Sunday, April 7, 2019

Your Hit Parade, 1935-1959

Originally posted 4/6/2019.

Your Hit Parade was an American music program which ran on radio from 1935 to 1953 and from 1950 to 1959 on television. These were the top songs on Your Hit Parade from 1935 to 1959, according to Jitterbuzz.com.

  • 1935: Fred Astaire “Cheek to Cheek
  • 1936: Bing Crosby “Pennies from Heaven
  • 1937: Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani”
  • 1938: Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine
  • 1939: Glenn Miller “Moonlight Serenade”

  • 1940: Cliff Edwards “When You Wish Upon a Star
  • 1941: Artie Shaw “Stardust
  • 1942: Glenn Miller “Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me”
  • 1943: Judy Garland “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart”
  • 1944: Judy Garland “The Trolley Song”
  • 1945: Johnny Mercer “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe”
  • 1946: Bing Crosby “Sioux City Sue”
  • 1947: Count Basie “Open the Door, Richard”
  • 1948: Doris Day “It’s Magic”
  • 1949: Frankie Laine “Mule Train”

  • 1950: Teresa Brewer “Music! Music! Music!”
  • 1951: Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High the Moon
  • 1952: The Mills Brothers “The Glow Worm”
  • 1953: Perry Como “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
  • 1954: Rosemary Clooney “This Ole House”
  • 1955: Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock
  • 1956: Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel
  • 1957: Debbie Reynolds “Tammy”
  • 1958: Domenico Modugno “Nel Blu, Dipinto De Blu (Volare)”
  • 1959: Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife

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