YOUR HIT PARADE

[Music] morgan [Music] [Applause] lucky strike presents your the top tunes all over america as determined by your hit parade survey which checks the best sellers in sheet music and phonograph records the sounds most cleared on the air and the songs most played on the automatic coin machines an accurate authentic tabulation of america's taste in popular music your hit parade [Music] it's true friends smoking enjoyment is all a matter of taste and the fact of the matter is lucky's taste better tastes better because ls mft lucky strike means fine tobacco and luckies are made better so you be happy go lucky because [Music] and now the top seven songs of the week with dorothy collins snooki lansen giselle mckenzie russell arms the hit paraders and dancers and raymond scott and the hit parade orchestra and off we go with survey song number four giselle mckenzie the hit foreigners and dancers strike an italian fashion note to the tune of the bright melody that's in fourth place that's amazing when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's amore when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine that's amore bells will ring ding-a-ling-a-ling when you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming see you're right schools are me but you see back in old napoli that's the morning that's the horror number five on the survey after the ball is over dorothy collins sings the ballot that's in fifth place changing partners [Music] we were waltzing together to a dreamy melody when they called out change partners and you walked away from me then my arms felt so empty as i gazed around the floor so i'll keep changing partners till i hold you once more though for one moment in that wonderful moment something happened to my heart and i'll play with changing partners [Music] i will never change partners again oh my darling i will never change [Music] [Applause] time for a lucky strike extra it's the hit parade dancers and raymond scott's exciting arrangement of a dixieland classic king porter stump [Music] so uh [Music] hmm [Music] [Applause] [Applause] survey song number six dorothy collins snooki lanson gisele mckenzie and russell arms send valentine greetings as they harmonize to a heart of my heart [Music] brings back a memory when we were kids on the corner of the street we were rough and ready guys [Music] [Music] i know [Music] come on let everybody [Music] on the collar of the street we were rough and pretty guys [Music] if once more i couldn't listen [Music] my heart lucky's win again international smoking survey among college students in 1952 a survey was made in leading colleges throughout the country which showed that smokers in those colleges preferred luckies to any other cigarette last year another survey was made representative of all students in regular colleges from coast to coast supervised by college professors and based on more than 31 000 actual student interviews this survey shows that lucky's lead again lead over all other brands regular or king size and by a wide margin the number one reason again lucky's better taste why do luckies taste better here's the first big reason fine tobacco naturally mild good tasting tobacco just about everyone knows ls mft lucky strike means fine tobacco and then luckies are made better made round and firm and fully packed to draw freely and smoke evenly made to taste better yes it's easy to see why so many college men and women prefer lucky's and you'll like them for the same reason their better taste for smoking enjoyment is all a matter of taste and the fact of the matter is lucky's taste better cleaner fresher smoother try a cotton and see for yourself be happy go lucky number two snooki lanson is riding high as he brings us the song that captures second place on the survey stranger in paradise [Music] take my hands i'm a stranger in paradise in a wonderland a stranger in paradise if i stand starry eyes at the danger in paradise [Music] i saw your face and i ascended out of the common place somewhere in spain [Music] there's a chance that you you answer the fervent prayer of a stranger in paradise don't send me in dark despair [Music] and tell him that he may be a stranger no more [Applause] number seven on the survey it's tea time in mayfair as giselle mckenzie brings us the number 17 ricochet i knew the day i met you you had a roving eye i thought that i could hold you what a fool i was to try you promised you'd be faithful and you would never train and like a rifle bullet you began to ricochet well darling i don't want to ricochet romance i don't want to ricochet love if you're jealous with your kisses find another turtle dog i can't live on ricochet romance no no not me [Music] you may be [Music] buzzed around the other girl [Music] i don't want a ricochet romance i don't want a ricochet love if you're girls with your kisses find another turtle dove i can't live on ricochet romance no no not me if you're going to ricochet darling i'm going to set you free [Applause] [Music] number three russell arms sings the nostalgic melody the survey finds in third place tonight oh my papa oh my papa to me he was so wonderful oh my papa to me he was so good no one could be so gentle and so lovable oh my papa he always understood gone are the days when he would take me on his knee and with a smile he changed my tears to laughter oh my papa so funny so adorable always the clown so funny in his way oh my papa to me he was so wonderful deep in my heart i miss him so today oh my papa oh my god [Music] [Applause] time for another lucky strike extra dorothy collins the head foreigners and dancers ride their luck as they bring us a bright all-time favorite lucky in love lucky in love lucky in love what else matters if you're lucky in love good breaks are few you skies are blue but bad luck scatters every time i'm with you i don't mind it's a poker i'm dreaming if my king of hearts only takes in its queen i'll say i'm lucky in love if you take me that'll make me oh so lucky in love ain't afraid of black cats i'm a loving friend that [Music] i just don't know what you mean i don't mind that if poker i'm grown if i plan a pie with a beautiful queen i won't mind what the future will bring if we're there together i won't need a single [Music] lucky [Music] and here is a word from our alternate sponsor in behalf of one of the divisions of avcol bendix pioneer and world leader in automatic washers solves this serious problem lady you just die if you ever did this to a beautiful new orlon coat but you don't have to go through the trouble of hand washing or expensive dry cleaning anymore now you can toss that coat into the bendix duomatic world's first and only washer dryer all in one and in less than 30 minutes it's clean and dry ready to wear again imagine this coat of princeton net oil on has been vendix washed and bendix dried 12 times the fact is that's how leading manufacturers tell you to launder fabulous fabric 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tunes [Applause] [Music] is be happy your hit parade is presented on alternate weeks by lucky strike and crossway so tune in again next week at the same time for the top seven songs of the week and remember next tuesday night on another network lucky strike presents danny thomas in the prize winning comedy make room for daddy consult your tv listings for time and station your hit parade has been selected as one of the programs to be shown to our armed forces overseas and was brought to you tonight by lucky strike product of the american tobacco company america's leading manufacturer of cigarettes this is andre baruch saying be happy go lucky [Music] you