Sidney Woloshin, 72, jingle writer

Allen Kirshner

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Nov 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/10/00

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Sidney Woloshin, a jingle writer whose greatest fame was authoring the
"You Deserve a Break Today" McDonald's commercials, has died of pneumonia.
He was 72.

Woloshin's firm reworked the jingle for a hundred McDonald's
commercials. Last year Advertising Age magazine named it as the top
jingle of the century.

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Allen

Iceman

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Nov 11, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/11/00

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Truly one of the great achievers of the last century. :-)

On 10 Nov 2000 20:58:00 GMT, be...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Allen

Andis

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Nov 11, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/11/00

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"Allen Kirshner" <be...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
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> Sidney Woloshin, a jingle writer whose greatest fame was authoring the
> "You Deserve a Break Today" McDonald's commercials, has died of pneumonia.
> He was 72.

Not that I'm real proud of knowing this, but didn't Barry Manilow write that
jingle?
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LeBanana
Delayer of Trains

Allen Kirshner

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Nov 12, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/12/00

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David Carson (da...@neosoft.com) writes:
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> Allen, while all work such as yours is appreciated, would it be possible
> for you to include the dates of death in your annoucements?
>
> David Carson

-- No problem.

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Allen

David Samuel Barr

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Nov 13, 2000, 1:29:21 AM11/13/00

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No, Manilow just sang it, he didn't write it.
The music was by Sid Woloshin & Kevin Gavin, the lyrics by Keith
Reinhard, Richard Hazlett & Ed Farran.

The Fifth User

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Nov 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/14/00

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>No, Manilow just sang it, he didn't write it. The
> music was by Sid Woloshin & Kevin Gavin,
> the lyrics by Keith Reinhard, Richard Hazlett
> & Ed Farran.

I stand corrected then, I used to tell people that Manilow wrote that as
well as "Get a bucket o chicken, get a barrel of fun goodbye ho hum" as
well as "drink Dr.Pepper, the joy of ev'ry boy and girl, it's the most
original soft drink ever in the whole wide world." i'm getting carried
away but I guess he just sang those too.

David Samuel Barr

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Nov 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/17/00

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The Fifth User wrote:
>
> >No, Manilow just sang it, he didn't write it. The
> > music was by Sid Woloshin & Kevin Gavin,
> > the lyrics by Keith Reinhard, Richard Hazlett
> > & Ed Farran.

> I stand corrected then, I used to tell people that Manilow wrote that

> as well as "Get a bucket o chicken, get a barrel of fun goodbye ho
> hum" as well as "drink Dr.Pepper, the joy of ev'ry boy and girl, it's
> the most original soft drink ever in the whole wide world." i'm
> getting carried away but I guess he just sang those too.

Not sure who did the chicken one you cite, but the Dr Pepper one was
written in 1974 by Randy Newman (yes, *the* Randy Newman) with
additional lyrics by Jake Holmes (1970 one-hit wonder with "So Close").
Manilow did write the music for "like a good neighbour, State Farm is
there", to lyrics by Jerry Gavin & Keith Reinhard.

Thomas Coleman

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Nov 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/17/00

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want to add that Manilow actually did a jingle medly in concert where he
actually performed the McD,Dr.Pepper and KFC jingles live.

David Samuel Barr

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Nov 19, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/19/00

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Thomas Coleman wrote:
>
> want to add that Manilow actually did a jingle medly in concert where
> he actually performed the McD,Dr.Pepper and KFC jingles live.

Yes, and you can find it on his 1977 "Live" album.
It's called "A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.)", and consists of
excerpts of commercials for (in order) Kentucky Fried Chicken,
State Farm, Stridex, Band-Aid, a toilet bowl cleaner [can't make
out the name], Dr Pepper, Pepsi and McDonalds.