Chicago, Illinois

National Commercial Recording Industry (Jingles)

• Jerry Liliedahl (from NORAD Band) -- OPUS III -- set me up with some contacts and with the Musician's Union (AFM 10-208)
• Bass player Jim Atlas heard my demo and took it to Dick Marx
• DICK MARX (MAJOR national jingle producer) began using me for most of his jingle recording which included spots for: Kellogs, Marlboro (foreign use), News Themes (WBBM,WCAU, WCBS, KMOX, KCBS) La Choy, O'Cedar, Ken-L-Ration Burger, Channel 2 News Theme (This was used by CBS all over the US), John Deere Industrial (Recorded for a John Deere Insustrial Show - Johnny Howell - Lead Trumpet), Olsdmobile, and Schlitz (Jimmy Peterik - Survivor - wrote and sang
• Audio Files -- Jingles Recorded in Chicago

• Played the shows and dinner music with the Jack Prager Orchestra
• Joe Godfrey - bass
• Randy Waldman - piano
• Acts included:
  • Edie Adams & Pete Condoli
  • Barbara Edens
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Julie Budd

• Joe Gattone Orchestra
• Richard "Gajate" Garcia - percussion
• Spanky Davis - trumpet
• Acts included:
  • Lola Falana
  • Marilyn Michaels
  • Frankie Laine
  • Helen O'Connell
  • Enzo Stuarti

• Joe Godfrey - guitar, bass, benefactor
• Jim Atlas, bass
• Jerry Liliedahl, NORAD Band ex, and jingle master
• Johnny Frigo
• Joe Vito & Johnny Frigo
• Johnny Howell - amazing lead trumpet player and friend
• Spanky Davis - great lead/jazz trumpet player
• Roger Pemberton - saxophonist-doubler
• Cy Touff - bass trumpet jazz player
• Kenny Soderblum - saxophonist-doubler
• Don Shelton - jingle singer without peer, Singers Unlimited, saxophonist extraordinaire!
• Larry Novak - great jazz pianist -- the house player at the upscale jazz club Mr. Kelly's
• George Gaffney - piano, conductor, a serious dude!
• Bonnie Herman - jingle singer, Singers Unlimited -- millinoaire by the age of 22
• Dick Marx - Jingle Czar! and father of Richard Marx who used to sing on all the kids commercials (Kellogs, Nestles, Peter Pan, etc) his father Dick produced.
• Porky Panico - trumpet/arranger at Dick Marx
• Bob Westberg - percussionist/contractor at Dick Marx

• Maureen Koch -- hair stylist
• John Mulvey -- Chicago Drum Center owner and the source for the Early Rogers "Buddy Rich" white pearl wood-shell DynaSonic snare drum I have... and Jake Hanna's "Chinese" cymbal, too!

• Symphony Orchestra Concerts continued while I lived in Chicago
• Get the list of orchestras here!

• A few months after Lola appeared at the Blue Max she called and hired me to play her new night club act
• I took the gig, put my stuff in storage, bought a new Dodge van, left Chicago and headed for Los Angeles!!
• Get the whole story here!