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YOUR HIT PARADE

1 MP3 CD - 49 episodes

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ABOUT THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW:

Hit Song show (1935 - 59)

Freddie Rich

America is a big country and has many big musical traditions. Folk and traditional music have always been with us. Urban theatres grew from the early 1800's into Broadway and the Great American. Jazz blossomed into the Big Bands and their hits. And American music had "Tin Pan Alley," where many of the greats of American Song got their starts. Song "pluggers" in the "Tin Pan Alley" tradition made "Popular Music," the songs and tunes that seemed to "came out of nowhere" to soar to the top of the hits. "Your Hit Parade" was the old time radio show that highlighted the rise and fall of those American pop hits for a generation.

This half-hour show is an American music classic, and featured popular songs during the days of the early big band swing, the War Years, and right on into the Rock era. Some #1 hits were associated with bands or popular singers, and some were out of left field. All were catchy and all were chartmakers. If they were #1, then they were featured on the show. America tuned in to see if their favorite had fallen from #1, or if their favorite was finally #1.

Your Hit Parade photo circa 1940 It began in the mid-30's in New York, and was sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in 1936. The catchy #1 tune concept was a "hit" of its own right from the start. "Goody Goody" was the first anniversary #1 tune…a perfect example of what a pop hit is. Al Goodman's orchestra played through the rest of the 1930's, with Mark Warnow's taking over in the 1940's. In July of 1941, the "Hut Sut Song" was a biggie. In July of '42, "Sleepy Lagoon." By this time, New York radio personality Martin Block took the host microphone, and introduced the singers and the songs. A chorus called The Hit Paraders were always ready to backup the featured singers. At first the regulars were Barry Wood and Joan Edwards. In the spring of '43, a skinny New Jersey kid named Frank came on the show to stay for a while. Sinatra was probably the biggest draw that Lucky Strikes ever had! The bobbie-soxers had swooned over this guy, and listened avidly as he crooned the tunes. The show went on without

Al Goodman, orchestra leader of Your Hit Parade

Al Goodman, orchestra leader (1935-1938)

Frankie in 1945, with Lawrence Tibbett, then Dick Todd, and then Andy Russell doing the hits. Dinah Shore was on for a while, too. Then in 1947, Sinatra was back, and Beryl Davis took over the girl's part. Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra backed up. Sinatra fans will remember the wonderful records of Frankie made with Stordahl's arrangements and accompaniment. Many consider these among the very best, for it certainly was the most romantic and intimate of Sinatra's oeuvre. This collection of shows draws mainly from the 1940's, which was a very good time for this show, the heydays of the popular tune that drew on strong melodies and poetic lyrics…except for the occasional novelty tune like "The Woody Woodpecker Song."

Singer, Gogo Delys, appeared on the radio program

Gogo Delys (singer)

Though Your Hit Parade went on into the 50's decade, America's youth culture had, by then, decided "Your Hit Parade" was passe. The kids wanted to "ROCK." By now, both Tin Pan Alley and Network Radio were essentially over. It was now time for a sharp, young DJ in Philadelphia named Dick Clark to use the new medium to promote a new hit parade…with dancing.

This disk also contains six episodes of Your All Time Hit Parade.

For more music, you'll want to click on Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, Command Performance, Sealtest Hour, The Railroad Hour, and the Dinah Shore Collection.

Some shows have great music in some of their segments, such as Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show (two tunes per show), Burns and Allen, Red Skelton, Fibber McGee and Molly, Abbott and Costello. Cavalcade of America has some great historic music shows, and even the World Adventurer's Club has a men's chorus selection in every show! If your tastes run to great Western Swing, you'll want to check out All Star Western Theater.

MP3 DISK CONTENTS: [Help]

49 shows - total playtime 24 hours 53 minutes

Your Hit Parade (43)
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Your Hit Parade 360527 1st Song Goody Goody
Your Hit Parade 361021 The Way You Look Tonight
Your Hit Parade 381022 Beatin Round Mulberry Bush WC Fields
Your Hit Parade 390727 Top 15 Show
Your Hit Parade 430109 There Are Such Things
Your Hit Parade 430123 As Long as I Live
Your Hit Parade 430718 1st Song All or Nothing at All
Your Hit Parade 430828 Youll Never Know
Your Hit Parade 431009 Sunday, Monday and Always
Your Hit Parade 431204 People Will Say Were in Love
Your Hit Parade 440212 Shoo Shoo Baby
Your Hit Parade 440219 Shoo Shoo Baby
Your Hit Parade 440520 Long Ago and Far Away
Your Hit Parade 440603 Long Ago and Far Away
Your Hit Parade 440610 Long Ago and Far Away
Your Hit Parade 440708 Ill Be Seeing You (89)
Your Hit Parade 440715 Ill Be Seeing You
Your Hit Parade 440722 Ill Be Seeing You (91)
Your Hit Parade 440819 Amour (95)
Your Hit Parade 440826 Ill Be Seeing You (96)
Your Hit Parade 440902 Ill be seeing you (97)
Your Hit Parade 440909 Ill Be Seeing You (98)
Your Hit Parade 440916 Ill Walk Alone
Your Hit Parade 441230 Dont Fence Me In
Your Hit Parade 450210 Accentuate the Positive
Your Hit Parade 460316 Oh, What It Seems To Be
Your Hit Parade 460420 symphony Let it snow Johnny Mercer
Your Hit Parade 460525 Laughing on the Outside
Your Hit Parade 460907 To Each His Own
Your Hit Parade 470125 Dinah Shore
Your Hit Parade 470624 I Wonder
Your Hit Parade 471206 Just One of Those Things
Your Hit Parade 480508 Now is the Hour
Your Hit Parade 480522 Be Still My Haunted Heart
Your Hit Parade 480529 Nature Boy
Your Hit Parade 480628 1st Song LaRue LaRue
Your Hit Parade 480704 It Cant Be True Dear
Your Hit Parade 480710 Woody Woodpecker Song, The
Your Hit Parade 480731 You Cant Be true
Your Hit Parade 480814 Its Magic
Your Hit Parade 480911 A Tree in the Meadow
Your Hit Parade 481207 Its Magic

Your All Time Hit Parade (6)
AFRS 011 Your All Time Hit Parade Is it true they say about Dixie
AFRS 043 Your All Time Hit Parade With Tommy Dorsey
Your All Time Hit Parade 440611 Jack Benny
Your All Time Hit Parade 440702 Dorsey, Frances Langford
Your All Time Hit Parade 440723 Al Jolson
Your All Time Hit Parade 440806 Sophie Tucker

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