Your Hit Parade was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995. More than 50 singers appeared on the radio version of Your Hit Parade, including Frank Sinatra (1943-45 1947-49), Joan Edwards (1941-46), Dick Haymes, “Wee” Bonnie Baker, Johnny Mercer, Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark, Bea Wain, Andy Russell, Gisele MacKenzie and Metropolitan Opera star Lawrence Tibbett. A television version of Your Hit Parade was simulcast over NBC Radio from 1950 to 1959. All come from 16 transcriptions of the HIT PARADE program for Lucky Strike cigarettes or its AFRS equivalent. Your Hit Parade debuted on Apand moved between NBC and CBS until January 16, 1953. Arguably the largest and most strategically devised campaign for any cigarette in history,was for the Lucky Strike brand of cigarettes throughout the course of the 1920’s and into the 1930’s. Most have never appeared on record before. It was acknowledged that Your Hit Parade’s statisticians examined sheet music sales and jukebox tabulations before reaching their conclusions. As a nod to longtime sponsor Lucky Strike Cigarettes, Your Hit Parade occasionally featured an old favorite as a “Lucky Strike Extra.”īatten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne, the show’s advertising agency, remained secretive about the methods used to determine the top songs. 6, Tennessee Waltz, performed by Snooky Lanson the Jerome Kern-Dorothy Fields standard I Wont Dance, performed by Raymond Scott and the Lucky Strike. Lucky Strike Presents Your Hit Parade (Artist) Format: Audio CD 1 rating 1499 See all formats and editions Audio CD 14.99 3 Used from 10.77 1 New from 14.99 Virtual experiences for 15 or less Amazon Explore Browse now Track Listings Product details Package Dimensions : 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches 3. Before disc jockeys and Top-40 charts became commonplace, there was Your Hit Parade, a radio institution that billed itself as “an accurate, authentic tabulation of America's taste in popular music.”Įvery Saturday night, Your Hit Parade presented the top tunes of the week, saving the top three songs for the end of the show.
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