[Dixielandjazz] Commercials

[David Richoux]

The last time the Pepsi Jingle thread came around DJML I posted that  
I have a few 78s of the Billy Butterfield Band (some Big Band, some  
combo) with several notable women singers doing Crosley Refrigerator  
(and other appliance) commercials. They are mostly adaptations of  
familiar OKOM songs like Bill Bailey about the joys of washing  
machines and stoves.  I have since learned the Billy Butterfield was  
the House Band leader for the Crosley Radio Network.

I just found this little tidbit about the current line of Crosley  
products:
http://crosleybook.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-about-those-crosley- 
appliances.html

and there is a book about the Crosley company:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578602912/michaelbanks-20

Dave Richoux

On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:06 AM, ROBERT R. CALDER wrote:

> I seem to recall that on a Jerry Jerome set on ARBORS, as well as  
> new recordings and things recorded with Charlie Christian, there  
> are various of the advertising jingles  Mr. Jerome devised, with  
> among other things Henry 'Red' Allen doing a Big Joe Turner sort of  
> Blues Shouter thing, and loving it quite independently of being  
> paid for it.  If I had the money to own a copy of Tom Lord's  
> discography I would look these things up.  I would even have a copy  
> of the CD.
> The best ones in slightly more recent years, till his death at the  
> age of not quite 969, were Slim Gaillard's on British television.   
> Amicable Insurance had him asking "are YOU an amicable man?"  and  
> there was some really impressive singing.
>
> Jerry and Slim were amicable men!
>