When done right, catchy advertising jingles ensure you keep a company's products top of mind when shopping. See how many ...

"Brylcreem — a little dab'll do ya!'' was a fixture on 1950s-era TV and ranks with "I wish I was an Oscar Mayer wiener'' in jingle-writing brilliance.

Ruth Powell of Braintree wrote a song for a Hingham choral group using jingles from commercials of the 1950s. It's still fun to listen to today.

Some jingles are that effective. General Motors had its own catchy tune in the 1950s and 1960s, when crooners Dinah Shore and Pat Boone stroked patriotic pride and invited viewers to "See the U.S.A.

373019 02: A 1955 Ford, left, and a 1955 Oldsmobile are parked in the lot of the McDonald's museum ... More July 14, 2000 in Des Plaines, IL. On this site April 15, 1955 Ray Kroc, founder of the ...

So here we go: the top five beer jingles of all time. 1. Schaefer Beer Television production of a Schaefer Beer commercial on WCBS-TV in 1949. CBS via Getty Images Schaefer, is the, one beer to have ...

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Co-producer of the Rare & Scratchy Rock ‘n Roll podcast and former jingle magnate, Ken Deutsch joined Bob Sirott as they listened to vintage radio jingles and discussed the stories behind them. They ...

Jingles are not campaign songs, played at rallies. Such songs have an especially auspicious beginning, when Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 campaign for president borrowed the Broadway hit Happy Days ...

Why are jingles so catchy and effective? MINNEAPOLIS — They can stick with us forever whether we like it or not. Advertisers have used catchy tunes for decades. "They're the original earworms, I ...