Show 64, “Top Hits of 1942,” tracks the most popular music of that year, with 14 recordings by Bing Crosby, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Dinah Shore, Gene Autry, The Andrews Sisters, and Billie Holliday. Also included: a couple of wartime radio commercials and some 1942 news you never learned in school.
| Show 64 | Top Hits of 1942 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 2 | A String of Pearls | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 3 | Blues in the Night | Woody Herman and his Orchestra | |
| 4 | Moonlight Cocktail | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 5 | Tangerine | Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberle, Helen O’Connell | |
| 6 | Jingle Jangle Jingle | Kay Kyser, Harry Babbit, Julie Conway | |
| 7 | Sleepy Lagoon | Harry James and his Orchestra | |
| 8 | I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo | The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke | |
| 9 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers, John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra | |
| 10 | One Dozen Roses | Dinah Shore | |
| 11 | She Gave Her Heart to a Soldier Boy | Roy Rogers | |
| 12 | Strip Polka | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 13 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Gene Autry | |
| 14 | Every Night About This Time | The Ink Spots | |
| 15 | Lover Man Oh Where Can You Be | Billie Holliday | |
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