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Thread #168379   Message #4068126
Posted By: keberoxu
12-Aug-20 - 10:39 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Trini Lopez (1937-2020)
Subject: RE: Obit: Trini Lopez (1937-2020)
Somehow Trini Lopez got a gig doing advertisements for
Fresca, the soft drink, during the peak of his career,
and I remember that a purchase of Fresca at the store
got us a little 45RPM record
of Lopez with his band and a rowdy audience,
some sort of live recording.

On the 45, there were three songs:
the West Side Story song "A-me-ri-ca",
"If I Had a Hammer,"
and the "Fresca" jingle (with a big brass band).

The jingle had something about
"the cold and frosty taste that comes on coooool...."
and Lopez hollering above the brass crescendo,
"Let's do it one more time..."

A sterling entertainer at any rate!
Did he play Vegas? He must have done.