The night of April 20, 1935 was the beginning of the radio program "Your Hit Parade"- one of the longest running shows in history. This radio hit made a transition to telelvisions in 1950. Five categories were counted to create the hit survey: Sheet music sales, record sales, jukebox favorites, requests made to band leaders, and radio plays on network and local stations. The secret of its success is simple, that we love winners of all kinds!

Contents:
November 12, 1955:
Featured songs include
-"The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Snooky Lanson),
-"Suddenly There's a Valley" (Dorothy Collins),
-"Tiger Rag" (Raymond Scott and the orchestra),
-"Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (Giselle McKenzie),
-"Love and Marriage" (Dorothy Collins),
-"Shifting, Whispering Sands" (Snooky Lanson),
-"Moments To Remember” (a truly zany version, sung by Giselle McKenzie, who is standing inside a cannibal's dinner pot as she sings, before being rescued by a Tarzan-like figure who leaves her male companion behind), "A Romantic Guy I" (Russell Arms),
-"Autumn Leaves."

Sponsor commercials include Quick Home Permanent, hosted by Julia Meade, and Lucky Strike cigarettes. Also, note the vocal arrangements, which are credited to none other than Ray Charles.

From April 16, 1955:
Featured numbers include:
-"Tweedlee Dee" (Dorothy Collins),
-"Easter Parade" (Snooky Lanson),
-"Cherry Pink and Ap0ple Blossom White," "Sincerely" (Giselle McKenzie),
-"Powerhouse" (Raymond Scott Quintet),
-"How Important Can I Be?" "Melody of Love" (Dorothy Collins),
-"Chatanooga Choo Choo" (Snooky Lanson),
-"Ballad of Davy Crockett" (Giselle McKenzie).

Sponsors were the American Tobacco Company, which includes several spots for Lucky Strike, and Richard Hudnut, whose Quick Home Permanent and Enriched Creme Shampoo are plugged by celebrity Julie Meade.
Note: "Powerhouse," which is featured in a live performance, is one of conductor/composer Raymond Scott's most popular and well known works, having been featured in innumerable Looney Tunes cartoons, courtesy of Carl Stalling.

December 31, 1955:
Featured songs include:
-"Memories Are Made of This" (Russell Arms),
-"White Christmas" (Dorothy Collins),
-"Hot Times In the Old Town Tonight," "Autumn Leaves" (Giselle McKenzie),
-"Love and Marriage" (Snooky Lanson),
-"He" (Dorothy Collins),
-"Moments To Remember" (Russell Arms),
- "Rise and Shine" (Giselle McKenzie),
- "Sixteen Tons" (Snooky Lanson, in 1905 tavern setting),
-"Auld Lang Syne" (entire cast).

Also features commercials for Quick Home Permanent, hosted by Julia Meade, and Lucky Strike cigarettes.

December 24, 1955: A special Christmas show, partly shot at New York's Rockefeller Center skating rink.
Featured songs include:
-"Deck The Halls" (Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Russell Arms, Giselle McKenzie),
-"Love Is A Many Splendored Thing," "Autumn Leaves" (danced to by champion skater Andra McLaughlin at the Rockefeller Center skating rink),
-"Memories Are Made of This," "Love And Marriage" (Russell Arms),
-"Moments To Remember" (Dorothy Collins),
-"He" (Giselle McKenzie), a Christmas cong medley by Raymond Scott and the orchestra (including "Deck The Halls" and "Winter Wonderland"),
- "Sixteen Tons," "O Holy Night" (Dorothy Collins).

Also has commercials for Quick Home Permanent and Lucky Strike cigarettes.