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The Story of Coca Cola’s Iconic “I’d like to teach the world to sing” commercial

 Published Date: May 18, 2015

For all of you Mad Men fans out there, here is the story behind one of the most iconic ads of a generation.

I'd like to teach the world to sing

 

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(1964) House of the Rising Sun, Animals
(1965) Unchained Melody, Righteous Brothers
(1966) You Can't Hurry Love, Supremes
(1967) Society's Child, Janis Ian
(1968) 1-2-3 Red Light, 1910 Fruit Gum Co
(1969) A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash
(1970) Don't Play That Song, Aretha Franklin
(1971) Spanish Harlem, Aretha Franklin

The Keener Almanac

(1967) What Now My Love by Mitch Ryder is Keener's Key Song of the week. This marks producer Bob Crewe's attempt to re-cast the great Michigan rocker as a pop singer effectively derailing Ryder's career.
(1969) Hot Fun in the Summertime enters the Keener Music Guide at number 21.

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