# Musicians that appeared in commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570 "2013-08-18T16:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/1 "2013-08-18T16:59:17Z")
This [fun little Petula Clark commercial for Plymouth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTd8hfb__k) got me thinking about commercials that feature musicians, not just their music. What appearances stick in your mind? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/2 "2013-08-18T18:52:53Z")
I’ve seen lots of them. Two with Meat Loaf. One for AT&T [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/o5YMVO7-8ns/hqdefault.jpg "Paradise by the GoPhone Light - Long version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns) And one for A1 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nSAa9FgTBSg/hqdefault.jpg "A.1. Makes Meat Loaf Sing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSAa9FgTBSg) A few from Geico. One with Peter Frampton [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YR_Bjf-a5rs/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Frampton Geico Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR_Bjf-a5rs) One with Charlie Daniels [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i-E0ArYhwc4/hqdefault.jpg "Geico 2010 Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-E0ArYhwc4) And one with Eddie Money [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG0t57PUTaM) An AT&T commercial with Edgar Winter. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4zEO_Ezt8) I also remember a Pizza Hut commercial from the 90s with Ringo Starr and three of the Monkees - Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iGcRYE9NbD0/hqdefault.jpg "Ringo Starr & The Monkees Pizza Hut Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGcRYE9NbD0) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/3 "2013-08-18T19:02:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve seen lots of them. > > Two with Meat Loaf. One for AT&T > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5YMVO7-8ns) The wife in that one is played by Tiffany, for a twofer. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/4 "2013-08-18T19:10:01Z")
[Alice Cooper for Staples](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoRbxePeDTY) And [Marriott Hotels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EqWza0hTsE) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/5 "2013-08-18T19:11:23Z")
Steven Tyler has done clothes, cameras and burgers. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/6 "2013-08-18T19:24:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The wife in that one is played by Tiffany, for a twofer. Thanks. I forgot to mention her. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/7 "2013-08-18T19:44:11Z")
Iggy Pop in a… Cadillac ad? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/8 "2013-08-19T01:28:39Z")
[The Monkees for Yardley Black Label cologne](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5dJdpS3QIc) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/9 "2013-08-19T02:32:32Z")
If you consider them musicians, [Rob and Fab (Milli Vanilli).](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po3bLGgL6Lc) ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/10 "2013-08-19T02:34:36Z")
[Willie Nelson for Taco Bell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUvdvxfOZio) ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/11 "2013-08-19T03:40:43Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Iggy Pop in a… Cadillac ad? Was he the passenger? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/12 "2013-08-19T03:54:25Z")
[Eric Clapton for Michelob](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3pW2REprYE) I thought it was a much better version than his origanal version. The commercial got yanked because of Clapton’s alcoholism, though. I think he was in recovery then. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/13 "2013-08-19T04:21:50Z")
Honda scooter commercial featuring Devo. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V6lSvgsdvyI/hqdefault.jpg "Devo doing a Honda Scooter commercial 82'-83'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6lSvgsdvyI) Honda scooter commercial featuring Adam Ant and Grace Jones. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ei5lQ70s4Vg/hqdefault.jpg "1984 Honda Scooters Commercial (with Grace Jones and Adam Ant)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei5lQ70s4Vg) ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/14 "2013-08-19T04:54:38Z")
My favourite ad in the world: A cinema ad for Europa (fuel supplier) from 1987 featuring kiwi musicians Murray Grindley and Midge Marsden, with Stevie Ray Vaughn Also a related one without SRV, similar song, same sentiment [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dAVaS7SzgQE/hqdefault.jpg "Europa TVC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAVaS7SzgQE) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/15 "2013-08-19T05:06:35Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Honda scooter commercial featuring Devo. > [http://youtube.com/watch?v=V6lSvgsdvyI](http://youtube.com/watch?v=V6lSvgsdvyI) > > Honda scooter commercial featuring Adam Ant and Grace Jones. > [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ei5lQ70s4Vg](http://youtube.com/watch?v=ei5lQ70s4Vg) Miles Davis. (somebody who knows how to do this, add a link, please!) _“First, I’m gonna play. Then, I’m gonna tell ya about it. . . Maybe.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/16 "2013-08-19T05:16:02Z")
Miles Davis [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R1CwXz8Xidc/hqdefault.jpg "Miles Davis Honda Scooter Ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1CwXz8Xidc) Lou Reed [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iK6y9_0gsEg/hqdefault.jpg "Lou Reed Honda Scooter Ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6y9_0gsEg) ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/17 "2013-08-19T05:32:28Z")
[Elvis Costello for his 1980 album Get Happy!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztG3zQhEyKs) And although this stretches the OP a little, [Lou Reed for his 1974 album Sally Can’t Dance.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Ngt7VY-Iw) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/18 "2013-08-19T06:25:05Z")
Leon Redbone but I don’t remember what for. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570/19 "2013-08-19T07:05:08Z")
[Ella Fitzgerald for Memorex](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkt8Dwzl6Sg) ---
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Elton John advertises chocolate [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qkc_JVZhiLg/hqdefault.jpg "Camp Cadbury's Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkc_JVZhiLg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-that-appeared-in-commercials/666570.md?page=2)