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Top R&B Songs of 1942

1941 <-1942-> 1943
    

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1.
10/1942

White Christmas by Bing Crosby

398

✫1
US
✫1
R&B
[Academy Award for Best Original Song 1942]
[Decca 23778]
written by Irving Berlin
2.
12/1942

When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) by Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra

157

14
US
✫1
R&B
vocals by Trevor Bacon
[Decca 18496]
written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Seiler & Sol Marcus
3.
1942

What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) by Louis Jordan

47



✫1
R&B
written by Billy Meyers
4.
1942

Trav'lin' Light by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra

119

23
US
✫1
R&B
[Capitol 116]
written by James "Trummy" Young, Jimmy Mundy (as James Mundy) & Johnny Mercer
5.
1942

This Is Worth Fighting For by The Ink Spots

20



9
R&B
written by Eddie DeLange & Sam H. Stept (as Sam Stept)
6.
11/1942

Things Ain't What They Used to Be by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra

22



8
R&B
[instrumental]
[Decca 18507]
written by Duke Ellington
7.
11/1942

There Are Such Things by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

392

✫1
US
2
R&B
vocals by Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
[Victor 27974]
written by Stanley Adams, Abel Baer & George W. Meyer
8.
1942

The Jitterbug Waltz by Fats Waller

26



6
R&B
[instrumental]
[Bluebird 11518]
written by Fats Waller
9.
11/1942

That Ain't Right by The King Cole Trio

47



✫1
R&B
[Decca 8630]
written by Nat King Cole
10.
1942

Take It and Git by Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy

47



✫1
R&B
[Decca 4366]
written by William Chapman, Mel Chapman, James T. Marshall & Johnny Green
11.
1942

Stormy Monday Blues by Earl Hines and His Orchestra

47



✫1
R&B
vocals by Billy Eckstine
[Bluebird 11567]
written by Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine & Bob Crowder
12.
11/1942

See See Rider Blues by Bea Booze

47



✫1
R&B
[Decca 8633]
written by traditional & Ma Rainey
13.
1942

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition by The Southern Sons

24



7
R&B
[Bluebird 30-0806]
written by Frank Loesser
14.
1942

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition by The Royal Harmony Quartet

18



10
R&B
written by Frank Loesser
15.
12/1942

Mr. Five by Five by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

187

10
US
✫1
R&B
written by Don Raye & Gene De Paul (as Gene DePaul)
16.
1942

Let's Be Friends by Lil Green

22



8
R&B
[Bluebird 8895]
written by Big Bill Broonzy (as Willie Broonzy)
17.
1942

Let Me Play with Your Poodle by Tampa Red

32



4
R&B
written by Tampa Red (as Hudson Whittaker)
18.
1942

Just as Though You Were Here by The Ink Spots

18



10
R&B
B side to This Is Worth Fighting For
written by John Benson Brooks & Eddie DeLange (as Edgar De Lange)
19.
1942

Just Kiddin' Around by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

22



8
R&B
[instrumental]
[Victor 27806]
written by Ray Conniff
20.
1942

It Had to Be You by Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra

20



9
R&B
[Decca 18504]
written by Isham Jones & Gus Kahn
21.
1942

I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town by Louis Jordan

34



3
R&B
written by Clarence Williams & Louis Jordan
22.
12/1942

I Had the Craziest Dream by Harry James and His Orchestra

383

✫1
US
4
R&B
vocals by Helen Forrest
[Columbia 36659]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
23.
11/1942

Hayfoot, Strawfoot by Duke Ellington

18



10
R&B
[Victor 20-1505]
written by Paul McGrane, Harry Lenk & Ervin Drake
24.
1942

Ev'ry Night About This Time by The Ink Spots

26



6
R&B
written by Ted Koehler & James V. Monaco
25.
08/1942

Cow-Cow Boogie by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

178

9
US
6
R&B
written by Don Raye, Benny Carter & Gene De Paul (as Gene DePaul)
26.
11/1942

C Blue by Barney Bigard

24



7
R&B
[instrumental]
[Bluebird 11581]
written by Duke Ellington
27.
12/1942

Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

116

17
US
8
R&B
vocals by Bob Eberly
[Decca 18460]
written by Ary Barroso & Bob Russell
28.
1942

Bicycle Bounce by Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra

29



5
R&B
written by Sammy Lowe
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