Here’s a group of guys brave enough to drop their cool facade and sing “I’ll Always Love My Mama.” The bravery paid off for The Intruders and they grabbed a #36 hit on the US Hot 100 (#6 R&B).
“I’ll Always Love My Mama” was written by Gamble/Huff and McFadden/Whitehead and originally appeared on The Intruders’ 1973 LP Save The Children.
THE INTRUDERS, ‘I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA’ (1973, ‘SOUL TRAIN’)
Previously on Music for Monday: B.B. King, ‘I Like To Live The Love’ (Live, 1974)
Over the past week the commercials presented here were from 1970 through 1972. Therefore, you may have deduced that today’s selection would be from 1973. If so, give yourself a hearty slap on the back.
Here now, from 1973, we have spots for Hush Puppies shoes, Pontiac Le Mans, Stick Shifters Flippin’ Fool, and Lavoris mouthwash.
(Visit the Bionic Disco YouTube channel for thousands more 70s commercials.)
HUSH PUPPIES SHOES COMMERCIAL (1973)
Hush Puppies shoes commercial featuring a “dumb” theme aired September 1973.
PONTIAC ‘NEW’ LE MANS COMMERCIAL (1973)
General Motors Pontiac Le Mans commercial featuring a Grand Prix and Firebird aired January 1973.
STICK SHIFTERS ‘FLIPPIN’ FOOL’ TOY COMMERCIAL (HASBRO, 1973)
Hasbro Stick Shifters Flippin’ Fool toy car commercial featuring “four-on-the-floor stick shift” aired in1973.
LAVORIS MOUTHWASH COMMERCIAL (1973)
Lavoris mouthwash & gargle commercial featuring a husband & wife aired September 1973.
Previously on 70s Commercials: Kellogg’s, G.I. Joe, Tab Cola, Wurlitzer (1972)
More Shoes: 70s Spots: Fotomat (Animated) & Kinney Shoes (Ken Berry, 1976)
More Pontiac: Daily 70s Ad : Pontiac Safari Wagon (1978)
More Toy Racers: 70s Spots: Tyco ‘Stick-Shift Racing’ & Eveready (1973)
More Lavoris: Daily 70s Spot: Lavoris Mouthwash Commercial (1976)
**A classic post from the Bionic Disco vault. The following originally appeared July 21, 2015**
Godfrey Cambridge For Kool-Aid. (‘Ebony’ magazine, July, 1973)
“Another Kool-Aid smile.”
Actor-comedian, Godfrey Cambridge appeared in the 1970s films Watermelon Man and Cotton Comes To Harlem, among others. The ad originally appeared in the July, 1973 issue of Ebony magazine.
(Source: Ebony)
Previously on Rad Ads: ‘Shaft In Africa’ (1973)
Earth, Wind & Fire, ‘Evil’ ad via Cash Box June 30, 1973
Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Evil” appeared on the 1973 LP Head To The Sky. The tune was written by the band’s Maurice White and Philip Bailey and hit #50 on the US Hot 100. Spin it below.
EARTH, WIND & FIRE, ‘EVIL’ (1973)
Previously on Classic 70s Music Ads: Spirit, ‘Nature’s Way’ (1971)
The theme for the day is 1972 and I have four vintage commercials for you. Fire up the projector and welcome Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, the G.I. Joe Mobile Support Vehicle, Tab Cola, and the Wurlitzer Funmaker Organ.
KELLOGG’S CORN FLAKES COMMERCIAL (1972)
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes cereal commercial featuring a memorable jingle aired October 1972.
G.I. JOE MOBILE SUPPORT VEHICLE COMMERCIAL (1972)
Hasbro G.I. Joe commercial featuring the Mobile Support Vehicle and a radioactive satellite aired in 1972.
TAB COLA COMMERCIAL (1972)
Sugar Free Tab Cola commercial featuring a woman in a white dress and multiple glasses of soda aired April 1972.
WURLITZER FUNMAKER ELECTRIC ORGAN COMMERCIAL (1972)
Wurlitzer Funmaker electric organ with Orbit 2 synthesizer commercial featuring a keyboard demonstration. Spot aired November 1972.
Previously on 70s Commercials: Pillsbury Danish Swirls, Almond Joy, Plymouth Satellite (1971)
More Kellogg’s: 70s Spots: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (1972)
More G.I. Joe: 70s Spots: Keebler Elves & G.I. Joe (1975-76)
More Tab Cola: Daily 70s Spot: Tab Cola ‘Beautiful People’ (1978)
Here’s a wonderful B.B. King performance of “I Like To Live The Love” from a 1974 concert in Africa. “I Like To Live The Love” appeared on King’s 1973 LP To Know You Is To Love You and reached a high of #28 on the US Hot 100.
B.B. KING, ‘I LIKE TO LIVE THE LOVE’ (LIVE, 1974)
Previously on Music for Monday: The Flaming Ember, ‘Westbound #9’ (1970)