Two Sides of the J's with Jamie

I dug out this Columbia Special Products albums after a comment post on The Axidentals album. This LP was sent to radio stations in the mid-60s to promote The J's With Jamie.
Side one features a nice variety of pop tunes and side two has about 25 commercials recorded by this exceptional vocal quartet based in Chicago. They recorded lps titled
"Hey, Look Us Over," and "The Remarkable J's with Jamie" for Columbia and had tons of MOR radio airplay at the time.
This is a mono only release for radio stations. There's a few ticks and pops, but it's restored as good as I could get it.


1. Everybody Says Don't (from "Anyone Can Whistle"-Sondheim)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2p1hpcbb4hluh4s
2. Cottonfields (Ledbetter)
http://www.mediafire.com/?5c24kgjxibg27sx
3. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Warfield-Williams)
http://www.mediafire.com/?nomke637i9gunxi
4. My Cigarette & I (Tennant)
http://www.mediafire.com/?t729pdd4a4kypdo
5. A Lot of Livin' to Do (from "Bye Bye Birdie" Adams-Strouse)
http://www.mediafire.com/?r7tpd8u0egcbods
6. Betwiched (Hart-Rodgers)
http://www.mediafire.com/?s79xas6vxslz8jl
7. Little Boy Blue (P.D.)
http://www.mediafire.com/?axm2qazzu7cgp8g

Commercials recorded by J's with Jamie
Valiant-Northwest Orient-Corvair-Sevenup-Schlitz-Alka Seltzer-Marlbobo-Philip Morris-Rice Krispies-Alka Selter Hootenanny- Mr. Clean-Long Distance-Enden-Butternut-Plymouth-Paper Mate-Dairy Assoc.-Hamm's - Wrigley Spearmint-White Rain-Green Giant-Adorn Hair Spray-H.F.C. - Tareyton - Pillsbury  http://www.mediafire.com/?ekh7xc0d9gwvufy

Personnel: Joe Silvia, Don Shelton (of the Hi-Los), Jamie, Len Dresslar (voice of the Jolly Green Giant)

I picked this information up from the website
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/11/the-js-with-jam.html

Only a few details about the group survive, mostly from an archived article from Time published in 1964. Tired of life on the road, husband and wife singers Joe and Jamie Silvia traded the night life for family life, settling in to Chicago and becoming the most popular singers of TV and radio commercials. Various singers moved in and out of the J's with Jamie quartet over the years, including Len Dresslar, best known as the "Ho ho ho" of the Jolly Green Giant.

From Campbells to Marlboro, kitchen appliances to political candidates, The J's with Jamie sang the praises of them all, backed by the bright sounds of Chicago's studio musicians. What Broadway was to musical theater, Chicago was to the advertising industry at the time, turning out a volume and quality of work with a uniquely American imprint.

Broadway came calling for Jamie Silvia, but she turned them down. Columbia managed to get the group to record three albums, all sadly long out of print, but the Silvias balked at returning to a life on the road and eventually gave up on recording anything other than jingles.

Bootlegs of the Columbia records pop up frequently in Japan, where their influence on the J-pop sound has been substantial.