# List of Billboard number-one singles of 1942

This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1942 according to The Billboard.
The National Best Selling Retail Records chart was the first to poll retailers nationwide on record sales. The chart was billed as a "trade service feature," based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national retailers from New York to Los Angeles.
Shown is a list of songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1942.
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| January 3 | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires |
| January 10 | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires |
| January 17 | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires |
| January 24 | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires |
| January 31 | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires |
| February 7 | "A String of Pearls" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra |
| February 14 | "Blues in the Night" | Woody Herman and His Orchestra with Woody Herman |
| February 21 | "A String of Pearls" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra |
| February 28 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| March 7 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| March 14 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| March 21 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| March 28 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| April 4 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| April 11 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| April 18 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| April 25 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| May 2 | "Moonlight Cocktail" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires |
| May 9 | "Tangerine" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell |
| May 16 | "Tangerine" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell |
| May 23 | "Tangerine" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell |
| May 30 | "Tangerine" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell |
| June 6 | "Tangerine" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell |
| June 13 | "Tangerine" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell |
| June 20 | "Sleepy Lagoon" | Harry James and His Orchestra |
| June 27 | "Sleepy Lagoon" | Harry James and His Orchestra |
| July 4 | "Sleepy Lagoon" | Harry James and His Orchestra |
| July 11 | "Sleepy Lagoon" | Harry James and His Orchestra |
| July 18 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| July 25 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| August 1 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| August 8 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| August 15 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| August 22 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| August 29 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| September 5 | "Jingle Jangle Jingle" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and the Group |
| September 12 | "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires |
| September 19 | "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires |
| September 26 | "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires |
| October 3 | "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires |
| October 10 | "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires |
| October 17 | "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires |
| October 24 | "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires |
| October 31 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| November 7 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| November 14 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| November 21 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| November 28 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| December 5 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| December 12 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| December 19 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
| December 26 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |