Annotation
"Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.)" consists of jingles for: "Kentucky Fried Chicken" (restaurant) / "State Farm" (insurance) / "Stridex" (acne medicine) / "Band-Aid" (bandages) / "Bowlene" (toilet cleaner) / "Dr. Pepper" (soft drink) / "Pepsi" (soft drink) / "McDonald's" (restaurant), which Manilow had either written and/or composed, or which he had originally performed:
• State Farm ("Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.") – written and performed by Manilow
• Band-Aid ("I am stuck on Band-Aid brand, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me!") – composed and performed by Manilow, lyrics by Donald B. Wood
• Kentucky Fried Chicken ("Get a bucket of chicken, have a barrel of fun") - performed by Manilow
• Dr. Pepper - "Be a Pepper" lyrics by Jake Holmes, performed by Manilow
• Pepsi - performed by Manilow
• McDonald's ("You Deserve a Break Today" campaign, 1980) - performed by Manilow
• Bowlene
• Stridex
Relationships
| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Barry-manilow-a-very-strange-medley-lyrics [info] |
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| medley of: | 1. Get a Bucket of Chicken (Kentucky Fried Chicken) (jingle) 2. Like a Good Neighbor (jingle for State Farm Insurance) 3. Stridex (jingle) 4. Stuck on Me (jingle for Band‐Aid bandages) 5. Bathroom Bowl Blues (jingle for Bowlene toilet bowl cleaner) 6. Dr. Pepper (jingle; “I’m a Pepper”) 7. Pepsi (jingle) 8. McDonald’s (jingle) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 1974-06-10 | Very Strange Medley (live, 1974-06-10: The Mike Douglas Show) | live | Barry Manilow | ?:?? |
| 1976-08-06 | A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.) (live, 1976-08-06: Ravinia Festival, The Pavilion at Ravinia, Highland Park, IL, USA) | live | Barry Manilow | 6:10 |
| 1976-08 | A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.) (live, 1976-08-06: Ravinia Festival, The Pavilion at Ravinia, Highland Park, IL, USA) | live | Barry Manilow | 4:45 |
| Very Strange Medley (live, 1977-03-02: The Barry Manilow Special, ABC) | live | Barry Manilow | ?:?? | |