1.   Assimilation worked, especially for a nationalistic capitalist who could write hit songs.

2.   With hindsight, the second line of that hit song might has been less damaging and more prophetic.

3.   And the titles of her hit songs reflected her personal struggles.

4.   Backstage, Crow recalled how she transformed a poem by Wyn Cooper into the lyrics for her hit song.

5.   Ball has learned a lot in the past few years about writing a hit song.

6.   A few more hit songs would have been just the right medicine.

7.   A hit song can be a mixed blessing for a band like Soundgarden.

8.   All this without a hit song, without an MTV video.

9.   All Washington needs is a hit song, the kind of bouncy ballad Sinatra would have crooned in his prime.

10.   Four decades ago, the mere sight of her walking inspired a hit song.