Related Clues:

• Hit hard
• Plodded
• Toiled
• Moved through mud
• The TD urged this on, to boot
• Hammered without finesse
• Succeeded, having recorded hit
• Worked hard to produce hit
• Soprano recorded hit
• Hit song originally recorded
• Made a record, going after a second hit
• Traipsed
• Son was a lumberjack, worked really hard
• Worked hard and succeeded -- recorded hit
• Moved with effort