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- TVParty.com: Classic TV Commercial Jingles
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- NPR Music: Jingles Fade in a Hipper Ad Climate
- Seattle Times: Plop, Plop; Jingles Drop Out of Favor
- The Guardian: Can't Get it Out of My Head
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The Structure of Advertising." http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am485_98/graham/structure.html - Ad Age.Com: The Advertising Century; Top 10 Jingles. http://adage.com/century/jingles.html
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