Yesterday’s Hit Parade

This one hour journey goes back to the 50s, 60s, and 70s, built around the Billboard Hot 100 chart of the time. Each episode plays the bubbling under entries from the chosen year along with the ten top tunes of the week, recreating how music was heard and ranked when charts drove the conversation. Television themes, jingles of the era, and classic radio commercials are woven throughout the hour, restoring the sound of a period when presentation mattered as much as the songs. The 50s and 60s marked the true age of the hit parade, and Colin French relives that time by presenting weekly charts from 1955 to 1979, guiding listeners through both the biggest hits and the overlooked contenders. The result is a return to a fun and formative chapter in radio and music history.