Here is Don McLean with his number one hit from nineteen seventy-two,"American Pie."

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Just eight days after a massive earthquake crushed Haiti, another one hit, instilling fresh fears among Haitians still reeling from the first.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

His 2009 Number One hit "Big Green Tractor" is Number 10 on the year's Top Country Songs list.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

(Music: "C'est Si Bon") "C'est Si Bon," or "It's So Good" in French, was one of Eartha Kitt's first hit songs.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

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

VOA: special.2009.06.19

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

One of Elvis' first new recordings became a huge hit, and led to his many appearances on television.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

George Gershwin had his first big hit in nineteen nineteen, when he was twenty-one years old.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

With the new bullet, they could hit targets more than one hundred fifty meters away.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

His first hit record was "Take Me Home,Country Roads" in nineteen seventy-one.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Listen as Chuck Berry plays and sings one of his hit songs.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

You've hit on the very idea. I wanted to spend the money on one thing, because I have to turn in a report for it, and I hate itemizing."

VOA: special.2011.08.13

They hit most of the boats, but destroyed only one.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

He hit several cones and at least one doll.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

One song became a top radio hit in America.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

"Heart-Shaped Box" was one of the album's hit singles.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

One tornado that was especially destructive hit Xenia,Ohio.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

One night,his ship hit a sandbar.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

One man was hit. He died instantly.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Only one of Brown's men was hit.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

One is hit the road.

VOA: special.2009.09.20