YOUR HIT PARADE

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And now, the top seven songs of the week with Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Gisele MacKenzie, Russell Arms, the Hit Paraders and dancers, and Raymond Scott and the Hit Parade Orchestra. And off we go with a Lucky Strike extra. Gisele MacKenzie, the Hit Paraders and dancers, are wearing the green on St. Patrick's Day as they announce that it's a great day for the Irish. It's a great day for the Irish. It's a great day for fair. The sidewalks of New York are filled with blarney. For sure you think New York was all till blarney. It's a great day for the shamrock. For the flags in full array. We're feeling so inspired it's just because for all the Irish it's a great, great day. It's a great DAY FOR THE IRISH. IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR FAIR. BEGOSH, THERE'S NOT A COP to stop parading. Begorrah, all the cops are out parading. It's a great day for the shamrock. For the flags in full array. And as we go a swinging, every Irish heart is singing. It's a great, great day. It's a great day for the shamrocks. For the flags in full array. And as we go a swinging, every Irish heart is singing. It's a great, great day. Survey song number three. Snooky Lanson discovers the secret of the Hindu rope trick as he sings Stranger in Paradise. Take my hand. I'm a stranger in paradise. All lost in a wonderland. A stranger in paradise. If I stand starry-eyed, that's a danger in paradise for mortals who stand beside an angel like you. I saw your face and I ascended out of the commonplace into the realm. Somewhere in space I hang suspended until I know there's a chance that you care. Won't you answer the fervent prayer of a stranger in paradise? Don't send me in dark despair from all that I hunger for. But open your angel's arms to the stranger in paradise and tell him that he need be a stranger no more. Number six. It's Russell Arms in a warm mouth romance to the tune of the melody making a return appearance on the survey, Changing Partners. We were waltzing together to a dreamy melody when they called out, "Change partners." And you waltzed away from me. Now my arms feel so empty as I gaze around the floor. So I'll keep on changing partners till I hold you once more. Though we danced for one moment and too soon we had to part. In that wonderful moment, something happened to my heart. So I'll keep changing partners till you're in my arms and then, oh my darling, I will never change partners again. Oh my darling, I will never change partners again. Survey song number five. Dorothy Collins has a word of advice as he brings us the number five song, Young at Heart. Fairy tales can come true. It could happen to you if you're young at heart. And it's hard you will find to be narrow of mind if you're young at heart. You can go to extremes with impossible schemes. You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams. Life gets more exciting with each passing day and love is either in your heart or on its way. Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on Earth to be young at heart. And as rich as you are, it's much better by far to be young at heart. And if you should survive to 105, think of all you will derive just by being alive. Then here is the best part. You have a head start. That's if you are among the very young at heart. This is Mamie Garnett of Richmond, Virginia. Mamie is one of the many girls who works as a catcher in the Richmond plant where Lucky Strike cigarettes are made. It's her duty to catch the thousands of Luckies that come from this machine each day. Now she examines and measures them to see that they're round and firm and fully packed and places them in trays ready for packaging. But besides catching, Mamie also does some pitching. She pitches out those that do not come up to standard. And that's just one of hundreds of ways that the American Tobacco Company checks and double checks the manufacture of Luckies in all its plants. The result? A perfect cigarette. Everybody knows Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. Naturally mild, good-tasting tobacco. And Luckies are made better to draw freely and smoke evenly for better taste. After all, smoking enjoyment is all a matter of taste. And the fact of the matter is Luckies taste better, cleaner, fresher, smoother. So why not be happy? Go Lucky. See for yourself that Luckies taste better. Number seven. Snooky Lanson and his pals return to the survey spotlight with a number seven melody, Heart of My Heart. Time for another Lucky Strike extra. Faith and Begorra, it's the hit parade dancers in Raymond Scott's beguiling arrangement of Irish Washerwoman. Survey song number two. Here's Snooky Lanson in a Hollywood reminiscence to the tune of the song that captured second place, 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 jovial 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'd change 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 papa. Number four on the survey. Giselle MacKenzie and the Hit Paraders are in a coquettish mood as they bring us the number four tune, Make Love to Me. Take me in your arms and never let me go. Whisper to me softly while the moon is low. Hold me close and tell me what I want to know. Say it to me gently, let the sweet talk flow. Come a little closer. Make love to me. Kiss me once again before we say goodnight. Hold me in your loving arms and squeeze me tight. Put me in the mood so I can dream all night. Everybody sleeps and so it's quite all right. Come a little closer. Make love to me. Kiss me, kiss me, tell me if I go you miss me. When you're near so help me do chill up my spine. Don't you know I love you so? I won't be happy until you're mine. When you're in my arms you give my heart a treat. Everything about you is so doggone sweet. Every time we kiss you make my life complete. Baby doll, you know you swept me off my feet. Now the time to tell. Make love to me. Come a little closer. I would not say no, sir. Ask me and you'll see. Baby, make love to me. And here is a word from our alternate sponsor, Crosley. Hi, I'm Dick Eastman. I have something exciting to show you tonight. Just look. Crosley's completely revolutionary new television set, the Super V. It's a full 17-in television set that actually takes a third less space than any other 17-in set. That means that it's easy to handle and light to carry. You can take it anywhere that you want. With the new Crosley Super V, you can see it one television in any room in your house. Even out on the lawn or just plug it in on the porch or the patio, like a like a radio. And the price, just $139.95 in this beautiful walnut finish. Boy, just try to beat this combination, a big 17-in screen, this beautiful walnut finish, and real portability, all in the Crosley Super V. See it at your dealer's. If he doesn't have it now, he'll have it soon because the demand for the new Crosley Super V is terrific. And remember, you can see it better on a Crosley Super V. Number one. The top tune of the week. The song the survey finds in first place. Dorothy Collins steps into the winner's spotlight with song number one, Secret Love. Once I had a secret love that lived within the heart of me. But all too soon my secret love became impatient to be free. So I told a friendly star the way that dreamers often do just how wonderful you are and why I'm so in love with you. But now I shout it from the I even told the golden daffodil that left my heart an open door. And my secret love's no secret anymore. So long. So long. That's all the songs for a while. So long to your Hit Parade and the tunes that you picked to be played. So long. Your Hit Parade is presented on alternate weeks by Lucky Strike and Crosley. 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."