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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Cowboy Hit Parade Radio Show -- 1949

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This episode of the Cowboy Hit Parade aired on Sunday Afternoon May 1, 1949 on KFVD, Los Angeles.  The show was sponsored by The Record Corral, owned and hosted by Cliffie Stone. The show was a recorded  country music program with records from "The National Cowboy Hit Parade." The first record heard is, "Tennessee Saturday Night," by Red Foley. What is interesting is the top five current records in the nation are played at the beginning of the program! "The Scrap Trap" mentioned is a mail order garbage bag frame.

Do you know the top five hits in the country for May 1949? Listen to the countdown.

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Posted by at 9:13 AM

1 comments:

  1. I thought the #1 was going to be George Morgan's "Room Full of Roses." Oh, well, I wasn't that far off!

    Incidentally, the theme song at the beginning is the Sons of the Pioneers' "Chant of the Wanderer," recorded for RCA in 1946.

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