In July of '42, "Sleepy Lagoon." By this time, New York radio personality Martin Block took the host microphone, and introduced the singers and the songs. In July of 1941, the "Hut Sut Song" was a biggie. Al Goodman's orchestra played through the rest of the 1930s, with Mark Warnow's taking over in the 1940s. "Goody Goody" was the first anniversary #1 tune…a perfect example of what a pop hit is. The catchy #1 tune concept was a "hit" of its own right from the start. It began in the mid-30s in New York, and was sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in 1936. "Your Hit Parade" was the old time radio show that highlighted the rise and fall of those American pop hits for a generation. Song "pluggers" in the "Tin Pan Alley" tradition made "Popular Music," the songs and tunes that seemed to "came out of nowhere" to soar to the top of the hits. And American music had "Tin Pan Alley," where many of the greats of American Song got their starts. Jazz blossomed into the Big Bands and their hits. Urban theatres grew from the early 1800's into Broadway and the Great American. Folk and traditional music have always been with us. America is a big country and has many big musical traditions.
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