Sentence examples for influential hit from inspiring English sources

That epic opera was an influential hit when it had its premiere in Paris in 1865, but is now known largely for the tenor showpiece "O paradis".

Alex's increasingly irrational and ultimately murderous revenge on Dan's family made Fatal Attraction a popular, much talked-about and influential hit.

Perhaps the country's most enduring and influential hit, Laid Back's electro funk masterpiece White Horse is still a set-list staple for fashionable DJs the world over.

Pulp Fiction (1994), directed by Quentin Tarantino on a budget, became a hugely influential hit by crossing multiple lines, as James Mottram describes: "With its art house narrative structure, B-movie subject matter and Hollywood cast, the film is the axis for three distinct cinematic traditions to intersect".

The first sessions with Haley, recorded at Manhattan's Pythian Temple, resulted in two extremely influential hits—a cover version of Joe Turner's recent rhythm-and-blues hit "Shake Rattle and Roll" and the record that was to become one of the best-selling rock-and-roll hits of all time, "Rock Around the Clock".

Collins, who is performing in King Tut's Wah Wah Tent, alongside the Pet Shop Boys and the Manic Street Preachers, had influential hits in the 1980s, such as Rip it Up, but is probably best loved for his romantic solo track, A Girl Like You.

We'll also be talking with Def Jam's Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin about some of the label's most influential hits.

He praised the album's songs for being more mature than "Material Girl", and said that the album "includes some of Madonna's greatest, most influential hits (the robust "Open Your Heart" and the timeless "La Isla Bonita"), but it's also home to some of her biggest clunkers".

Still the departure of such an influential leader hit Tesco's shares and they closed down 2.4% to 397p.

The writer, director and actor Harold Ramis, who has died aged 69 from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, was responsible for one masterpiece and several influential smash-hits.

Full-backs Austin McCann and Jordan McMillan returned from illness and injury respectively for Dunfermline, but it was at the expense of influential illness-hit Hardie, who dropped to the bench along with Paddy Boyle.