Your Hit Parade (March 24, 1951, NBC)

An episode of Your Hit Parade, probably from March 24, 1951 on NBC. This was taken from an old U-Matic tape.

[@TamraNewman]

Mom was talking about watching this when she was younger. I found these here. We are watching them and I'm sure will be for a long time.

[@jonathan_nc]

Starting at 8:43 you see the actual RCA model 77 boom mike used in the show, picking up the singers live. Your Hit Parade was performed completely live in front of an audience with a full orchestra on the set. No lip synching! What talent that took! The music is wonderful--love the harp.

[@moldyoldie7888]

What money it took. The radio show didn't have dancers, costumes, or sets, did they? Also note the original orchestra leader was Mark Warnow, Raymond Scott's brother. Raymond Scott had been a composer, orchestra leader, and electronics nut.

[@fromthesidelines]

At the time, the cast was also on NBC radio, earlier on Saturday nights [9pm(et)]. Then, they appeared on TV at 10:30pm(et).

[@MrCrowebobby]

Myself and my first lover sang Aba Daba Honeymoon while riding bikes in Central Park in 1956. We were both 20. The flame didn't last long, but it burnt bright in the beginning.

[@brandonquinto4852]

What a lovely scene you paint with your words. I'm 20 today, and the fifties seem like such an unbelievably foreign world.

[@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220]

Today, I learned that THE Ray Harryhausen (Stop-Motion KING) was behind the opening animation for _Lucky Strike_ . Insane!

[@LandondeeL]

"Tonight, I'm gonna stay home, and I'm gonna watch the Hit Parade". -Marty Piletti, 1955.

[@sunnydayzie1202]

Abba dabba honeymoon is the stuff nightmares are made of! Yikes! I prefer the Debbie Reynolds version!

[@MrCrowebobby]

And Carleton Carpenter.

[@kcfraser]

I'm not crazy about the songs, but I think I'll take up smoking.

[@keithswafford8786]

It's toasted!

[@uslines]

Toasted our lungs for sure. Great tunes in the early 50s.

[@ejseabury]

Lucky’s promoted their cigarettes were toasted in 1951?! I thought Don Draper invented this slogan in 1959? 🤔😂

[@tomservo56954]

It goes back to the 1920's...