I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean" w.m. Irving Berlin
"If You Are But A Dream" w.m. Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton & Nat Bonx
"If You Build A Better Mousetrap" Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
"I'll Be Around" w.m. Alec Wilder
"I'll Capture Your Heart" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I'll Take Tallulah" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I'm Old Fashioned" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jerome Kern
"In The Blue Of Evening" w. Tom Adair m. Alfred D'Artega
"It Must Be Jelly" w. Sunny Skylar m. George Williams & J. Chalmers
"It Started All Over Again" w. Bill Carey m. Carl Fischer
"I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
"I've Heard That Song Before" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" w. Frank Loesser m. Joseph J. Lilley
"Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland" w. Kay Twomey m. Al Goodhart
"Juke Box Saturday Night" w. Al Stillman m. Paul McGrane
"The Lamplighter's Serenade" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Let's Get Lost" w. Frank Loesser m. Jimmy McHugh
"Let's Start The New Year Right" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Lover Man" w.m. Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram"Ramirez & Jimmy Sherman
"Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad About Him Blues" w.m. Larry Markes & Dick Charles
"Mister Five By Five" w.m. Don Raye & Gene De Paul
"Moonlight Becomes You" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"My Devotion" w.m. Roc Hillman & Johnny Napton
"One Dozen Roses" w. Roger Lewis & Country Washburn m. Dick Jurgens & Walter Donovan
"Pennsylvania Polka" w.m. Lester Lee & Zeke Manners
"People Like You And Me" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
"Perdido" w. Hans Lengsfelder & Ervin Drake m. Juan Tizol
"Pistol Packin' Mama" w.m. Al Dexter
"Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Put Your Dreams Away" w.m. Ruth Lowe, Stephan Weiss & Paul Mann
"The Road To Morocco" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Rose Ann Of Charing Cross" w. Kermit Goell m. Mabel Wayne
"Serenade In Blue" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
"Strip Polka" w.m. Johnny Mercer
"That Old Black Magic" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"That's Sabotage" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
"There Are Such Things" w.m. Stanley Adams, Abel Baer & George W. Meyer
"There Will Never Be Another You" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
"There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" w.m. Paul Roberts & Shelby Darnell
"This Is The Army, Mr Jones" w.m. Irving Berlin
"This Is Worth Fighting For" w. Eddie De Lange m. Sam H. Stept
"Three Little Sisters" w.m. Irving Taylor & Vic Mizzy
"Trav'lin' Light" w. Sidney Clare m. Harry Akst
"Tweedle-O-Twill" w.m. Gene Autry & Fred Rose
"Warsaw Concerto" m. Richard Adinsell
"Well, Git It!" m. Sy Oliver
"When The Lights Go On Again" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus & Bennie Benjamin
"White Christmas" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Who Wouldn't Love You?" w. Bill Carey m. Carl Fischer
"Why Don't You Do Right?" w.m. Joe McCoy
"Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me?" w. Al Lewis m. Mabel Wayne
"You Were Never Lovelier" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jerome Kern
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" w.m. Cole Porter. Performed in the 1943 musical film Something to Shout About by Don Ameche and Janet Blair.