Top R&B Songs of 1942 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1942
[Decca 23778]
written by Irving Berlin

vocals by Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
[Victor 27974]
written by Stanley Adams, Abel Baer & George W. Meyer

vocals by Helen Forrest
[Columbia 36659]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon

written by Don Raye & Gene DePaul

written by Don Raye, Benny Carter & Gene DePaul

vocals by Trevor Bacon
[Decca 18496]
written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Seiler & Sol Marcus

[Capitol 116]
written by James "Trummy" Young, James Mundy & Johnny Mercer

vocals by Bob Eberly
[Decca 18460]
written by Ary Barroso & Bob Russell

written by Billy Meyers

[Decca 8630]
written by Nat King Cole

[Decca 4366]
written by William Chapman, Mel Chapman, James T. Marshall & Johnny Green

vocals by Billy Eckstine
[Bluebird 11567]
written by Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine & Bob Crowder

[Decca 8633]
written by traditional & Ma Rainey

written by Roy Jacobs & Casey Bill Weldon

written by Hudson Whittaker

written by Sammy Lowe

instrumental
[Bluebird 11518]
written by Fats Waller

written by Ted Koehler & James V. Monaco

[Bluebird 30-0806]
written by Frank Loesser

instrumental
[Bluebird 11581]
written by Duke Ellington

instrumental
[Decca 18507]
written by Duke Ellington

[Bluebird 8895]
written by Willie Broonzy

instrumental
[Victor 27806]
written by Ray Conniff

written by Eddie DeLange & Sam Stept

[Decca 18504]
written by Isham Jones & Gus Kahn

written by Frank Loesser

B side to This Is Worth Fighting For
written by John Benson Brooks & Edgar De Lange

[Victor 20-1505]
written by Paul McGrane, Harry Lenk & Ervin Drake