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On 2016-10-01 11:55 AM, Steve wrote:
In this March 7, 2000, photo, Richard Trentlage, of Fox River Grove, who was
the creator of the Oscar Mayer Weiner Jingle "I wish I was an Oscar Mayer
Weiner " and other jingle songs, smiles in Fox River Grove, Ill.
The man who got generations of hot dog lovers humming along to the Oscar
Mayer Weiner
song has died. An obituary posted online by a northern Illinois funeral home
says Trentlage died on Sept. 21, 2016, at age 87. (Jim Prisching / Associated
Press)
An obituary posted online by a northern Illinois funeral home said Richard
Trentlage died on Sept. 21 at age 87. With the words, "Oh, I wish I were
an Oscar Mayer wiener," Trentlage helped solidify the company's hot dogs as a
piece of Americana. The jingle he wrote appeared in a 1960s television
commercial
featuring cartoon children marching along and singing. The tune remained a
fixture for the next half a century. Trentlage was born in Chicago and began
penning jingles as a high school student. Later, he transformed his living
room into a recording studio, inviting his own children to sing on audition
tapes.
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