This episode stars are Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, June Valli, Russell Arms, Raymond Scott and his Lucky Strike Orchestra, The Hit Paraders and Dancers, Virginia Conwell, and Andre Baruch.
This episode stars are Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Gisele MacKenzie, Russell Arms, The Hit Paraders and Dancers, Raymond Scott, The Hit Parade Orchestra, Thelma Tadlock, Andre Baruch, and Ruth Lawrence.
Highlights from the episode include Snooky Lanson's take on The Yellow Rose of Texas wearing a Union cavalry uniform in front of a large Confederate flag Raymond Scott and the Hit Parade Orchestra performing the jazz instrumental, Tiger Rag Gisele MacKenzie as an African explorer contemplating her doom in iron cooking pot, singing We'll Have These Moments to Remember before being rescued by a vine-swinging jungle-hero and Thelma Tadlock as a very sexy Little Red-Riding Hood getting the better of a wolf on two legs while dancing to Autumn Leaves.
The singers and dancers perform the biggest hits from the first week in June, 1956. The seven songs on the hit parade this were Standing on the Corner, Picnic, On the Street Where You Live, Heartbreak Hotel, Hot Diggity, Ivory Tower and Moonglow. Additional production numbers were June Is Jumping Out All Over and South Rampart Street Parade.