Here's a little red 45 which I've always gotten a kick out of, not only because, like so many other bits of advertising, it uses America as a way to sell the company name - in this case, Fairbanks Morse Engine, which is still in business today - but also because of the focus on the phrase "free enterprise" which is a particularly unmusical phrase to use in a song.
Jerry Coyle and the Nelsonics - America...Land of Free Enterprise - The Fairbanks, Morse Song (MP3)
Bob Please accept my gratitude - your collection is astounding
Posted by: Colin The Culture Hunter | June 29, 2009 at 05:24 PM
Fairbanks-Morse also made radios.
Posted by: WDHZ | June 30, 2009 at 12:27 AM
This may soon go the way of the 45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awla9mvPjxw
Posted by: msganda | June 30, 2009 at 03:15 AM
"free enterprise" (...) a particularly unmusical phrase to use in a song.
You've apparently never heard Janeen Brady's "Free Enterprise."
Posted by: Andrew | June 30, 2009 at 07:23 AM
They made hit and miss engines, and magnetos back in the olden days. Great name, the 'Nelsonics.'
Posted by: Dale | July 01, 2009 at 08:43 AM