"Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.)" by Barry Manilow
Oct 27, 2007 19:44:37 GMT -5
Post by dth1971 on Oct 27, 2007 19:44:37 GMT -5
Do you remember the 1977 album track from the Barry Manilow Live album called "A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.)" which was a medley of TV commercial jingles Barry Manilow wrote? The commercial jingles in the medley are for Kentucky Fried Chicken ("Have a Barrel of Fun"), State Farm Insurance ("Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there"), Stridex ("Give your face something to smile about with Stridex" - that used to be heard a lot during early 1970's TV commercials for Stridex on Dick Clark's American Bandstand), Band-Aid ("I'm stuck on Band-Aid"), Bowlene Toilet Bowl Cleaner ("Bathroom Bowl Blues" - Look for the 1973 commercial for Bowlene with the jingle on YouTube!), Dr. Pepper ("Most original soft drink ever"), Pepsi ("Join the Pepsi People, Feelin' Free") and McDonald's ("You Deserve a Break Today").
This was a medley that could have been released as a 45 single and even make Billboard's Hot 100 chart but didn't just to worry that the companies of the Barry Manilow penned jingles would sue Barry or something like that.
This was a medley that could have been released as a 45 single and even make Billboard's Hot 100 chart but didn't just to worry that the companies of the Barry Manilow penned jingles would sue Barry or something like that.