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Rockers and the Products They Endorsed

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Recently we saw Bob Dylan on TV in a commercial for IBM with Watson, and it made us think about celebrity endorsements from the world of music. Do you remember these collaborations?

I guess they needed the money, as rock group Cream did a beer commercial for Falstaff in the mid-60s.

Paul Stanley of KISS recorded a commercial for Folgers coffee, Honda used ZZ Top in 1998, and finally Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin did a wonderful commercial for Coca-Cola in 1969.

David Bowie and Tina Turner appeared in a commercial for Pepsi in 1987.

John Lydon of the Sex Pistols was in a commercial for Mountain Dew in 1996.

Who could forget the Rolling Stones appearing in a Rice Krispies TV commercial in 1963?!

Ted Nugent in 1993 did a commercial with the Energizer Bunny.


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