Jazz commercial songs. Popular commercial songs.

Tennessee WaltzConnie Francis

Tennessee Waltz ( 1959 ) – CONNIE FRANCIS – Lyrics

These days, “Tennessee Waltz” has been featured in various products from major brands—most recently in a Nikko Asset Management commercial performed by Chie Ayado.

There are numerous classic jazz recordings of the song, from male jazz vocalists to brass-driven arrangements and piano interpretations.

This time, please enjoy a very old recording by Connie Francis.

Rhapsody in BlueAndre Previn

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue — Previn / Pittsburgh

It’s the very same piece that was used in Nissan’s Bluebird commercials.

The performance by André Previn was featured around 1985, during the bubble era with the U11 model, so many people remember the revived Bluebird together with this rendition.

Back then, companies didn’t change the music or visuals in their ads as frequently as they do now, so for people from parents’ to grandparents’ generations, just hearing this tune brings the Bluebird instantly to mind.

And the performance itself is truly excellent.

Baby Elephant WalkHenry Mancini

Henry Mancini – Baby Elephant Walk

Originally, “Baby Elephant Walk” was a song featured in a film released in 1962.

In recent years, it has been used in Sapporo Beer’s “Mugi to Hop” commercial, newly released by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, and, a bit nostalgically, sung on NHK’s Minna no Uta by Seiji Tanaka of “Beautiful Sunday” fame.

Many children may perform it at school arts festivals, in music classes, or at recitals for their music lessons.

Work SongCannonball Adderley Quintet

Work Song (Remastered 2000)

A product we haven’t seen around in a long time.

Back when Taisho Pharmaceutical’s “Samon” commercials used the catchphrase “Work like a president, play like a king,” this song was featured in the TV ads.

The commercials cast Japanese musicians like Terumasa Hino and, with a bubbly, glamorous production—even launching fireworks—used this song with vocals in the background.

Since the song is famous for its trumpet solo, the ad carried the message of giving the trumpet player a vacation.

This time, please enjoy the instrumental version and its stunning, virtuosic trumpet technique.

When The Saints Go Marchin’ InHeartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band

Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band – When The Saints Go Marching In

It has been used in many commercials, including House Foods’ “Waking Body Morning Curry – Alarm Clock version.” Originally, it was a song performed at African American funerals in the American South, but it became famous when Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye sang it in the film “The Five Pennies.” In Japanese, it is titled “Seija no Koshin,” meaning “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

S WonderfulGeorge Gershwin

‘s Wonderful

[High Quality] Suntory Draft Beer MALT’S “Su-wonderful” (1987/1/30)

The song ‘’S Wonderful’ used in the commercial for Suntory Draft Beer MALT’S was composed in 1927 by the Gershwin brothers, Ira and George Gershwin.

In addition to being performed in the Broadway musical ‘Funny Face,’ it was also used as the theme song for the 1957 film ‘Funny Face.’ The commercial features a version arranged for strings by the Alban Berg Quartet, giving it a more leisurely and elegant atmosphere than the original.

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

Hane Keisuke

Report a problem

Smoke Gets In Your EyesJo Stafford

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Toyota Motor Corporation Premio 2005 cm

This is a song originally written for the 1933 musical Roberta, known in Japan by the title “Kemuri ga Me ni Shimiru” (“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”).

It was featured in a 2005 TV commercial for the Toyota Premio.

The commercial used a cover by Jo Stafford, giving the piece an elegant and refined feel.

In addition to The Platters’ famous rendition, many other versions by various musicians exist, so it might be interesting to compare them.

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

Hane Keisuke

Report a problem