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Looking Back at 'Your Hit Parade'

By John McDonough
Published April 20, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT
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The radio program Your Hit Parade, which began on NBC Radio 70 years ago and ended on television 24 years later. It featured a stock company of singers perform the week's most popular songs to an audience of millions.

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