My Hit Parade...and a Few Misses

<p>Russell Arms is probably best known for his six-year stint on the famous <em>Your Hit Parade</em> TV show but he also was active in many other theatrical fields. After graduating from the Pasadena Playhouse he was signed to a contract by Warner Bros. Studios were he made several important pictures including <em>The Man Who Came to Dinner Captains of the Clouds</em> and <em>By the Light of the Silvery Moon</em>. He also free-lanced at other studios and in all appeared in over 20 movies including several Westerns.</p><p>Deciding to try his luck in New York he discovered he had a singing voice which he immediately put to good use with his own radio show on WNEW as well as on a TV show <em>School Days</em> on the Dumont network. His next step was a national game show <em>Chance of a Lifetime</em> on ABC where he stayed for over a year. From there it was on to CBS for <em>The 54th St. Revue</em> another national TV offering which lasted for over a year.</p><p>The big break came shortly after that by his signing with the <em>Hit Parade</em> and that opened up a whole world of opportunities including recordings night clubs fairs personal appearances and many guest spots on TV (including the <em>Ed Sullivan Show </em>with his hit record “Cinco Robles”) as well as dinner and summer theaters all over the country (including versions of <em>Can Can Bells Are Ringing 1776 Irma LaDouce No No Nanette</em> with the incomparable Martha Raye!) and many others both musical and non-musical.</p><p>Russ also got involved with MC’ing beauty pageants and fashion shows. He staged and MC’d the <em>Miss World-USA Pageant</em> for three years and added music to the fashion shows by singing to the models as they paraded the runway.</p>