From yon Sent Tue, Nov 17th 1998, 07:49
From yon Sent Tue, Nov 17th 1998, 07:49
1941 "Pepsi-Cola Hits the Spot" is the first jingle played on network radio. Pepsi releases more than one million copies for jukeboxes. Still, it's no match for the Chiquita Banana jingle, which Time magazine declares "The undisputed No. 1 on the jingle-jangle hit parade." The Chiquita jingle is played 376 times a day on the radio. Versions by the King Sisters, the Five DeMarcos, and Patti Clayton (almost 1 million records sold) are jukebox hits. In 1945, in cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, the lyrics are revised to urge Americans to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.