Hit Parade (TV series)

The Hit Parade was an early Australian television pop music series which aired on the Seven Network's HSV-7 from 1956^[1] to 1959. It is often mentioned in books discussing Australian television of the 1950s.^[2]

Hit Parade
Genre	Music television
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	HSV-7
Release	1956 (1956) – 1959 (1959)

The series presented hit recordings, which were danced to and lip-synced by the cast ("The Hit Paraders"^[3]), often presenting the songs in settings with sets and costumes (anticipating the music video). Over 20 episodes of this series are held by National Film and Sound Archive,^[3] along with a few episodes of These Were the Hits, a similar series.

See also

• The Dotty Mack Show - U.S. series in which popular recordings were lip-synced by cast

References

1. "Thursday Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 November 1956. p. 12. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
2. "Television Parade". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25. Australia. 23 April 1958. p. 35. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "YOUR HIT PARADE". National Film & Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

External links

• Hit Parade at IMDb