100 Greatest Songs From 1942
Hier vindt u een overzicht van de 100 grootste hits van misschien geeft het u als luisteraar een inspiratie voor het aanvragen van verzoekplaten.
| 1 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby |
| 2 | Paper Doll | Mills Brothers |
| 3 | Stormy Weather | Lena Horne |
| 4 | Flying Home | Lionel Hampton (Illinois Jacquet) |
| 5 | Why Don’t You Do Right? | Benny Goodman (Peggy Lee) |
| 6 | Jingle, Jangle, Jingle | Kay Kyser (Julie Conway & Harry Babbitt) / Gene Autry |
| 7 | Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) | Jimmie Lunceford (Willie Smith) |
| 8 | (I’ve Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo | Glenn Miller |
| 9 | Tangerine | Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell) |
| 10 | Moonlight Cocktail | Glenn Miller |
| 11 | Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree | Glenn Miller (Modernaires) / Andrews Sisters |
| 12 | Sleepy Lagoon | Harry James |
| 13 | Jersey Bounce | Benny Goodman / Jimmy Dorsey |
| 14 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Alvino Rey / Bing Crosby / Horace Heidt / Gene Autry |
| 15 | (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover | Vera Lynn |
| 16 | I’ve Heard That Song Before | Harry James (Helen Forrest) |
| 17 | I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town | Louis Jordan / Big Bill Broonzy / Jimmie Lunceford |
| 18 | Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition | Kay Kyser / Merry Macs / Southern Sons / Royal Harmony Quartet |
| 19 | Der Fuehrer’s Face | Spike Jones (Carl Grayson & Willie Spicer) |
| 20 | Trav’lin Light | Paul Whiteman (Lady Day) |
| 21 | Cow-Cow Boogie | Freddie Slack (Ella Mae Morse) |
| 22 | Stormy Monday Blues | Earl Hines (Billy Eckstine) |
| 23 | Night And Day | Frank Sinatra |
| 24 | Shout, Sister, Shout | Lucky Millinder (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) |
| 25 | See See Rider Blues | Bea Booze |
| 26 | Wreck On The Highway | Roy Acuff |
| 27 | American Patrol | Glenn Miller |
| 28 | Mister Five By Five | Freddie Slack (Ella Mae Morse) / Harry James |
| 29 | Serenade in Blue | Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle & Modernaires) |
| 30 | Brazil | Xavier Cugat / Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell) |
| 31 | Perdido | Duke Ellington |
| 32 | Don’t Get Around Much Anymore | Ink Spots |
| 33 | Juke Box Saturday Night | Glenn Miller (Modernaires) |
| 34 | That Ain’t Right | King Cole Trio |
| 35 | At Last | Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle) |
| 36 | Take it and Git | Andy Kirk |
| 37 | There Are Such Things | Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) |
| 38 | Skylark | Harry James / Dinah Shore / Woody Herman / Glenn Miller / Bing Crosby |
| 39 | St. James’ Infirmary | Artie Shaw (Hot Lips Page) |
| 40 | I Don’t Want To Walk Without You | Harry James (Helen Forrest) / Bing Crosby |
| 41 | I’m Gonna Leave You on The Outskirts of Town | Louis Jordan |
| 42 | Take Me | Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) / Benny Goodman (Dick Haymes) |
| 43 | Amen | Abe Lyman / Woody Herman |
| 44 | Strip Polka | Kay Kyser / Andrews Sisters / Alvino Rey / Johnny Mercer |
| 45 | Idaho | Benny Goodman (Dick Haymes) |
| 46 | Who Wouldn’t Love You | Kay Kyser (Trudy & Harry Babbitt) |
| 47 | Let Me Play With Your Poodle | Tampa Red |
| 48 | Rock Island Line | Leadbelly |
| 49 | The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall | Louis Jordan |
| 50 | I Had The Craziest Dream | Harry James |
| 51 | Gonna Hit The Highway | Washboard Sam |
| 52 | Give Me A 32-20 | Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup |
| 53 | What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) | Louis Jordan |
| 54 | Things Ain’t What They Used To Be | Johnny Hodges |
| 55 | When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) | Vaughn Monroe / Lucky Millinder (Trevor Bacon) |
| 56 | Ev’ry Night About This Time | Ink Spots |
| 57 | Moon Mist | Duke Ellington |
| 58 | I Want A Tall Skinny Papa | Lucky Millinder (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) |
| 59 | Blues On Central Avenue | Joe Turner |
| 60 | Knock Me A Kiss | Louis Jordan / Gene Krupa / Erskine Hawkins |
| 61 | Rock Me | Lucky Millinder (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) |
| 62 | He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings | Kay Kyser (Harry Babbitt) |
| 63 | The “C” Jam Blues | Duke Ellington |
| 64 | For Me And My Gal | Judy Garland & Gene Kelly |
| 65 | Baby Don’t You Cry | Buddy Johnson (Warren Evans) |
| 66 | If I Cared A Little Bit Less (And You Cared A Little Bit More) | Ink Spots |
| 67 | It’s A Low Down Dirty Shame | Louis Jordan |
| 68 | Deep Blue Sea Blues | Tommy McClennan |
| 69 | Bicycle Bounce | Erskine Hawkins |
| 70 | Hit That Jive Jack | King Cole Trio |
| 71 | Take This Hammer (Steel Drivin’) | Lead Belly |
| 72 | Born To Lose | Ted Daffan’s Texans (Leon Seago) |
| 73 | Keep Your Hand On Your Heart | Lil Green |
| 74 | S. K. Blues | Saunders King |
| 75 | Hay-Foot, Straw Foot | Duke Ellington |
| 76 | Just As Though You Were Here | Ink Spots |
| 77 | This Is Worth Fighting For | Ink Spots |
| 78 | It Ain’t Necessarily So | Todd Duncan |
| 79 | There’s A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere | Elton Britt |
| 80 | My Devotion | Vaughn Monroe / Charlie Spivak / Jimmy Dorsey |
| 81 | One Dozen Roses | Harry James (Jimmy Saunders) / Dick Jurgens (Buddy Moreno) |
| 82 | Moonlight Becomes You | Bing Crosby / Glenn Miller (Modernaires) |
| 83 | I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen | Sammy Kaye / Charlie Spivak |
| 84 | Let’s Start The New Year Right | Bing Crosby |
| 85 | Just As Though You Were Here | Tommy Dorsey |
| 86 | Dearly Beloved | Glenn Miller (Skip Nelson) / Dinah Shore |
| 87 | Pennsylvania Polka | Andrews Sisters |
| 88 | Remember Pearl Harbor | Sammy Kaye / Carson Robison |
| 89 | Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose in Ireland | Kay Kyser |
| 90 | I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got | Duke Ellington (Herb Jeffries) |
| 91 | Well, Git It | Tommy Dorsey |
| 92 | The Way You Look Tonight | Benny Goodman (Peggy Lee) |
| 93 | Ride, Red, Ride | Lucky Millinder |
| 94 | Easter Parade | Harry James |
| 95 | Sweet Eloise | Glenn Miller |
| 96 | Miss You | Dinah Shore / Bing Crosby |
| 97 | I Remember You | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 98 | Daybreak | Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) |
| 99 | Be Careful, It’s My Heart | Bing Crosby |
| 100 | Manhattan Serenade | Tommy Dorsey |
| 20 more worth mentioning. | ||
| 101 | We’re Gonna Slap The Dirty Little Jap | Carson Robison |
| 102 | The Jitterbug Waltz | Fats Waller |
| 103 | All I Need is You | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 104 | The Father Jumps | Earl Hines |
| 105 | Fat Meat is Good Meat | Jimmy Lytell |
| 106 | Jumpin’ in a Julep Joint | Erskine Hawkins |
| 107 | Cherokee Maiden | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| 108 | I Ain’t Honky Tonkin’ Anymore | Ernest Tubb |
| 109 | Mussolini’s Letter to Hitler | Carson Robison |
| 110 | You Nearly Lose Your Mind | Ernest Tubb |
| 111 | When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again | Zeke Manners |
| 112 | She Gave Her Heart To A Soldier Boy | Roy Rogers |
| 113 | Meet Me Down In Honky Tonk Town | Al Dexter |
| 114 | He’s A Jelly-Roll Baker | Lonnie Johnson |
| 115 | So Long Shorty | Erskine Hawkins |
| 116 | She’s Gone With The Wind | Big Bill Broonzy |
| 117 | Shady Grove Blues | Sonny Boy Williamson |
| 118 | Mama Mama Blues | Louis Jordan |
| 119 | By The Light of The Silvery Moon | Fats Waller |
| 120 | It Had To Be You | Jimmie Lunceford |
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DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1942
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| Adam’s Choice: An unheralded great record from 1942 | ||
| * | I’m On My Last Go-Round | Leadbelly |
| Bruce’s Choice: | ||
| * | Beale Street Blues | Guy Lombardo (Kenny Gardner) |
| Lew’s Choice: | ||
| * | 627 Stomp | Mills Brothers |