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Podcast: Sam Waldron
Episode: Show 64, “Top Hits of 1942,”
Description: 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...