Sentence examples for scoring a hit from inspiring English sources

They quickly garnered success in George before scoring a hit on college radio with their first single "Radio Free Europe", in 1981.

The party's merchandising operation, after scoring a hit with a T-shirt proclaiming "Hell yes: I'm voting Labour", scored a miss with a set of five mugs, each with a Labour pledge-card promise on it.

The chances of Devo scoring a hit like 1980's "Whip It" are slim, but its sardonic vision and quirky aesthetic still makes it a band to be reckoned with — and a tirelessly entertaining live act.

By turns fragile, furious, and fun, his Hamlet works the audience, twirls his sword, sticks out his tongue at the murdered Polonius, even kicks up his heels after scoring a hit in his fatal duel with Laertes.

After scoring a hit with (I Wanna) Testify in 1967, contractual issues saw the group put on ice while Clinton signed their backing group to Westbound Records, as Funkadelic.

As the original trio struggled with tax problems, Ernie, Marvin and Chris exited to form Isley/Jasper/Isley, scoring a hit single with the gospelised pop of Caravan of Love in 1985.

The play was scored a hit.

The Pioneers had already scored a hit with Long Shot, a song about a racehorse.

Rachid Taha later scored a hit with an Arabic cover of the tune.

In 1964, the Rolling Stones even scored a hit with Howlin' Wolf's Little Red Rooster.

They also scored a hit in Japan, where they performed to sold-out crowds.