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Jingle Collectors. Jingle Aficionados. Jingle Fans. Jingle Experts. Jingle Lovers.  THE JINGLE BOOK: The Authoritative Guide to the History, Development and
Creation of Radio Jingles by Ken R. (240-page e-book) (PDF
format)
Are you a
member of that highly refined group of people who understand that a wonderful
jingle truly is a miniature work of art? That it lives
and breathes and inspires long after the radio program or station it was
created for has disappeared from the airwaves? Have you ever
participated in a heated discussion concerning: - The PAMS
style vs. the Johnny Mann Singers approach? - Who had the
better vocal group: TM or Gwinsound? - Who had the
best brass scores: CRC or Futursonic? Then you’re one
of us. You’re a Jingle
Lover. And The Jingle Book was written for you. “More
music more often!” “The
all-Americans!” “Radio-a-go-go!” “All hits all
the time!” These phrases
were as much a part of Top 40 radio in the 1960s and early ’70s as The Beatles,
surf music, and psychedelic posters. More than just
“slogans,” they were the musical embodiment of the excitement of contemporary
music radio. These little
10-second wonders were created by a handful of innovative, ingenious producers
in . PAMS . Futursonic . Spot Productions . Heller . JAM Creative Productions . TM . Pepper Tanner . CRC . Johnny Mann . Anita Kerr... ....and others
who created the indelible musical magic that blasted out of transistor radios
and car radio speakers around the world.
Written by legendary jingle producer Ken R. In this
indispensable compendium for jingle lovers & collectors worldwide, legendary
jingle producer Ken R. interviews
dozens of the creators of musical radio I.D.s - including: . Johnny
Mann . Anita
Kerr . Tom
Merriman . Trella Hart . Jim
Clancy . Gleni Rutherford . Wilson
Northcross . Welton Jetton . Brian
Beck . Carol
Piper . Dick
Cole . Tommy
Loy . Bruce
Collier . Whitey
Thomas ....and many other luminaries whose stories appear for the first
time in
their own words. . The
inside story of how . Behind-the-glass
studio stories of how jingles were made, the personalities of the people
involved, and a treasure trove of true stories and very candid comments that
have remained secret...until now. . Ken
R. puts you right in the scene with eight pages of historic photographs.
Here’s a partial listing of what you’ll find in The Jingle Book: - Forward by Jon Wolfert - Classic Jingles and the People Who Made Them - Why Did Jingles Sound Like That? - Jam: Transition to Digital - Bombs over - What’s a Pepper? - Putting Pepper Together (Wilson
Northcross and Welton Jetton) - Tanner Credits - The Dragonfly Has Landed - Johnny
Mann on those KHJ Jingles - Jingle Pioneer Bill Meeks - Little Indian Girl with the Big Voice: Gleni Tai - Tom
Merriman - The Man Behind the
Sound: Tommy Loy - Fire That Guy.Uh, Wait a Minute: Brian Beck -
And Now for Something Completely Different: Dick
Hamilton - Lady with a Song in her Heart: Anita Kerr - Bob
and Carol Piper: A Love Affair - Daddy Sang Bass: Jim Clancy -
Supporting Players (Dick
Cole, Garry Wells, Bruce Collier) - David
Graupner on the Future of Radio and Jingles - Whitey
Thomas: Just Passing Through.for 35 Years - Trella Hart, the
Lady with Swiszle - PAMS Oddities - Adventures in the Jingle Biz - A Short Story about a Customized Jingle - Saving Private Collections - Reviving Jingles A-Go-Go - Ingram
Thingram - Melody Ranch - Clients: Can’t Live With Them; Can’t Stab
Them - Singers and Sessions - Making Money in the Jingle Biz (Or Not) - Keeping the Memory Alive - Jingles: The Final Twist - Producer’s Guide to the Popular PAMS
Numbered Series: The Early Years - Producer’s Guide to the Popular PAMS
Numbered Series: The Middle Years - Producer’s Guide to the Popular PAMS
Numbered Series: The Last Years - Getting Tingles in the Studio - Painful Lessons
The Jingle Book is the story of Top 40 radio jingles. If you’re “one
of us” - one of that fraternity of Jingle Lovers (and we’re in all corners of
the globe) - this book was written especially for you. But Do Not Order Yet.... We want to give you two more wonderful
books....Free! Bonus Book #1  THE SECOND JINGLE BOOK by Ken R. (210-page e-book) (PDF
format) $49.95 value....Yours Free! The publication
of The Jingle Book resulted in
Ken R.’s being contacted by so many other key figures
in jingle history - many who never before had talked “on the record” - that Ken
had no choice: He had to write
The Second Jingle Book. Once again,
just a sampling of the book’s contents: . Interviews
with Key Players including... - Boss
Radio programmer Bill Drake - Drake’s
key lieutenants, including Lee Bayley (Drake- Chenault Vice
President Of Programming and Station Relations); Mark Ford (DC Syndicated Format
Director and production whiz) and Hank Landsberg (DC Director Of Engineering). - Chuck Blore,
legendary Top 40 programmer of KFWB/ - Jim West - originally a musician and
salesman at PAMS who went on to sell for TM and other companies - Jon Wolfert,
president of JAM Creative Productions and PAMS Productions Inc. - Mike Sankovich,
versatile jingle arranger - Phil Kelly (who wrote and played for
nearly every - Tom Parma (who has handled production and
sales chores for all the “Big D.” companies - and even sold a Sonovox to Stevie Wonder!) . Why the historic “Boss Radio” jingles were sung
in . “Mr. Big
of this Radio Rig” on the PAMS Series 14 demo: Who was that guy, . Singers - Dan Alexander - the man who performed
the Sonovox and also sang in the PAMS vocal group
beginning in 1958 - Jackie (Dickson) Merriman - the lady
with the bell-like voice who sang lead for CRC, Futursonic,
PAMS, TM and many others - Jean Oliver (“It’s smooth sailing. ”) - Jodie Lyons (who created and sang on
Series 27 and dreamed up “Solid Rock” among many others) - Anita Kerr (again, and deservedly so) - Judy Parma (who, it is estimated, sang
141,000 jingles starting in 1957) . William
B. Tanner Company - Ken
found an “inside source” who worked at the company from 1967 until 1980. Wow,
did he get a lot of first-hand info from this source! A revealing look at all
the “characters” inside the company, along with the complete story behind this - The
early days as Pepper Sound Studios - The
middle years as Pepper Tanner - Its
acquisition by Media General - Its
takeover by TM/Century . TM
Productions - Born
in the late ’60s, this - Interviews
with two of TM’s most prolific producers and demo-builders: - Extensive
interview with co-founder Jim Long - The
little-known story of “TM Canada” - Behind-the-scenes
stories from Don Hagen - The
full story behind the “Fusion” demo - by the guy who produced it . More
Jingle Nirvana - The
full story of the 1941 movie that starred the Sonovox!
(Supporting characters were Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre.) - David
Graupner, Ben Freedman, Jim Long, Ken Justiss and Johnny Mann discuss the place of Jingles in
21st Century radio. - Complete
listing of all the companies who made radio ID jingles between 1958 and 1980 - “What’s
There Now?” Want to drive to - Jingle Inspiration: Many jingles were
based on popular songs. Ken R. names names. - Mingling Jingles: Blending jingles with
popular records - Reverb...and
how it was created - “The
Singing Clock” - The
amazing 20-minute jingle! - Brief
history of PAMS with year-by year events 1951-1968. Who came and went, what worked,
what flopped! And how much money did
the company earn in its first year of operation? - So You Want To Become A Jingle Singer: Your
step-by-step “How To” guide! Bonus Book #2  UP AND DOWN THE DIAL by Ken R. (115-page e-book) (PDF
format) $29.95 value....Yours Free! This bonus book
is not about jingles. Up And Down The Dial is a wonderful
compendium of unbelievable, funny and sad stories drawn from Ken R.’s wild career in radio and television. Ken R. takes
you behind the scenes, giving you a unique insider’s view of the broadcast
world, including..... . Amok in . Audio Restoration Gets Personal - The police are at the door with tapes of violent crimes that
need fixing. . . Christmas Novelties - all those goofy
Christmas songs. . Danger Calling - Ken dared to pick up
the hitline at WOHO, and the female caller wasn’t what
she seemed. . Hammerlock on my Heart - Ken referees a
ladies’ pro wrestling match and almost gets injured himself. . Hello, . Here, Eat This! - Ken is almost poisoned
live, on-the-air by a national advertiser. . In the Court of the King - A
heartwarming description of how a new program director fired a long-term jock,
right in front of his family. . It’s in the Mail - Marriage proposals,
real live dead frogs, nasty hate letters.“and more!” . Jock Itch - The
tender story of a young boy and the obstacles he faced on the way to his first
radio gig. . . Paul Harvey - Encounter with a legend. . Radio Flyer - A
news director with a plane is dangerous. And customs agents have no sense of
humor. . Radio Wonderful - True stories from the
world’s worst small radio station. . Shock Jocks . Thanks, Cat! - Ken’s station nearly
burns to the ground, but Cat Stevens is there to help, sort of. . Yee Hah! - Ken’s up-close-and-personal
encounter with Dolly Parton. . Your Career Starts Here! - Hey, you’re
working in radio, so how bad can it get? . Cindy Crawford - Ken + One Supermodel +
....and we haven’t even
touched upon Ken’s adventures in TVLand (the world of
television, not the cable channel). Here’s Your Entire Package
of Three E-Books
The Jingle Book - Retail Value: $49.95 The Second Jingle Book - Retail
Value: $49.95 Up And Down The Dial - Retail
Value: $29.95 Total Retail Value: $129.85 * This special offer is for a limited time only.
The special price of $49.95 for all
three books will be honored for as long as this offer appears on this website.
(So if you return to this page sometime in the future and discover the free
bonuses no longer are available, please don’t get mad at us. And don’t even think of suing us, ’cause our lawyers
say this paragraph contains enough legal fine print to protect us.)
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