Hit parade

A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined by sales and/or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936. It has also been used by broadcast programs which featured hit (sheet music and record) tunes such as Your Hit Parade, which aired on radio and television in the United States from 1935 through the 1950s.

Early history

Hit tunes were originally published in sheet music format, so many artists were encouraged to introduce or promote the tune in different styles, formats or areas of popularity. Up through the late 1940s, the term hit parade referred to a list of compositions, not a list of records. In those times, when a tune became a hit, it was typically recorded by several different artists. Each record company often promoted its own product through the airtime it purchased on commercial stations, as in Europe's Radio Luxembourg. Most non-commercial stations, like the BBC, were required by national regulations to promote local talent, and were also limited in the amount of needle time given to recorded popular music.

The Hit

The Hit may refer to:

Books

The Hit (Baldacci novel), a 2013 book by David Baldacci

The Hit, a 2013 drug novel by Melvin Burgess

The Hit, Julian Mayfield 1959

Hit Tara Moss 2010

The Hit, Patrick Quinlan (author) 2009

The Hit, Denise Ryan 1999

Film and TV

The Hit (1984 film), a 1984 feature film directed by Stephen Frears

The Hit (1981 film), a 1981 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Zdeněk Podskalský

Schlager (film), English title The Hit, an Israeli comic musical film of 1979

The Hit (Irish TV series), an Irish reality TV series

The Hit, a Norwegian musical competition programme

Music

"The Hit", a song on the album by Bang Camaro II by Bang Camaro

A Hit Smog (band) 1993

The Hit Parade

The Hit Parade are an indie-pop group, based in London, England. The Hit Parade was formed in 1984, by three school friends Raymond Watts, Matthew Moffatt and Julian Henry. The group has released seven albums and eleven singles to date.

Background

The Hit Parade recorded their first three singles in Raymond Watt's garage in the 1980s, working alongside experimental groups Psychic TV and Einstürzende Neubauten. The Hit Parade's early records "My Favourite Girl" and "The Sun Shines In Gerrards Cross" became 'Singles of the Week' in Melody Maker and Record Mirror, and were played on BBC Radio 1 by DJs including John Peel, David "Kid" Jensen and Janice Long.

The Hit Parade has never been commercially successful, in part because the three core members have been occupied in other careers. Watts moved to Berlin in 1989 to record with industrial rock acts, Henry developed a successful career in marketing and journalism, while Moffatt founded his own film lighting company. But they have continued to release records to the current day. They proclaim the Latin motto "Semper Eadem" ("always the same") on their records.

Abe Lyman

Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 - October 23, 1957) was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows, including Your Hit Parade.

His name at birth was Abraham Simon. Abe and his brother Mike changed their last name to Lyman because they both thought it sounded better. Abe learned to play the drums when he was young, and at the age of 14 he had a job as a drummer in a Chicago café. Around 1919, Abe was regularly playing music with two other notable future big band leaders, Henry Halstead and Gus Arnheim in California.

In Los Angeles Mike opened the Sunset, a night club popular with such film stars as Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. When Abe’s nine-piece band first played at the Sunset, it was a success, but the club closed after celebrities signed contracts stating they were not to be seen at clubs.

For an engagement at the Cocoanut Grove in The Ambassador Hotel on April 1, 1922, Abe added a violinist and saxophonist. Opening night drew a large crowd of 1500 guests in the Cocoanut Grove, plus another 500 more outside.

Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova (Russian: Алла Назимова; June 3 [O.S. May 22] , 1879 – July 13, 1945) was a Russian actress, who emigrated to the United States in 1905.

On Broadway, she was noted for her work in the classic plays of Ibsen, Chekhov and Turgenev. Her efforts at silent film production were less successful, but a few sound-film performances survive as a record of her art.

Nazimova openly conducted relationships with women, and her mansion on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard was believed to be the scene of outlandish parties. She is credited with having originated the phrase ‘sewing circle’ as a discreet code for lesbian or bisexual actresses.

Early life

She was born Marem-Ides Leventon (Russian name Adelaida Yakovlevna Leventon) in Yalta, Crimea, Russian Empire. Her stage name Alla Nazimova was a combination of Alla (a diminutive of Adelaida) and the surname of Nadezhda Nazimova, the heroine of the Russian novel Children of the Streets). She was widely known as just Nazimova, and also went under the name Alia Nasimoff.

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