The Yearly GELT's TOP 1942

James Cagney in Captains Of The Clouds (Michael Curtiz, 1942)

Song of the year :  Why Don't You Do Right  performed by Benny Goodman, showcasing a newcomer just landed from her native North Dakota named Peggy Lee. She impressed so much the bandleader when he heard her voice that he decided to hire her without delay. And he was absolutely right.

Written in 1936 by bluesman Joe McCoy, the song had shortly before been recorded by vocalist Lil Green.

1	Glenn Miller	I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo feat.  Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton & The  Modernaires  (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)
2	Dinah Shore	Blues In the Night (My Mama  Done Tol' Me)  (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer)
3	Tommy Dorsey	There Are Such Things feat. Frank  Sinatra & The Pied Pipers  (Stanley Adams/Abel Baer/George W.  Meyer)
4	Harry James & His  Orchestra	I Don't Want To Walk Without  You feat. Helen Forrest  (Jule Styne/Frank Loesser)
5	Benny Goodman	Why Don't You Do Right feat.  Peggy Lee  (Joe McCoy)
6	Tommy Dorsey	Manhattan Serenade feat. Jo  Stafford   (Louis Alter/Harold Adamson)
7	Lena Horne	Honeysuckle Rose  (Fats Waller)
8	Kay Kyser & His Orchestra	Jingle, Jangle, Jingle feat. Harry  Babbitt & Julie Conway  (Frank Loesser/Joseph J. Lilley)
9	Harry James & His Music  Makers	Don't Sit Under The Apple  Tree feat. The Andrews Sisters   (Lew Brown/Sam H. Stept/Charles Tobias)
10	Jimmy Dorsey	Brazil feat. Bob Eberly & Helen  O'Connell  (Ary Barroso/Bob Russell)
11	Gene Krupa	Thanks For The Boogie Ride feat.  Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge  (Ronald Buck/Sidney D. Mitchell)
12	The Andrews Sisters	Here Comes The Navy  (Lew Brown/W.A. Timm/J. Vejvoda/Lt.  Cmdr. C.P. Oakes)
13	Freddy Slack & His Orchestra	Mister Five By Five feat. Ella Mae  Morse  (Don Raye/Gene de Paul)
14	Glenn Miller	Everything I Love feat. Ray Eberle  (Cole Porter)
15	Judy Garland	That Old Black Magic  (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer)
16	Bing Crosby	White Christmas  (Irving Berlin)
17	Benny Goodman	Somebody Else Is Taking My  Place feat. Peggy Lee   (Richard Howard/Bob Ellsworth/Russ  Morgan)
18	Paul Whiteman	Trav'lin' Light feat. Billie Holiday  (Trummy Young/Jimmy Mundy/Johnny  Mercer)
19	Frank Sinatra	The Night We Call It A Day  (Matt Dennis/Tom Adair)
20	Vera Lynn	(There'll Be Bluebirds Over The)  White Cliffs Of Dover  (Walter Kent/Nat Burton)
21	Harry James & His Music  Makers	I Had The Craziest Dream feat.  Helen Forrest  (Harry Warren/Mack Gordon)
22	Ella Fitzgerald	My Heart And I Decided  (Walter Donaldson)
23	Freddy Slack & His  Orchestra	Cow Cow Boogie feat. Ella Mae  Morse   (Benny Carter/Gene DePaul/Don Raye)
24	Cab Calloway	I Want To Rock  (Buster Harding/Larry Clinton)
25	Billie Holiday	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie  (Billy Mayhew)
26	Alvino Rey & His Orchestra	Idaho feat. Yvonne King  (Jesse Stone)
27	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink  Spots	Cow Cow Boogie   (Benny Carter/Gene DePaul/Don Raye)
28	Glenn Miller	Moonlight Cocktail feat Tex  Beneke  & The Modernaires  (Kim Gannon/Lucky Roberts)
29	Dinah Shore	Miss You   (Rami Yacoub/Arnthor Birgisson/Enrique  M.  Iglesias)
30	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By  (Herman Hupfield)
31	Judy Garland & Gene Kelly	For Me And My Gal   (George W. Meyer/Edgar Leslie)
32	Harry James & His  Orchestra	Skylark feat. Helen Forrest   (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer)
33	Vaughn Monroe	My Devotion  (Johnny Napton/Roc Hillman)
34	Sammy Kaye	I Left My Heart At The  Stage Door Canteen feat.  Don Cornell (Irving Berlin)
35	Kay Kyser	Who Wouldn't Love You feat. Trude  & Harry Babbitt   (Bill Carey/Carl Fisher)
36	Bing Crosby	Deep In The Heart Of Texas   (John Swander/June Hershey)
37	Jimmy Dorsey	Lord And Lady Gate feat. Helen  O'Connell  (Don Raye/Gene DePaul)
38	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Not Mine feat. Fredda Gibson  (Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke)
39	The Nat King Cole Trio	All For You  (Robert B. Sherman)
40	Tommy Dorsey	Daybreak feat. Frank Sinatra   (Ferde Grofe/Harold Adamson)