Remembering The Hilltoppers 1952

1952

 Trying song poster

  The Hilltoppers

HILLTOPPER HEADLINES

Randy Wood and Dot Records Market Trying
Trying "Didn't Sell Two Copies" At First, Says Sacca
Trying Catches On; Record Distributors Place Orders
Hilltoppers Are New York-Bound!
Trying Hits #8 on Billboard List; More Hits Follow!
 The Hilltoppers


On the Jukebox

Trying

You Made up My Mind

Must I Cry Again

I Keep Telling Myself
 
 Hilltoppers with Ed Sullivan
Wearing the beanies and letter sweaters that would become their trademark, The Hilltoppers appeared on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town on October 26, 1952. "How you gonna feel," the director asked the nervous group, "in two minutes with 40 million people looking at you?"

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Hilltoppers with Perry Como
The Hilltoppers followed Toast of the Town with an appearance on The Perry Como Show on November 14.

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