See also: 1940 in music, other events of 1941, 1942 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Top hit records
3 Published popular songs
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Top hit records

Published popular songs

  • "All That Meat And No Potatoes"     w.m. Fats Waller & Ed Kirkeby
  • "The Anniversary Waltz"     w. Al Dubin m. Dave Franklin
  • "Apollo Jump"     m. Ernest Puree, Prince Robinson & Lucius "Lucky" Millinder
  • "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "Baby Mine"     w. Ned Washington m. Frank Churchill,
  • "Be Honest With Me"     w.m. Fred Rose & Gene Autry
  • "Blue Champagne"     w.m. Jimmy Eaton, Grady Watts & Frank Ryerson
  • "Blues In The Night"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
  • "Boa Noite"     w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
  • "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"     w.m. Don Raye & Hughie Prince
  • "Botch-A-Me"     w. (Eng) Eddie Stanley (Ital) R. Morbelli & L. Astore m. R. Morbelli & L. Astore
  • "Chattanooga Choo Choo"     w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
  • "Cherry"     w.m. Charles N. Daniels
  • "Chica Chica Boom Chic"     w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
  • "Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun?"     w.m. Noël Coward
  • "Daddy"     w.m. Bobby Troup
  • "Deep In The Heart Of Texas"     w. June Hershey m. Don Swander
  • "Down Forget-Me-Not Lane"     w.m. Horatio Nicholls, Charlie Chester & Reg Morgan
  • "Elmer's Tune"     w.m. Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop & Dick Jurgens
  • "Everything Happens To Me"     w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
  • "Five Guys Named Moe"     w. Larry Wynn m. Jerry Bresler
  • "God Bless The Child"     w.m. Arthur Herzog Jr & Billie Holiday
  • "Goodbye Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama"     w.m. J. Fred Coots
  • "He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings"     w. Eric Maschwitz m. Michael Carr
  • "Hey Little Hen"     w.m. Ralph Butler & Noel Gay
  • "How About You?"     w. Ralph Freed m. Burton Lane
  • "Humpty Dumpty Heart"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
  • "The Hut-Sut Song"     w.m. Leo V. Killion, Ted McMichael & Jack Owens
  • "I Could Write A Book"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire"     w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin & Eddie Durham
  • "I Don't Want To Walk Without You"     w. Frank Loesser m. Jule Styne
  • "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Duke Ellington
  • "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest"     w. Mickey Stoner & Martin Block m. Harold Green
  • "I Know Why (And So Do You)"     w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
  • "I Remember You"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "I Said No!"     w. Frank Loesser m. Jule Styne
  • "I See A Million People"     w. Robert Sour m. Una Mae Carlisle
  • "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi"     w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
  • "I'll Remember April"     w. Don Raye & Patricia Johnston m. Gene De Paul
  • "It Happened In Sun Valley"     w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
  • "It's So Peaceful In The Country"     w.m. Alex Wilder
  • "I've Got Sixpence"     w.m. Elton Box & Desmond Cox
  • "Jenny"     w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill
  • "Jersey Bounce"     m. Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson & Robert B. Wright
  • "Jim"     w. Nelson Shawn m. Caesar Petrillo & Edward Ross
  • "Kiss The Boys Goodbye"     w. Frank Loesser m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "Knock Me A Kiss"     w.m. Mike Jackson
  • "Let's All Meet At My House"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
  • "Let's Get Away From It All"     w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
  • "Let's Not Talk About Love"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "London Pride"     w.m. Noël Coward
  • "Ma! I Miss Your Apple Pie"     w.m. Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb
  • "Misirlou"     w. (Eng) Milton Leeds, S. K. Russell & Fred Wise m. N. Roubanis
  • "Moonlight Cocktail"     w. Kim Gannon m. C. Luckeyth "Lucky" Roberts
  • "My Adobe Hacienda"     w.m. Louise Massey & Lee Penny
  • "My Ship"     w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill
  • "My Sister And I"     w.m. Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
  • "Oh, Look At Me Now"     w. John De Vries m. Joe Bushkin
  • "Please Take A Letter Miss Brown"     Paul Cunningham, Ernie Burnett
  • "Racing With The Moon"     w. Vaughn Monroe & Pauline Pope m. Johnny Watson
  • "Remember Pearl Harbour"     w.m. Don Reid & Sammy Kaye
  • "Rose O'Day"     w.m. Charles Tobias & Al Lewis
  • "Sand In My Shoes"     w. Frank Loesser m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "The Shrine Of Saint Cecilia"     w. Carroll Loveday m. Nils Johan
  • "A Sinner Kissed An Angel"     w. Mack David m. Larry Shayne
  • "Skylark"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat"     w.m. Leon René, Otis René & Emerson Scott
  • "Starlight Serenade"     w.m. Sonny Miller, Frederick Tysh & Hans May
  • "The Story Of A Starry Night"     w.m. Jerry Livingston, Al Hoffman & Mann Curtis
  • "A String Of Pearls"     w. Eddie De Lange m. Jerry Gray
  • "Take The "A" Train"     w.m. Billy Strayhorn
  • "Tangerine"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Victor Schertzinger
  • "Tchaikovsky ( And Other Russians)"     w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill
  • "Tenement Symphony"     w. Sid Kuller & Ray Golden m. Hal Borne
  • "That Lovely Weekend"     w.m. Ted Heath & Moira Heath
  • "There Goes That Song Again"     Allie Wrubel
  • "There, I've Said It Again"     w.m. Redd Evans & Dave Mann
  • "This Is New"     w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill
  • "(Lights Out) 'Til Reveille"     w. Stanley Cowan m. Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth
  • "Tonight We Love"     w. Bobby Worth m. Freddy Martin & Ray Austin
  • "Two In Love"     w.m. Meredith Willson
  • "Violets For Your Furs"     w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
  • "The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid"     w.m Johnny Mercer
  • "Walking The Floor Over You"     w.m. Ernest Tubb
  • "We're The Couple In The Castle"     w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "When I See An Elephant Fly"     w. Ned Washington m. Oliver Wallace
  • "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again"     w.m. Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan
  • "When They Sound The Last All Clear"     w.m. Hugh Charles, Louis Elton
  • "The White Cliffs Of Dover"     w. Nat Burton m. Walter Kent
  • "Why Don't We Do This More Often?"     w. Charles Newman m. Allie Wrubel
  • "You And I"     w.m. Meredith Willson

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