TV Commercials

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RADIO COMMERCIAL - COCA-COLA



"THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE" RAY CHARLES & ARETHA FRANKLIN [1968]

[9A]

Diet Pepsi "Auditions" Commercial




Ray Charles [1991] and an assortment of celebrities

How many of the celebrities can you identify?

[9A]

T-Mobile Home Internet Big Game Day 2023




"Tell Me More" John Travolta Goes Back to 'Grease' Roots for Super Bowl Ad with Zach Braff & Donald Faison from "Scrubs"


Ralph recommended this ad, although I have not watched "Scrubs"
and am not familiar with Braff and Faison's characters.

[9A]

T-Mobile Superbowl Ad - 2022



Donald Faison and his former “Scrubs” costar Zach Braff praise home internet “without B.S.” in T-Mobile’s third-quarter Super Bowl LVI commercial. Faison convinces Braff to switch to the carrier in a peppy mini musical set to the melody of “I Feel Pretty” from “West Side Story.”

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T-MOBILE COMMERCIAL 2023
T-MOBILE 5G HOME INTERNET $50/MONTH PRICE LOCK




ZACH BRAFF and DONALD FAISON

Song: Oh What a Beautiful Morning from "Oklahoma"
by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

[9A]

​Apple - iPod + iTunes [2008]



Jet - Are you Gonna Be My Girl

[9A]

2012 Beetle High Five Volkswagen Commercial



SONG: The Clapping Song [Clap Pat Clap Slap] [Single Version]

ARTIST: Shirley Ellis [1965]



Wikipedia:

The single sold over a million copies, and peaked at number eight in the United States and number six in the UK. "The Clapping Song" incorporates lyrics from the song "Little Rubber Dolly" [which does not contain the ‘three six nine’ part],[failed verification] a 1930s song recorded by the Light Crust Doughboys.

[9A]

Little Caesars Ad [1993]




Name Game by Shirley Ellis [1964]



Wikipedia:

The record scored third on the Billboard Hot 100, and fourth on the magazine's R&B charts during 1965. The record was re-released in 1966 and again in 1973.

[9A]

Pedigree - We're for Dogs [2007]



Voice-over by David Duchovny

[9A]

2019 Ram Trucks will rock you!



Queen - We Will Rock You [1977]





[Thanks for finding the Ram ad, Ralph]

[9A]

Toyota Grand Highlander -- “Slamming Doors”




"Best Day of My Life" by American Authors, 2013

[9A]

Amazon Kindle



Staring Annie Little [2009]

Music - Fly Me Away by Little and Ashley [Annie Little and Marcus Ashley]

[9A]

Skechers "Underdog" [2012]

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1959 Oldsmobile Classic TV Commercial






In My Merry Oldsmobile - Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby featured the song in his film The Star Maker in 1939 and recorded the song for Decca Records on June 30, 1939.

[9A]

Arrid Extra Dry Commercial





I Hear a Symphony by The Supremes [1967]

[9A]

Oldsmobile TV Commercial Jingle



Patti Page, 1958

Rocket 88 [Original Version]



- Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston

"Rocket 88" is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. The single reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart.

[Thanks again, Ralph, for suggesting this song which is thought to be the first rock and roll record.]

[9A]

California Raisins [1988]



Ray Charles Robinson Sr. [September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004]

"A birthday to remember"

[9A]

Cookie Monster Siri Commercial



"Time in a Bottle" by singer-songwriter Jim Croce[1970].

"September 24th:

"On his Birthday, remembering Jim Henson [James Maury Henson; 1936-1990]; puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter and film maker; creator of The Muppets...."

[9A]

Saving Sawyer | Amazon's Big Game Ad [2023]




Song -- "Love" sung by Nancy Adams

From the 1973 Disney movie "Robin Hood"

[9A]

Diet Pepsi "Auditions" Commercial




Ray Charles [1991] and an assortment of celebrities

How many of the celebrities can you identify?

Second try to present this video.

[9A]

The Volkswagen ID.4 EV | Light Tease



By Yello - "Tiger Dust" [Original Video] 2003



Thanks, Ralph, I guess you can call it music.

[9A]

ETSY | ETSY E-COMMERCE COMMERCIAL



Happiness Is -- Ray Conniff and The Ray Conniff Singers [1966], album and single

[9A]

Famous for Freedom Anthem “California Love” New 2024 Jeep® Wrangler



2Pac - California Love [1995]


[Remix] [feat. Roger Troutman and Dr. Dre]


Good one, Ralph. Now back to the Lions game.

[9A]

This is Version 2 of the new Monday Night Football anthem



Featuring Chris Stapleton, Cindy Blackman Santana, and Snoop Dogg.
Written by Phil Collins and MK Asante. Aired September 25th, 2023 [Week 3]

[9A]

PEPSI - FOREVER YOUNG
February 01, 2009



Featuring Bob Dylan and Will.I.Am

During Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, 2009, this Pepsi commercial aired. While a remix of Bob Dylan's song “Forever Young” plays, footage of concerts and dancing show how the youth population today is not much different from the past.

[9A]

Chevy Sonic Stunt Anthem 2012 Super Bowl Commercial



"We Are Young" sung by the rock group "fun".

[9A]

Ralph said this should be posted.

2023 Detroit Lions Super Bowl Champions Commercial



Pure Michigan: The New Detroit Lions

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Bud Light 'Easy to Sunday: Game Day'



“Sunday Kind of Love,” recorded by husband-and-wife country duo, The War and Treaty.


Thanks, Ralph. Seen during Lions game.

[9A]

CAPITOL ONE QUICKSILVER "HOLIDAY NIGHT FEVER"





John Travolta dancing

Music: Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees

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2023 Mercedes-Benz "Holidays With Love" Commercial



I'll Be Seeing You sung by The Five Satins [1960]

Published in 1938 and recorded over the years by just about everyone.

Liberace signed off each broadcast singing "I'll Be Seeing You",
which he made his theme song.

Just for fun from 1978:

[ralpht]

Interestingly, one of the Five Satins, and I´m not sure at which point in time, Sonny Sanders was a member of the group. In later years he would make his mark as an arranger and producer. He would, in 1964, produce ¨The Swinging Kind¨ backed with the future Northern Soul classic ¨All Alone¨ by The Sunliners, my old group.

In later years working as a piano tuner, I would twice tune for Liberace at Michigan amphitheater Meadow Brook in Rochester Hills, Michigan. I didn´t get to meet the guy, but I damned near threw my back out removing the candelabra from the piano.

[9A]

Joy Ride | Amazon Holiday Ad



Set to a cover of The Beatles’ ‘In My Life’

Amazon's 2023 Holiday ad is a story that proves it's never too late to embrace your inner child and make new memories with old friends.

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Macy’s Holiday Commercial 2023 | Hey, Santa



Song is the 1953 recording of “Hey Santa Claus” by The Moonglows, famously featured in the beloved holiday film, Christmas Vacation.

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In later years working as a piano tuner, I would twice tune for Liberace at Michigan amphitheater Meadow Brook in Rochester Hills, Michigan. I didn´t get to meet the guy, but I damned near threw my back out removing the candelabra from the piano.

And I attended those concerts, back in the day -- part of a pops series.
Didn't know Ralph.

My grandmother loved Liberace.

[9A]

Pepsico -- Melt For You



'You Make My Dreams" by Hall and Oates [1980]

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A Wish For The Holidays | Disney Christmas 2023






Lily James - A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
2015 [from Disney’s “Cinderella”]

Ilene Woods was the original voice of the title character of the Walt Disney animated feature Cinderella [1950], for which she was named a Disney Legend in 2003.

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Fuzzy Feelings | Apple Holiday Film



“Isn’t it a Pity” by George Harrison

Creativity has the power to change the way we see each other, and the world. Sometimes, seeing things through a new lens can make all the difference. Stop-motion was shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max and edited on MacBook Air.

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“Make Merry Memories” PetSmart Holiday Commercial [Full-Length]




"I'd Do Anything" from the 1960's musical "Oliver!" - Clive Revill, Georgia Brown, Davy Jones


One of the dogs in that last shot looks like our havanese Angelina [Angel].

[9A]

Acura Electric: New World. Same Energy



Music - "Voodoo Child [Slight Return]" by Jimi Hendrix in 1968

[9A]

Hershey's Kisses Christmas [1989]




This iconic Hershey's Kisses Christmas commercial originally aired in 1989, and continues to play every holiday season.

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RITZ PRESENTS THE RITZCRACKER | CHRISTMAS MONDAY



The Nutcracker - music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and first
performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 18 December 1892

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WALMART - FIND YOUR THING FOR THE HOLIDAYS



DARLENE LOVE - A MARSHMALLOW WORLD
on the 1963 compilation album A Christmas Gift for You
from Phil Spector

The song was written in 1949 and recorded by many, many others.

[sansradio]

Welp, Evangelist Shirley Caesar has cashed in--guess she got tired of all the kids using her "beans-greens-potatoes-tomatoes" sample for free!

[9A]

THANK YOU, Sans. This is great. Sure makes me hungry. I
am happy to get acquainted with Pastor Shirley Caesar. She's
wonderful. From Wikipedia:

"Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams [nee Caesar; born October 13, 1938], known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer. Her career began in 1951, when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. Throughout her seven decade career, Caesar has often been referred to as the "First Lady of Gospel Music", and "The Queen of Gospel Music". Additionally, she has won eleven Grammy Awards, fifteen Dove Awards, and fourteen Stellar Awards."

[sansradio]

THANK YOU, Sans. This is great. Sure makes me hungry. I
am happy to get acquainted with Pastor Shirley Caesar. She's
wonderful. From Wikipedia:

"Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams [nee Caesar; born October 13, 1938], known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer. Her career began in 1951, when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. Throughout her seven decade career, Caesar has often been referred to as the "First Lady of Gospel Music", and "The Queen of Gospel Music". Additionally, she has won eleven Grammy Awards, fifteen Dove Awards, and fourteen Stellar Awards."

She's one of the living titans of gospel, as you see! She was my mom's cleaning-up-and-getting-in-the-spirit music back in the '70s. Here's a riff on the original source material, her old chestnut "Hold My Mule" that goes viral every Thanksgiving:

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From Sansradio: "She's one of the living titans of gospel"

More from Wikipedia: Shirley Caesar, Awards and honors

Caesar is a recipient of a 1999 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

She was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2000.

Caesar was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010. She performed for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the White House in 2015, along with Aretha Franklin.

In May 2016, the National Museum of African American Music honored Caesar with the Rhapsody & Rhythm Award in Nashville in advance of the planned 2018 opening of the historic museum.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce proudly honored gospel singer Shirley Caesar with the 2,583rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

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Amazon Holiday Commercial [2022] Joy is Made




Song: You Hold Me Up by The Bones of J. R. Jones

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Applebee's Holiday Combos



Sleigh Ride by the Ronettes




The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride [Official Music Video]

Written by Leroy Anderson [1948]

[Jerry Oz]

“Forever": The Farmer’s Dog Super Bowl Commercial





Lee Fields & The Expressions -- "Forever"

This commercial made my famously tearless wife cry. I'm the one who usually breaks up over things I see in movies. Or on TV. Or in songs. But a commercial?

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I love this commercial. I've been seeing the abbreviated version
on TV lately. One of our two dogs barks at dogs on TV. There are
a couple of other commercials for the holidays that are very touching.

[On to PM Phrazle ... ]