1942 in country music

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See also: 1941 in country music, 1942 in music, other events of 1942, 1943 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music

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[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the year

  • "1942 Turkey in the Straw" - Carson Robison
  • "Remember Pearl Harbor"- Carson Robinson
  • "Deep in the Heart of Texas" - Bing Crosby
  • "Fireball Mail" - Roy Acuff
  • "The Honey Song" - Louise Massey and the Westerners
  • "Jingle Jangle Jingle" - Gene Autry
  • "My Life's Been a Pleasure" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • "Mussolini's Letter to Hitler" - Carson Robison
  • "Please Don't Leave Me" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • "Ten Years" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" - Elton Britt
  • "Tweedle-O-Twill" - Gene Autry
  • "Wreck on the Highway" - Roy Acuff
  • "Cherokee Maiden"-Bob Wills
  • "Deep In Th Heart Of Texas"-Gene Autry
  • "I Ain't Honky Tonkin Anymore"-Ernest Tubb
  • "Mean Mama Blues" -Ernest Tubb
  • "We're Honna Slap The Dirty Little Jap"- Carson Robinson
  • "Goodbye Mama I'm Off To Yokohama" -Teddy Powell
  • "I'm A Prisoner Of War"-Johnny Bond–

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).