During the nineteen fifties, Les Paul and Mary Ford recorded many hit songs including "Mockingbird Hill" and "How High the Moon."

VOA: special.2009.09.27

He followed this hit a few months later with "I Got You (I Feel Good)", an even bigger hit.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

In terms of unemployment, the troubles of the Detroit auto industry have hit Michigan in the Midwest especially hard.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

They would hit the Confederates with so much strength in so many places that the rebels could not stop them.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

A Beatles song was almost always at the top of the charts until the group's next hit replaced it.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

They wanted to start a fight. They would wait for someone to be brave enough to try to hit it off.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Steven Slater apparently argued with a passenger over baggage in the overhead bin and got hit on the head.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

The bullets had hit the steel. The force of the bullets had knocked him down, but had not hurt him.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

A student who tells you his grades have hit bottom is saying he has not done well in school.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

The Mills were one of the early bands of brothers to become a big hit in the music industry.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

As a result, the agency says HIV rates are falling in sixteen of the twenty-five hardest-hit countries in Africa.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

The recession has hit especially hard in California, home of the world's eighth largest economy and one out of eight Americans.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

The American Red Cross says a rescuer should first hit the person on the back five times between the shoulder bones.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

In sub-Saharan Africa, the area hardest hit by AIDS, for every person who gets treated, two others go untreated.

VOA: special.2011.05.18