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This is a list of singles that have peaked in Billboard's National Top 10 during 1942.

______ had ____ top-ten hits in 1942, holding the record for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles[edit]

Top ten

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Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in

top ten

Singles from 1940
December 14 "Down Argentina Way" Bob Crosby 2 January 4 4
November 2 "Ferryboat Serenade" Kay Kyser 6 January 4 5
December 7 "Scrub Me Mama" Will Bradley 2 January 11 8
December 28 "There I Go" Vaughn Monroe 5 January 18 4
Singles from 1941
January 4 "Stardust" Tommy Dorsey
"Five O'Clock Whistle" Ella Fitzgerald
"Handful of Stars" Glenn Miller
January 11 "Five O'Clock Whistle" Glenn Miller
"Anvil Chorus" Glenn Miller
"I Hear a Rhapsody" Charlie Barnet
January 18 "Stardust" Artie Shaw
"Along the Santa Fe Trail" Glenn Miller
"I Hear a Rhapsody" Jimmy Dorsey
January 25 "There I Go" Will Bradley
"Tell My Darling Daughter" Dinah Shore
February 1 "Perfidia" / "Tonight" Xavier Cugat
"You Walk By" Eddy Duchin
February 8 "High On a Windy Hill" Will Bradley
"Summit Ridge Drive" Artie Shaw
February 15 "High on a Windy Hill" Gene Krupa
"It All Comes Back to Me Now" Hal Kemp
"Concerto for Clarinet" Artie Shaw
February 22 "High On a Windy Hill" Jimmy Dorsey
"Song of the Volga Boatmen" Glenn Miller
March 1 "Oh, Look At Me Now" Tommy Dorsey
March 8 "It All Comes Back to Me Now" Gene Krupa
March 15 "I Hear a Rhapsody" Dinah Shore
"Dancing in the Dark" Artie Shaw
March 22 "Amapola" Jimmy Dorsey
"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem" Glenn Miller
March 29 "New San Antonio Rose" Bing Crosby
April 5 "Blue Flame" Woody Herman
"There'll Be Some Changes Made" Benny Goodman
April 12 "Do I Worry?" Tommy Dorsey
"Music Makers" Harry Kames
April 19 "Wise Old Owl" Al Donahue
"Intermezzo" Wayne King
April 26 "Alexander the Swoose" Kay Kyser
"Dolores" Tommy Dorsey
"Dolores" Bing Crosby
May 3 "Goodbye Now" Horace Heidt
"Apple Blossom Time" Guy Lombardo
"Everything Happens to Me" Tommy Dorsey
May 10 "Apple Blossom Time" Andrews Sisters
"Let's Get Away From It All" Tommy Dorsey
May 17 "My Sister And I" Jimmy Dorsey
"Green Eyes" Jimmy Dorsey
"The Band Played On" Guy Lombardo
May 24 "Maria Elena" Jimmy Dorsey
"Until Tomorrow" Sammy Kaye
May 31 "Yours" Jimmy Dorsey
June 7 "Daddy" Sammy Kaye
"Maria Elena" Wayne King
"Hut-Sut Song" Freddy Martin
June 14 "Hut-Sut Song" Horace Heidt
June 28 "Maria Elena" Tony Pastor
"Goodbye Now" Woody Herman
July 5 "Intermezzo" Freddy Martin
"Things I Love" Jimmy Dorsey
"Hut-Sut Song" King Sisters
July 12 "Yes Indeed" Tommy Dorsey
July 26 "Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back in a Year" Horace Heidt
"Til Reveille" Kay Kyser
August 2 "Blue Champagne" Jimmy Dorsey
"Booglie Wooglie Piggy" Glenn Miller
"Just a Little Bit of North Carolina" Gene Krupa
"Intermezzo" Charlie Spivak
August 9 "Piano Concerto" Freddy Martin
"Til Reveille" Bing Crosby
August 30 "Lament to Love" Harry James
September 6 "You and I" Glenn Miller
"Let Me Off Uptown" Gene Krupa
September 13 "You and I" Bing Crosby
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" Glenn Miller
September 20 "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" Tommy Tucker
September 27 "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" Horace Heidt
October 4 "Jim" Jimmy Dorsey
October 11 "Jim" Dinah Shore
"Elmer's Tune" Dick Jurgens
October 18 "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" Ink Spots
October 25 "This Love of Mine" Tommy Dorsey
"Time Was" Jimmy Dorsey
November 1 "You Made Me Love You" Harry James
November 8 "Elmer's Tune" Glenn Miller
"Tonight We Love" Tony Martin
November 29 "Blues in the Night" Artie Shaw
December 6 "Shepherd Serenade" Horace Heidt
December 13 "Shepherd Serenade" Bing Crosby
December 20 "Two in Love" Tommy Dorsey
December 27 "Jingle Bells" Glenn Miller

1958 peaks[edit]

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1959 which peaked in 1958
Top ten

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Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in

top ten

October 20 "Tom Dooley" The Kingston Trio 1 November 17 12
November 10 "To Know Him Is to Love Him" The Teddy Bears 1 December 1 11
November 17 "Lonesome Town" Ricky Nelson 7 December 1 8
November 24 "One Night" Elvis Presley 4 December 15 8
December 1 "Problems" The Everly Brothers 2 December 15 7
December 15 "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" The Chipmunks with David Seville 1 December 22 6

1960 peaks[edit]

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1959 which peaked in 1960
Top ten

entry date

Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in

top ten

December 21 "El Paso" Marty Robbins 1 January 4 9
"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" Freddy Cannon 3 January 11 7
December 28 "Pretty Blue Eyes" Steve Lawrence 9 January 4 6

See also[edit]

References[edit]

General sources[edit]

  • Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
  • Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.