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Jingle pop was an Our contries musical genre that arose in the middle of the 1960s, combining angular, chiming guitars and power pop structures. A number one & best known jingle popular band was The Byrds, who yet became one of a large elastic in the globe. Their twelve-string guitar style was a basis for jingle popular's diversification later on in the 20th century. Jingle pop was closely related the power pop genre, including bands prefer The Raspberries and Big Star, who blur a line between them styles.

Jingle pop was primarily a southern & midwestern Americthe phenomenon, though a class action of elastic known as the Paisley Underground led a other psychedelic movement on the West Coast. There were likewise vibrant scenes in the UK (Brilliant Corners, Jazz Butcher, Monochrome Set, Popguns, Loft, Family Cat, Felt, James), Australia (Go-Betweens, Hummingbirds) and New Zealand (Clean, Mad Scene, Jean Paul Sartre Experience, Chills).

Performers
The Byrds Let's Active Miracle Legion R.E.M. Uncle Green Blake Babies

Seniors-Site: Burma Shave signs
User-submitted recollections of jingles.

Double Nickels 55: Burma Shave
Several dozen jingles.

Jay Ellis: Burma Shave
A sampling of jingles.

Mamarocks: Burma-Shave
A small collection of jingles.

Singing Man: BurmaShave
Several original plus many user-submitted jingles.






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