Commercial Recording Corporation

Master Jingle Package List.

CRC was started by Tom Merriman in 1955. Until the company close in 1968, Tom Merriman had been an intermittent influence. He left in 1962 to work with Peter Frank but rejoined in 1965. He finally left in 1967 to start TM Productions with Jim Long.

John Coyle had become a partner in CRC in 1959. He later would become the majority owner. He voluntarily closed the company in 1968.

There are a number of missing CRC packages and there are a number of un-number CRC packages. The list is based from research using actual CRC tapes and other verified sources. A few educated guess are included. They are identified with a ####. These packages either fall into an order based on date of production or by musical and vocal style.

A Series #7 demo has never been found. The package is known to have existed. The WCAE package called "Fun Radio" consists of backgrounds from TV-1. Given the number of other packages from the same era that were found, this is the only candidate for Series #7.

A CRC Series #16 demo has also never been found. But at the time of its production, Tom Merriman recorded his first Mitch Miller Sing-A-Long package as a custom for WABC at CRC. This and a similar follow up package were to become CRC #15 and #18. WHHM was produced as a Tom Merriman custom at CRC with-in the same time frame. Cut sheets from session confirm this. So fare, this is the only candidate for Series #16.

The Media Preservation Foundation will be producing a CRC box set containing a complete station example or demo version of each known CRC package in the Foundation's library.

The master CD set has been completed and production will be started with availablity expected in early 2007. Pricing has not been determined.

#1 KLIF custom 1955 (no copies are known to exists)

#2 Blue Norther/McLendon stations 1956

#3 Triangle Stations Custom WFIL 1957

#4 KOCY Custom 1957

#5 Electronics WIBG 1958 (Tom Gwins name for this package)

#6 Quality Music KONO 1958

#7 ? WCAE ( Fun Radio??)###### Some TV-1 tracks used.

#8 On The Go Radio/Wonderful 1958 (RKO Stations)

#9 Mighty One WDGY and KOL 1959  

#10 Action Radio WOAI/KHJ 1959

#11 Radient Radio 1959 RKO

#12 Holidays KVIL1960

#13 Bright Exciting Sound KVIL1960

#14 Music Music Music WDGY 1960/1961

#15 Mitch Miller Sing Alongs WABC 1961

#16 ###Percussion Series? WHHM 1961

#17 Freq. IDs 1961

#18 Mitch Miller Sing Alongs II WMEX 1961

#19 Beautiful Music 1962 (Sound OF Music Logo)

#20 Ro Ro Radio-Rag Time Radio 1962

#21 Holidays w/ Voice of Service 1962

#22 Calendar Girl for 1962

#23 Contemporary 1962

#24 Bell Ringer (Big Ben Logo)

#25 Big Band Bit WWDC 1962 (Quincy Jones Producer)

#26 Week-Ends 1962

#27 Acapellas "Between The Records" 1962 WSIM

#28 Happy Sound 1962

#29 Exciting Sound Of Radio 1962/63(KVIL Pilot)

#30 Soundsational 1962/63 (WBZ had this package-great demo!)

#31A (No name) WPEN 1963

#31B Seasons and Months (same tracks as 31A)

#32 Exciting 1963 CKLW pilot. Marketed by Demunk Simmelink

#33 Smile KVIL Last confirmed package with Jackie Dickson as lead)

#34 ### Christmas Seasonal Package from 1963 (tentative)  

CRC Series #33/#34 were the last packages to feature Jackie Dickson on lead vocals.

Judy Parma is heard as lead on all other CRC packages after this point.

#35 Go Go/Mod Sound WHOO 1963/64 Judy Parma sings lead.

#36 Acapella WFUN 1964

#37 Influential 1964

#38 Its' Happening   1965 (Beatles like, demo used several call letters inc. KFWB)

#39 Top Gun I 1966 (That is Tom Merriman singing lead)

#40 Voice of Texas KRLD News Package (Not bad of 1966

#41 Sounds Like Fun WRR 1966

#42 UNKNOWN ##### (may be WQDY package or Exciters)

#43 The Sound Is 1966 (Doc Severinsen plays trumpet. WOR-FM package produced in stereo)

#44 Wonderful Music 1967 KFOR Custom

#45 Unknown (may be WQDY package or Exciters)

#46 Acapellas 1967 (Drake Logo)

#47 Rating Grabber WKBW 1967 Last Tom Merriman package for CRC.

#48 Flower Power KVIL 1967

#49 Top Gun II 1967 (Done without Merriman)

#50 Air Power 1967 WCOA

#51 ORCH-A-PELLAS 1967  

#52 ### Cosmo ZFB KWWL (tentative)

#53 Soul City 1968(Interesting R and B package WAUG Pilot)

#54 Country Sound Is 1968

#### Unknown or unconfirmed.   

Other known CRC packages:

Christmas Seasonal (Is this Series #34)(1963)

WQDY Barber Shop Quartet

Tune Toppers 1961

Tune Toppers 1959

Singing Clock 1961 (No series number KVIL Pilot)

Sponsored Clock

Exciters (PFO/Ullman package, CRC resings known to exist)

TV-1 WHBQ. 1958 Some of this package is shared with the   WCAE jingles listed under #7.

TV-2 1959 WFAA

Merriman's "You Always Hear " with-out calls may be a CRC product. A demo, found with other Merriman items, of the package is identified as "D" Series.

Some Merriman work for PFO/Ullman around 1962 and 1963 is very CRC like in sound. Several CRC packages exist from a short period of time round 1962 that indicate that they were sold to stations by PFO/Ullman.

Tom Merriman Productions produced jingles from 1964 until the formation of TM Prodcutions in April 1967. Most of these were produced at Sumet Recording. Stations using Tom Merriman Productions jingles included WIBG, WKYC, WSAI, WQXI, WFUN and KILT.

The Merriman produced "Power House" package was originally known as "Star Bright" and produced for the Star Stations Group WIFE, KOIL and KISN in 1964. This was not a CRC package. It later was widely heard as the result of sales by Studio Ten under the name "Power House". WKNR and WMAK used this package

Revised 6-10-2006