Your Hit Parade

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Your Hit Parade was a popular American radio and television music program that featured weekly performances of the nation’s top songs from the 1930s through the 1950s.

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instanceOf American radio program
American television program
alsoKnownAs Hit Parade NERFINISHED
basedOn weekly list of top popular songs in the United States
broadcastDay Saturday night
broadcastMedium network radio
network television
broadcastType live performance show
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance one of the best-known American music countdown programs of the mid-20th century
endTime 1959
era 1930s American radio
1940s American radio
1950s American television
featuredContent contemporary hit songs
popular music
format countdown of the nation’s top songs
genre music program
influenced later music countdown shows
language English
locationOfProduction New York City NERFINISHED
notableOrchestraLeader Mark Warnow GENERATED
Ray Bloch GENERATED
notableVocalist Dorothy Collins NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
Gisele MacKenzie NERFINISHED
Russell Arms NERFINISHED
Snooky Lanson NERFINISHED
originalNetwork NBC Radio NERFINISHED
NBC Television NERFINISHED
primaryMedium radio
producer NBC NERFINISHED
radioDebut April 20, 1935
secondaryMedium television
selectionBasis jukebox play
radio airplay
record sales
sheet-music sales
setInPeriod pre-rock-and-roll popular music era
sponsor American Tobacco Company NERFINISHED
Lucky Strike NERFINISHED
startTime 1935
targetAudience general American radio listeners
televisionDebut 1950
theme presentation of weekly top songs in countdown order
typicalRuntime 30 minutes

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Margaret Whiting performedOn Your Hit Parade