Tom Dawes

Although pop music annals record Tom Dawes as an associate of folk-pop combo the Cyrkle, which scored a 1966 smash using the traditional “Red Plastic Ball,” he enjoyed a lot more unforgettable moments as an advertising jingle writer, especially composing Alka-Seltzer’s immortal “Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz” theme. Blessed in Albany, NY, on July 25, 1943, Dawes co-founded the Cyrkle while students at Lafayette University in Easton, PA. Originally dubbed the Rhondells, the group (which also included vocalist/guitarist Don Danneman, keyboardist Earl Pickens, and drummer Marty Fried) surfaced being a fraternity circuit preferred, even though playing a Labor Time 1965 gig in Atlantic Town captured the eye of NEW YORK lawyer Nathan Weiss, who suggested these to his business partner, famed Beatles supervisor Brian Epstein. A minimum of John Lennon recommended the name “the Cyrkle,” and in middle-1966 the group opened up for the Fab Four on its last U.S. tour. Co-written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley, “Crimson Silicone Ball” climbed to number 2 for the Billboard pop graphs in 1966. The follow-up, “IGNORE Time,” also damaged the very best 20, but following singles fared badly and in early 1968 the Cyrkle divide. Dawes and Danneman both pursued professions in marketing, each proceeding his very own Madison Avenue company. Furthermore to Alka-Seltzer, he had written jingles for 7Up, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, L’eggs, and American Airlines, and in the first ’70s briefly came back to pop music, creating boogie rock device Foghat. In 1994, Dawes and wife Ginny Redington collaborated on Chat of the city, a stage musical motivated by the people of the renowned Algonquin Round Desk. Dawes died Oct 13, 2007, pursuing complications from center operation; he was 64.