What a show Your Hit Parade was! From the live broadcast of October 17, 1953, Russell Arms sings Eddie Fisher's hit Many Times. Russell was only one member of A stellar cast that included Gisele MacKenzie, Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Raymond Scott and Ray Charles' Hit Parade Singers.
The announcer was..Andre Barouche
Yes, Andre was on every Hit Parade show, with the exception of a few. I have one video where he isn't annoucing and it seems odd not to hear him. Andre appeared on Hit Parade tributes in later years with the show's stars like Gisele MacKenzie!
Crosley Electronics {"See it on a Crosley"} was the "alternate sponsor" of the series with American Tobacco's "Lucky Strike" during this period...
"YOUR HIT PARADE" was on Saturday nights at 10:30pm(et) on NBC, directly following Sid Caesar's "YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS" from 1950 through 1954...then it was on after "THE GEORGE GOBEL SHOW" from '54 through '57...