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Hit Parade aired for less than a year, although it was strangely exhumed in 1955. Cyril Stapleton’s band was now gone, replaced by the BBC’s Concert Orchestra, and vocal support now came from the George Mitchell Singers. Three different formats were tested in the first three shows, but the concept was ultimately unsuccessful.
Your Hit Parade. A landmark musical variety series on both radio (1935-1953) and television (1950-1959, 1974), Your Hit Parade was one of the first and most important manifestations of the musical countdown or survey.
Your Hit Parade was an admired radio and television music program that presented the most popular and bestselling songs of the week. In the 24 years of broadcasting, the show had more than 50 artists and musicians played and performed during occasional presentations.
Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC as a summer replacement for Robert Montgomery Presents on 10 July 1950. The television show – sponsored by the American Tobacco Company’s Lucky Strike cigarettes – was a version of a popular radio show which began in 1935 and ran for 15 years.
Your Hit Parade began on NBC April 20, 1935, as a 60-minute program with 15 songs played in a random format before presenting the number 1 song. Initially, the songs were more important than the singers, so a stable of vocalists went uncredited and were paid $100 per episode, equal to $2,222 in 2023.
Sat, Jun 2, 1956. The singers and dancers perform the biggest hits from the first week in June, 1956. The seven songs on the hit parade this were "Standing on the Corner", "Picnic", "On the Street Where You Live", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hot Diggity", "Ivory Tower" and "Moonglow".
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The beginning of hit parades as we know them today dates back to 1935. On 20 April, Your Hit Parade was broadcast for the first time on America’s NBC radio station.
