To continue from yesterday, I Remember JFK is featuring Coca-Cola jingles from the 60's and 70's that you just might remember. Or, in another equally likely scenario, you may have had these tunes stuck in your cranium for many years.
If the latter is the case, please accept my apologies for contributing to your obsession. Rest assured, you're not alone. Those old Coke jingles are dancing around my head, too.
The Carpenters were the hottest thing around circa 1971, and Coke hired them to belt out their own rendition of It's the Real Thing. Enjoy Karen's sweet vocals.
I'm going to need a little help from you readers on this one. This version of "Things Go Better with Coke" sounds like it might be by Buffalo Springfield. But I may be wrong. Please give it a listen and help me out, would you? Here it is. (ed. note: the singers have been identified by reader Tim S. as Golden Earring. Thanks, Tim!)
By 1976, Coke's catchphrase was "Coke adds life." Here's a version of that jingle from that bicentennial year.
Tom Jones was the Welsh wonderkid of the 60's. Imagine him peeling off scarves and such while belting out his own version of "Things Go Better." Give it a listen.
Then, of course, there was New Coke. What a strange trip THAT was. But two years after its rocky debut, Coke was still pushing it as the Next Big Thing. Note this clip featuring Max Headroom from 1987: Click here.
And last, but certainly not least, here's Roy Orbison in the early 60's with his soaring tenor making "Things Go Better" his own: Download file
So here's to Coke. It has always striven to present its product in clever, pleasant advertsising. What a shame all advertising can't be follow the same guidelines.
Comments (4)
I thought you might like to know that the voice behind the "Enjoy Karen's sweet vocals" link on Coca Cola Jingles, Part 2 is not the voice of Karen Carpenter. I have been a Carpenters fan since when, and that is not in any way Karen Carpenter's voice, though I have no idea whose it is.
I just discovered your site recently, and am enjoying it immensely. Thanks for the memories!
Posted by Robert Stetser | January 13, 2008 5:24 PM
Posted on January 13, 2008 17:24
The Carpenters one I believe is Melanie (Safka) and I might hazzard a guess that the unidentifiable one is Johnny Rivers as it sounds similar to his "Summer Rain" song.
Nice site and keep up the good work.
Posted by Peter | June 14, 2008 8:05 AM
Posted on June 14, 2008 08:05
"This version of "Things Go Better with Coke" sounds like it might be by Buffalo Springfield. But I may be wrong. Please give it a listen and help me out, would you?"
That one is from 1966 and is by the Golden Earrings (later just Earring) of "Radar Love" fame. It never aired in America, but was offered as a 45 rpm record in the OCt 1966 Teenbeat magazine in the Netherlands. The record turns up occasionally on auction sites and in specialty record stores.
Posted by Tim S. | September 17, 2009 8:59 PM
Posted on September 17, 2009 20:59
Make it stop!!!!!!! Aggghhhhh! Ii can't get those jingles out of my head!!! They haunt me! Make it please stop!! No, No, NO, NO Not the Carpenters! Agggggghhhhh!!! Lol! Would anyone like a Royal Crown Cola?
Posted by Rivers End | December 8, 2009 9:03 PM
Posted on December 8, 2009 21:03