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Doug Riley started writing jingles at 18 while he was studying music at the University of Toronto
Doug Riley started writing jingles at 18 while he was studying music at the University of Toronto

Doug Riley started writing jingles at 18 while he was studying music at the University of Toronto

Date6/17/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Doug Riley started writing jingles at 18 while he was studying music at the University of Toronto. [Incomplete]
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0100952F
Greg Adams has written the lyrics for almost 100 commercial jingles and well over 100 pop love songs in the past five years. He earns a comfortable li(...)
Greg Adams has written the lyrics for almost 100 commercial jingles and well over 100 pop love songs in the past five years. He earns a comfortable li(...)
1/2/1977
Mike Riley and his $10 horn, His music goes round and round and comes out here
Mike Riley and his $10 horn, His music goes round and round and comes out here
4/12/1966
Jingle Writers Richard Morris and Dolores Claman are husband-and-wife team who composed A Place to Stand, theme song for film in Ontario Pavilion at Expo
Jingle Writers Richard Morris and Dolores Claman are husband-and-wife team who composed A Place to Stand, theme song for film in Ontario Pavilion at Expo
8/10/1967
The Son of a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union 21-year -old Arkady Shindelman began studying violin at the age of 6. [Incomplete]
The Son of a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union 21-year -old Arkady Shindelman began studying violin at the age of 6. [Incomplete]
8/20/1975
Music is fun. Musician and songwriter Doug Barr seems to have discovered the Pied Piper's magical notes as 4-year-olds Adam Kirch (front) and Lori Ste(...)
Music is fun. Musician and songwriter Doug Barr seems to have discovered the Pied Piper's magical notes as 4-year-olds Adam Kirch (front) and Lori Ste(...)
1/21/1981
Terry Ferguson: Bartender at Jingles on Church St. mixes up The Big T, his entry in the Canadian Cocktail Championships. He's the defending champion.
Terry Ferguson: Bartender at Jingles on Church St. mixes up The Big T, his entry in the Canadian Cocktail Championships. He's the defending champion.
4/16/1982
Choreographer Rex Nettleford, a Rhodes Scholar educated at Oxford University, debunks the notion that calypso is the true folk music of Jamaica, and h(...)
Choreographer Rex Nettleford, a Rhodes Scholar educated at Oxford University, debunks the notion that calypso is the true folk music of Jamaica, and h(...)
5/5/1975
Back in the saddle: Writing, says Roy Payne, with Garfield, Is the cheapest psychiatry there is
Back in the saddle: Writing, says Roy Payne, with Garfield, Is the cheapest psychiatry there is
3/28/1992
Bert Devitt began writing and narrating Escape With Me for CBL back in 1950
Bert Devitt began writing and narrating Escape With Me for CBL back in 1950
5/1/1969
Lighthouse leader Skip Prokop, I'm writing the best material I've ever done
Lighthouse leader Skip Prokop, I'm writing the best material I've ever done
4/23/1973
At CFTO-TV, Dave Devall dresses up weathercasts by writing backwards
At CFTO-TV, Dave Devall dresses up weathercasts by writing backwards
4/18/1980
A serious blow to serious music, Holding up his end of what he calls an extended french horn, former Toronto Symphony musician Miles Hearn shows Chery(...)
A serious blow to serious music, Holding up his end of what he calls an extended french horn, former Toronto Symphony musician Miles Hearn shows Chery(...)
2/5/1975