1942
1942 Hit Records
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller
Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser
Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James
Blues In the Night - Woody Herman
He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings - Kay Kyser
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - Benny Goodman
Born in 1942
January 5 - Charlie Rose, American talk show host
January 8 - Stephen Hawking, British physicist
January 8 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress
January 11 - Clarence Clemons, American musician
January 15 - Charo, American singer and actress
January 17 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer
January 17 - Cus D'Amato, boxing manager (d. 1985)
February 2 - Graham Nash, American (English-born) rock musician
February 5 - Roger Staubach, American football player
February 9 - Carole King, American singer and composer
February 13 - Peter Tork, American musician and actor
February 28 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
March 2 - John Irving, American author
March 2 - Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Velvet Underground)
March 7 - Tammy Faye Bakker, American evangelist, singer and television personality
March 7 - Michael Eisner, American film studio executive
March 9 - John Cale, Welsh composer and musician (Velvet Underground)
March 13 - Scatman John, American musician (d. 1999)
March 25 - Aretha Franklin, American singer
March 26 - Erica Jong, American author
March 27 - Michael York, English actor
April 2 - Leon Russell, American singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist
April 3 - Marsha Mason, American actress
April 3 - Wayne Newton, American singer
April 24 - Barbra Streisand, American singer, theatre and film actress, composer
April 26 - Bobby Rydell, American singer
May 5 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
May 17 - Taj Mahal, American singer and guitarist
May 26 - Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)
June 3 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (d. 1999)
June 18 - Roger Ebert, American film critic and television personality
June 18 - Paul McCartney, English musician and composer (The Beatles)
June 20 - Brian Wilson, American singer (The Beach Boys)
June 24 - Mick Fleetwood, English drummer (Fleetwood Mac)
June 27 - Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
July 13 - Harrison Ford, American actor and producer
July 13 - Roger McGuinn, American musician (The Byrds)
August 1 - Jerry Garcia, American musician (d. 1995), (Grateful Dead)
August 20 - Isaac Hayes, American singer and actor
September 29 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)
September 30 - Frankie Lymon, American singer (d. 1968)
October 6 - Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
October 15 - Penny Marshall, American actress, producer and director
October 21 - Elvin Bishop, American musician
October 22 - Annette Funicello, American actress
November 13 - John P. Hammond, American singer
November 17 - Martin Scorsese, American film director
November 27 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (d. 1970)
December 9 - Dick Butkus, American football player
December 17 - Paul Butterfield, American musician (d. 1987)
December 20 - Bob Hayes, American athlete
December 21 - Carla Thomas, American singer
December 23 - Jorma Kaukonen, American musician (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna)
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