Unknown American Airlines Advertising Jingle Recording - "FLY THE AMERICAN WAY"

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FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT B. SOUR, MANHATTAN SONGWRITER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF BROADCAST MUSIC INC. (BMI): AN ORIGINAL, POSSIBLY UNIQUE RECORDING OF AN UNKNOWN ADVERTISING JINGLE FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES, 1970-1971. I CAN FIND NO INFORMATION ON THIS SONG BEING USED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES, AND THIS IS LIKELY A ONE OFF STUDIO RECORDING.
THIS RECORDING IS THE STUDIO TEST PRESSING WHICH CONTAINS THE SAME SONG AS IS ON THE 45 RPM RECORDING OF "FLY THE AMERICAN WAY" WHICH I AM CURRENTLY LISTING AT AUCTION SEPARATELY.
ROBERT SOUR BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH BROADCAST MUSIC INC. IN NEW YORK CITY AS A LYRIC EDITOR IN 1940 AS THE COMPANY WAS LAUNCHED. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY IN 1965. DURING HIS MANY YEARS WITH BMI HE HAS HELD MANY POSITIONS WHICH HAS ENABLED HIM TO DEVELOP CLOSE TIES WITH MANY SONGWRITERS, COMPOSERS FROM POP TO CONCERT MUSIC, NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK BUT ALL OVER THE U.S. HE HAD WRITTEN OVER 100 PUBLISHED SONGS AND WAS CO-LYRICIST OF THE ICONIC JAZZ CLASSIC "BODY & SOUL" ALONG WITH THE TALENTED MAESTRO JOHNNY GREEN. HE ALSO WAS AN EXECUTIVE WITH THE AMERICAN GUILD OF (MUSIC) AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS (AGAC).
OTHER ONE OFF AND SCARCE RECORDINGS FROM SOUR'S PERSONAL COLLECTION WILL BE LISTED AS TIME ALLOWS.
LISTED HERE IS A ONE SIDED STUDIO RECORDING - POSSIBLY UNIQUE IN THIS AUDIODISC FORMAT- OF A MUSICAL JINGLE ADVERTISING SONG FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES CIRCA 1970-1971. THIS RECORDING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND INCLUDES THE WRITTEN WORDS AND MUSIC AS WRITTEN BY SONGWRITER ROBERT SOUR. THIS IS AN 8 INCH STUDIO RECORDING.
I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS RECORDING AND IT PLAYS THROUGH FINE. THE SONG HAS A DIXIELAND UPBEAT TEMPO TO IT. IT IS PERFORMED (AS IDENTIFIED ON THE 45 RECORDING OF THE SAME SONG), BY THE ALLAN LOGAN ORCHESTRA WITH VOCALS BY BERNIE KNEE, A WELL KNOWN STUDIO SINGER OF THE PERIOD. THE SONG IS SUNG EXACTLY AS IT IS SHOWN ON THE PICTURED LYRIC SHEET, WITH REPEATS. SAME IS INCLUDED WITH THE RECORDING.
SINCE THIS COMMERCIAL JINGLE WAS PROBABLY NEVER USED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES IN IT'S ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE A VERY DESIRABLE RECORDING TO HAVE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF AIRLINE MEMORABILIA, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS PROVENANCE. ANOTHER RECORDING OF THIS JINGLE, A 45 RPM, IS BEING OFFERED IN A SEPARATE AUCTION LISTING.
THIS RECORDING WILL BE SHIPPED IN A BAGS UNLIMITED STURDY RECORD RECORD MAILER.
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED, JSUT ASK.