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This lists songs that hit number one on the charts in the US during 1942. If a song spent nonconsecutive weeks at number one, the number of weeks for each occurrence at the top is shown in parenthesis.

« 1941 **1942 Number One Songs** 1943 »
Date	Artist - Title	Weeks at #1
December 21 1941 – January 31 1942	Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo	9 (6)
February 1 – 7 1942	Glenn Miller - A String Of Pearls	2 (1)
February 8 – 14 1942	Woody Herman - Blues in the Night	1
February 15 – 21 1942	Glenn Miller - A String Of Pearls	2 (1)
February 22 – May 2 1942	Glenn Miller - Moonlight Cocktail	10
May 3 – June 13 1942	Jimmy Dorsey - Tangerine	6
June 14 – July 11 1942	Harry James - Sleepy Lagoon	4
July 12 – September 5 1942	Kay Kyser - Jingle, Jangle, Jingle	8
September 6 – October 24 1942	Glenn Miller - (I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo	7
October 25 1942 – January 9 1943	Bing Crosby - White Christmas	11

Source: Billboard Magazine

9 different songs hit number one in the US during 1942.

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