The adaptation, One Man, Two Guvnors, became a smash hit, transferring to the West End and in 2012 to Broadway.

In 1997 Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, again a top five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky with Stars " and " Only If ..."; " Only If ..." later became a single.

The movie, which became the most commercially successful film of all time when it was released — along with his Oscar-nominated performance as Paul in Last Tango in Paris ( 1972 ), another smash hit — revitalized Brando's career and reestablished him in the ranks of top box office stars, placing him at number 6 and number 10 in Top 10 Money Making Stars poll in 1972 and 1973, respectively.

" The album was slow to garner attention, until " All I Wanna Do " became an unexpected smash hit in the fall of 1994.

The song eventually became another smash hit in the important European markets, reaching No. 1 in Germany and Austria and other European countries, the UK Top 10 and the Top 15 in France.

The pregame show featured Los del Río who performed their multi-platinum smash hit " Macarena ", the dance craze that became a worldwide summer hit in 1996.

Four months later the film Foul Play ( with Chevy Chase ), was released and became a box office smash and revived Hawn's career in the film industry.

In the months preceding the event, Nirvana's Nevermind was released and became an international smash hit, therefore guaranteeing the success of the festival.

No singles were taken from The Beatles in either Britain or America, but " Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da " backed with " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ", both from the album, became a double-sided smash in Australia, spending five weeks at Number One in the beginning of 1969.

The film was released 4 May 1972, and became a huge box office smash.

" became smash hit singles and received solid amounts of air time on MTV.

The film's theme song " Eye of the Tiger ", was written by the group Survivor at the request of Stallone, and became a smash hit single, topping the US Billboard music charts and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.

The song went to No. 1 in the UK in late 1982 and became an international smash, peaking at No. 1 in over a dozen countries ( Number 2 US ).

Ex-Neighbours star, Delta Goodrem releases debut album Innocent Eyes which became a monster smash hit of 2003 and included the releases of the new singles Born to Try & Lost Without You.

Kiyoshi Hikawa debuted on Nippon Columbia in 2000 with the single " Hakone Hachiri no Hanjirō ," which became a smash hit.

" Heartbreaker " an Arista album from 1982, earned Warwick another RIAA certified Gold Album and the title tune became an international smash hit.

Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot ( 1959 ) was released without a certificate of approval due to its themes and became a box office smash and, as a result, further weakened the authority of the Code.

The upbeat pop single " Run-Around " became a smash hit and was followed by the catchy " Hook ".

One of the album singles, " Hacer El Amor Con Otro ", became a smash hit for Guzmán, not only in Latin America and México, but also in the U. S. The album was well received by critics and fans, and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album in 1992.

Despite this, the album was well received by critics, and the songs " Today " and " Disarm " became smash hits.

In France, Ya Ya Twist ( a French language cover of the Lee Dorsey rhythm and blues song " Ya Ya " and the only successful recording of a twist song by a female ) and " Chariot " ( the original version of I Will Follow Him ) became smash hits in 1962, while German and Italian versions of her English and French recordings charted as well.

" Un garçon pas comme les autres ( Ziggy )" became a smash hit in France, reaching number-two and being certified gold.

In early 1970, the song became an instant pop smash reaching # 3 in the US and # 1 in the UK for six consecutive weeks ; it also gave Payne her first gold record.

The soap opera's title song also became a smash hit for Méndez.

Mercer's Whiteman association brought him into contact with Hoagy Carmichael, whose `` Snowball '' Mercer relyriced as `` Lazybones '', in which form it became a hit and marked the real beginning of Mercer's song-writing career.

Asteroids was a hit in the United States and became Atari's best selling game of all time.

* " Atmosphere ", a song which became a hit for Russ Abbot in 1984

" Find a Way ", from Unguarded, became the first Christian song to hit Billboard's Top 40 list, also reaching No. 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

The track " Baby Baby " ( written for Grant's newborn daughter, Millie, whose " six-week-old face was my inspiration ,") became a pop hit ( hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ), and Grant was established as a name in the mainstream music world.

The Paige / Dickson duet " I Know Him So Well " became a major UK # 1 hit, and Murray Head's " One Night in Bangkok " gave Andersson / Ulvaeus a US # 3 hit.

The title song became a huge hit in Sweden for Gemini.

* GDP or GIDP — Ground into double play: number of ground balls hit that became double plays

Bardot pleaded with Gainsbourg not to release this duet and he complied with her wishes ; the following year, he re-recorded a version with British-born model and actress Jane Birkin, which became a massive hit all over Europe.

The version with Bardot was issued in 1986 and became a popular download hit in 2006 when Universal Records made its back catalogue available to purchase online, with this version of the song ranking as the third most popular download.

In 1989 Jonathan Hellyer became lead singer, and the band extensively toured the U. S. and Europe with back-up vocalist Annie Conway and had one minor hit with the song " Cha Cha Heels ", a one-off collaboration sung by American actress and singer Eartha Kitt.

Carrie became a hit, the first genuine box-office success for De Palma.

When the song became a hit, Decca decided not to press its claim.

During the Labor Day weekend in 1952, The Saddlemen were renamed Bill Haley with Haley's Comets ( inspired by a popular mispronunciation of Halley's Comet ), and in 1953, Haley's recording of " Crazy Man, Crazy " ( co-written by Haley and his bass player, Marshall Lytle although Lytle would not receive credit until 2001 ) became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts, peaking at no. 15 on Billboard and no. 11 on Cash Box.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

" Of the three, " See That My Grave Is Kept Clean " became such a big hit that it was re-recorded and re-released in 1928.

It is one of the very few songs of the 1960s to cast the military in a positive light, yet it became a major hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard charts for five weeks in 1966.

It became an international hit, seen in over 70 countries.

The record was released in March 1955, and the A-side, " Bo Diddley ", became a # 1 R & B hit.

" In 1977 the Commodores scored a ballad hit with " Easy ", which became the group's biggest hit yet, reaching No. 4 in the U. S., followed by the funky favorite " Brick House ", also Top 5, both from their landmark album " The Commodores ", as was the utopian album favorite " Zoom ".

Released in October 1987, it became a breakthrough hit for Eric B & Rakim outside the U. S., reaching # 15 in the UK and the top 20 in a number of European countries.