- “I am stuck on Band-Aid brand, cause band aid’s stuck on me.”
- “Oh, I’d love to be an Oscar Meyer wiener, that is what I’d truly like to be, cause if I were an Oscar Meyer wiener, everyone would be in love with me.”
- “In the valley of the jolly-ho, ho, ho. Green Giant”
- “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.”
- “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, I’d like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company. It’s the real thing.”
- “Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too?”
- “My bologna has a first name, its O-S-C-A-R, my bologna has a second name it’s M-E-Y-E-R, I love to eat it every day and if you ask me why I’d say, cause Oscar Meyer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A.”
Are these jingles ringing any bells? Any get stuck in your head? That’s exactly what they were designed to do.
According to Wikipedia: A jingle is a short tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. The jingle contains one or more hooks and meaning that explicitly promote the product being advertised, usually through the use of one or more advertising slogans. Jingles are a form of sound branding.
Was your loved one raised on radio? Or TV? It’s likely that some of the jingles and theme songs played regularly on radio and television shows will be more than memorable. And anything that stirs a memory is helpful to activate something wonderful and pleasant inside your person.
Some of the older radio show theme songs are: The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, Turn your Radio On, Yukon King, NBC News and Bill Stern Sports Newsreel.
TV show theme songs such as Mr. Ed, Rawhide, Bonanza, The Beverly Hillbillies and, of course, the very memorable I Love Lucy show may also stir something up.
These old tunes had a profound effect on people, and with a little effort and computer time you can easily discover just the right ones from your loved one’s earlier years. Many are free to download for you to create a play list that might just awaken a memory or two.
Here’s a few more for the road…
- “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.”
- “Once upon a time there was an engineer. Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear. He had an engine and he sure had fun. He used Good & Plenty candy to make his train run.”
- “See the USA in your Chevrolet, America’s asking you to call.”
- “Halo everybody, Halo. Halo is the shampoo that glorifies your hair.”
- There’s just one Schlitz, yeah, yeah—nothing else comes near. When you’re out of Shlitz—you’re out of beer.
- Lets All Go to A and W. Food’s more fun at A and W. We’ll have a mug of rootbeer, or maybe 2 or3, make the perfect size from the burger family.
‘Till next time, “Happy trails to you, until we meet again.”
What jingles do you remember fondly?