[Homer_J_Simpson]

Billboard Top Ten for the Week of December 5, 1942

#1 - “White Christmas” - Bing Crosby
#2 - “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” - Kay Kyser, with Glee Club
#3 - “Serenade in Blue” - Glenn Miller, with Ray Eberly and the Modernaires
#4 – “Der Fuehrer’s Face,” Spike Jones, with Carl Grayson
#5 - “There Are Such Things” - Tommy Dorsey, with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers
#6 - “Mister Five by Five” – Harry James, with Helen Forrest
#7 – “When the Lights Go On Again All Over the World” - Vaughn Monroe
#8 – “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” - The Merry Macs
#9 - “I Had the Craziest Dream” - Harry James, with Helen Forrest
#10 - “Daybreak” - Tommy Dorsey, with Frank Sinatra

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Allies Lose Towns (MacDonald) – 2-3
Lack of Allied Fields Gives Axis an Air Edge in Tunisia – 3
Allies Put to Test in Djedeida Fight (Middleton) – 4
New British Ships Aid African Fight – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Censor’s Gag Held Danger to Allies (Anderson) – 6
Red Army Seizes Don-Volga Towns – 6-7
Guadalcanal Finds Infiltration Cure (Hailey) – 7-8
M’Arthur Inspires New Guinea Front – 9
American Paratroopers Show Their Mettle (photo) * – 9
Paratroops Hike 3 Days * – 9
Nazi Morality on Animals’ Level, German Catholic Bishops Warn – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 12-13

* See also reply #3 above.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Allies Lose Towns (MacDonald) – 2-3
Lack of Allied Fields Gives Axis an Air Edge in Tunisia – 3
Allies Put to Test in Djedeida Fight (Middleton) – 4
New British Ships Aid African Fight – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Censor’s Gag Held Danger to Allies (Anderson) – 6
Red Army Seizes Don-Volga Towns – 6-7
Guadalcanal Finds Infiltration Cure (Hailey) – 7-8
M’Arthur Inspires New Guinea Front – 9
American Paratroopers Show Their Mettle (photo) * – 9
Paratroops Hike 3 Days * – 9
Nazi Morality on Animals’ Level, German Catholic Bishops Warn – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 12-13

* See also reply #3 above.