Join The Olivetti Girls (‘New York’ magazine, April 17, 1972)
“Hey! If you work in an office and type on an electric typewriter, join us. Be an Olivetti Girl!”
Yes, this is an ad for typewriters, adding machines and copiers. ‘Join The Olivetti Girls’ originally appeared in the April 17, 1972 issue of New York magazine.
(Source: New York)
Previously on Rad Ads: Jack Wild, ‘Some Beautiful’ (1970)
‘You don’t have to shout or leap about…’ (Ringo Starr, ‘It Don’t Come Easy,’ 1971)
Ringo Starr’s “It Don’t Come Easy” released in April of 1971 and rose to the top 5 on various music charts around the world including the US, UK and Canada.
Below, you’ll find a ’71 promotional film for the single featuring Ringo cavorting in the snow. Filming (and falling) in the chilly weather probably didn’t come easy, but you got to pay your dues.
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Jack Wild, ‘Some Beautiful.’ (‘Billboard’ magazine, March 14, 1970)
“14 million. That’s a lot of anything, especially people…but that’s how many people tune in H.R. Pufnstuf every Saturday morning on the NBC-TV network to watch Jack Wild and his friends.”
“Some Beautiful” appeared on 1970’s The Jack Wild Album. Jack Wild, ‘Some Beautiful’ originally appeared in the March 14, 1970 issue of Billboard magazine.
(Source: Billboard)
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American Motors’ Hornet Sportabout Wagon (‘New York’ magazine, April 17, 1972)
“When you buy a 1972 Hornet Sportabout, you get the only wagon made in America that gives you sleek, racy looks, a rear lift gate and 60.8 cubic feet of cargo space.”
Available in mustard yellow with a shaggy puppy inside. Sold! American Motors’ Hornet Sportabout Wagon originally appeared in the April 17, 1972 issue of New York magazine.
(Source: New York)
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‘Reach out and touch a hand, make a friend if you can…’ (The Staple Singers, 1974)
Happy Monday, good people of the free world. Here’s The Staple Singers singing “Touch A Hand, Make A Friend” on Soul Train in 1974.
“Touch A Hand, Make A Friend” (written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson & Carl Hampton) originally appeared on the band’s Be What You Are L.P. of 1973 and reached a high of #23 on the Billboard “Hot 100” singles chart in ’74.
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Linda McCartney – ‘Linda’s Pictures’ (‘Mother Jones’ magazine, Feb./Mar., 1977)
“The best of her camera work from The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Dylan and McCartney.”
Linda Eastman’s Kodak Moments. Linda McCartney – ‘Linda’s Pictures’ originally appeared in the Feb./Mar., 1977 issue of Mother Jones magazine.
(Source: Mother Jones)
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