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July 10, 1950 - April 24, 1959
NBC & CBS Music Series
Vocalists:
Dorothy Collins
Johnny Desmond
Gisele MacKenzie
Tommy Leonetti
Snooky Lanson
Virginia Gibson
June Valli
Eileen Wilson
Sue Bennett
Alan Copeland
Russell Arms
Jill Corey
Dancers:
The Hit Paraders
Peter Gennaro Dancers
Announcers:
Andre Baruch
Del Sharbutt
Orchestra:
Raymond Scott
Harry Sosnik
The legendary Lucky Strike Hit Parade, which had
been a radio standby since 1935, made its way to
television in 1950. The format was essentially
unchanged from radio, presenting the seven most
popular songs in America, performed by a regular cast
of singers. Two or three "extras," usually standards,
were also included. Elaborate production numbers
were common place, and since many songs stayed on
the charts for months, considerable ingenuity was
required to vary the treatment of a song from week
to week. Each week listeners were told that "Your
Hit Parade survey checks the best sellers on sheet
music and phonograph records, the songs most heard
on the air and most played on the automatic coin
machines. . . an accurate, authentic tabulation
of America's taste in popular music.
Watch the complete episode from September 15, 1951 below.
Watch the complete episode from January 31, 1951 below.
Watch the complete episode from December 24, 1955 below.
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