YOUR HIT PARADE

Welcome to Your Hit Parade, leading on a Crosley. Your Hit Parade brought to you tonight by Crosley, a division of the Avco Manufacturing Corporation. Crosley television sets, and color style radios, and for the heart of a carefree home, complete electric kitchens, Shelvador refrigerators, Shelvador freezers, electric ranges and water heaters, kitchen sinks with automatic dishwashers and food waste disposers, and automatic washers and dryers, and room air conditioners, all fine products of Crosley. AND NOW, CROSLEY BRINGS you 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 songs most played 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. Leading on a Crosley. 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 survey song number four. The entire cast of Your Hit Parade gets together for a salute to vacation time. The Happy Wanderer. I love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun. So joyously it calls to me, come join my happy song. Valderie Valderie Valderah Valderah Valderah Valderah Valderah Valderie Valderie Valderah Valderah Come join my happy song. I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track. And as I go, I love to sing my knapsack on my back. High overhead the skylarks wing, they never rest at home. They're just like me, they love to sing as o'er the world we roam. Valderie, valderah, valderah Valderah Valderah Valderah Valderie Valderie Valderah Valderah As o'er the world we roam. Oh, may I go a-wandering until the day I die. And may I always laugh and sing beneath God's clear blue sky. Number seven, Giselle MacKenzie comforts a lonely tourist in Venice as she brings us the song the survey finds in seventh place, Young at Heart. Fairy tales can come true. It can 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 and life gets more exciting with each passing day. 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'll derive out of being alive. And here is the best part, you'll have a head start if you are among the very young at heart. Time for a Clausly extra. The Hit Parade dancers, Raymond Scott, and the orchestra agree that there's only one place for a vacation, Manhattan. Number two on the survey. Dorothy Collins dreams of a romantic holiday in Rome as she sings Three Coins in the Fountain. Make it mine. Make it mine. Make it mine. Three coins in the fountain, each one seeking happiness. Thrown by three hopeful lovers, of which one will the fountain bless? Three hearts in the fountain, each heart looking for its own. There they lie in the fountain, somewhere in the heart of Rome. Which one will the fountain bless? Which one will the fountain bless? Three coins in the fountain, through the ripples, how they shine. But just one wish will be granted. One heart will wear a valentine. Make it mine. Make it mine. Make it mine. Make it mine. Make it mine. Survey song number five. Everybody agrees that Paris nightlife is exciting and glamorous, but Snooky Lanson says, "I get so lonely." I get so lonely when I dream about you. Can't do without you. That's why I dream about you. If I could only put my arms about you, life would be so fair. We two could hug and kiss and never tire. I'm on fire. You are my one desire. I get so lonely when I dream about you. Why can't you be there? Tossing and turning in my slumber, holding you it seems. I give you kisses without number, but only in my dreams. I get so lonely when I dream about you. Can't do without you. That's why I dream about you. If I could only put my arms about you, life would be so fair. If I could only put arms about you, life would be so fair. Life would be so fair. I know my life would be so fair. Cast your eyes on the largest selling 17-in portable television set in the nation. The powerful, low-priced Crosley Super V-17, the most compact TV set ever designed. But tonight, we have something new and exciting in Super V's. We're going to show you for the first time the revolutionary new Crosley Super V-21 Plus, now on its way to your dealer. 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The new Crosley Super V-21 Plus will be at your Crosley dealers in a matter of days. Watch for it. Wait for it. Believe me, there's never been anything like it. Number six. Gisele MacKenzie finds a delightful place in Rio as she brings us the song that makes its first appearance on the survey, Hernando's Hideaway. I know a dark, secluded place, a place where no one knows your face, a glass of wine, a fast embrace. It's called Hernando's Hideaway. All you see are silhouettes, and all you hear are castanets, and no one cares how late it gets not at Hernando's Hideaway. At the Golden Finger Bowl and every place you go, you will meet your Uncle Max and everyone you know, but if you go to the place that I am thinking of, you will be free to gaze at me and talk of love. Just knock three times and whisper low, that you and I were sent by Joe. Then strike a match, and you will know you're in Hernando's Hideaway. Olé. Just knock three times, then whisper low, that you and I were sent by Joe. Then strike a match, and you will know you're in Hernando's Hideaway. Olé. Number three on the survey. Russell Arms is Bermuda bound as he sings the ballad that's in third place, Watered. Watered, someone who kissed me and held me closely, then stole my heart. Wanted, someone I trusted who gave no warning we'd ever part. She was last seen hiding out in someone's arms. He knew nothing of the danger in her charms. Her jury may find her guilty, but I'd forgive her if I could see a signed confession that she's repented and really wanted no one but me. She was last seen hiding out in someone's arms. He knew nothing of the danger in her charms. Her jury may find her guilty, but I'd forgive her if I could see a signed confession that she's repented and really wanted no one but me. She's gone away. She's wandered. Time for another Crosley extra. Snooky Lanson, the hit parade and dancers will be heading south when that midnight choo-choo leaves for Alabam. When that midnight choo-choo leaves for Alabam, I'll be right there. I've got my fare. When I see that rusty-haired conductor man, I'll grab him by the collar and I'll holler, "Alabam! Alabam! That's where you stop your train." That takes me back again down home where I'll remain with my honey lamb. I will be right there with Belle when that old conductor he yells, "All aboard!" "All aboard!" "All aboard for Alabam!" When that midnight choo-choo leaves for Alabam, I'll be right there. I'VE GOT MY FARE. WHEN I SEE THAT rusty-haired conductor man, I'll grab him by the collar and I'LL HOLLER, "ALABAM!" "ALABAM!" That's where you stop your train. Back home where I'll remain. Down home where I'll remain with my honey lamb. And we will be right there with Belle when that old conductor yells, "All aboard!" "All aboard!" "All aboard!" "All aboard!" "All aboard!" That's where you stop your train, back home where I remain, down home where I'll remain, where my honey lamb I will be right there with Mary. When that old conductor yells all aboard. All aboard. All aboard. All aboard. All aboard for Alabam. And here is a word from our alternate sponsor, Lucky Strike. I beg your pardon, why do you smoke? Because I enjoy the taste of cigarettes. And why do you smoke, sir? Because I like the taste. And you, sir, why do you smoke? Because I like the taste, son. Taste. Better taste, that's what they all want. If you want better taste from your cigarettes, Lucky Strike is the brand to get. It's toasted to give you the best taste. Yes, it's the toasted cigarettes. They take fine tobacco, it's light tobacco, it's mild tobacco, too. And it's toasted. Yes, it's toasted because the toasting brings the flavor right through. So, to get better taste from your cigarettes, Lucky Strike is the brand to get. It's toasted to give you the best taste. Yes, it's the toasted cigarettes. 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, Little Things Mean a Lot. Some little words, some little signs, some little show of love. Blow me a kiss from across the room. Say I look nice when I'm not. Touch my hair as you pass my chair. Little things mean a lot. Give me your hand as we cross the street. Call me at six on the dot. A line a day when you're far away. Little things mean a lot. Don't have to buy me diamonds or pearls, champagne, sables, or such. Cuz I never cared much for diamonds or pearls. And honestly, honey, they just cost money. Give me your hand when I've lost the way. Give me your shoulder to cry on. Whether the day seems bright or gray. Give Give your heart to rely on. Lend me the warmth of a secret smile to show me you haven't forgot. For always and ever now and forever, little things mean a lot. Little things mean a lot. Little things little things so long for a while. That's all the stars for a while. So long to your hip parade and the tunes that you picked to be played. So long. Crosley Super V, 21-plus Super V, biggest picture, go and see the 21-plus Super V. Crosley Super V, you can see the best TV better on a Crosley. Super TV, 21 plus. Super TV, 21 plus. Your Hit Parade has been presented on alternate weeks by Lucky Strike and Crosley. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight Your Hit Parade is starting on a 12-week summer vacation. During that period, Lucky Strike will bring you Ann Sothern in a happy half-hour comedy series, Private Secretary. Be sure to tune in next week, same time, same station. Now, this is Andre Baruch saying good night for Crosley and thanking you for letting Crosley come into your home.