What is "hit parade"

n. 1 A list of the most popular songs at the moment. 2 (context baseball English) Many hits in a row scored by one team.

1. n. a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind

2. a ranked list of the songs that are most popular at a given time

A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined by sales and/or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936. It has also been used by broadcast programs which featured hit (sheet music and record) tunes such as Your Hit Parade, which aired on radio and television in the United States from 1935 through the 1950s.

Hit Parade is a 1999 album by Spirit of the West.

The album is a compilation, and marked their final release for Warner Music Canada. Despite the album's title, not all of the songs on the album were released as singles, and some songs which were notable singles ("Tell Me What I Think", "Slow Learner") are not present. The songs are presented roughly in reverse chronological order, except for " And if Venice is Sinking". That song appears on the album alongside songs from 1990's Save This House, but was originally released on 1993's Faithlift.

As with most of the band's live shows during this era, the studio portion of the album opens with "Canadian Skye" (from 1997's Weights and Measures) and closes with the band's most famous song, " Home for a Rest" (from Save This House).

At the end of the album, four songs appear which were recorded with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra during the sessions for the album Open Heart Symphony. Those sessions included new songs and performances of several of the band's past hits, but only the new songs appeared on the original album.

The performances which appear on Hit Parade collect the hits portion of those shows, along with a rendition of " That's Amore" sung by Vince Ditrich. The band had long maintained a tradition of having Ditrich, the band's drummer, croon an old pop song — usually "That's Amore", but occasionally "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" — at some point during its live shows, but the rendition appearing here is Ditrich's only lead vocal performance on a Spirit of the West album.

Following this release, the band went on hiatus for several years, returning in 2004 with Star Trails.

Hit Parade is Audio Adrenaline's first greatest hits album. It features fifteen hits from the band's previous albums, plus two new songs: "Will Not Fade" and "One Like You".

Hit Parade is a 2006 box set of Paul Weller's musical career. A single CD release and a double-disc DVD are also available.

Hit parade is a list of tunes that are most popular at any given time.

Hit Parade may also refer to:

• The Hit Parade, an album by Puffy AmiYumi
• Hit Parade (Spirit of the West album)
• Hit Parade (Audio Adrenaline album)
• Hit Parade (Paul Weller album)
• Your Hit Parade, a US radio and television show
• Hit Parade, a novel by Lawrence Block
• Hit Parade (film), a 1950 Japanese film starring Hibari Misora
• "Hit Parade", a song by The Beautiful South, from the album Painting It Red
• " Hit Parade 1" and " Hit Parade 2", compilation albums by The Wedding Present
• Hit Parade (Australian TV series) - 1956-1959 Australian television series

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