Popular Five had no hits & yet enjoyed releases in Europe. After they disappeared, lead singer Warren Wilson, had a solo career.

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Examples of the Schaefer beer ads .... these were made for TV, whereas the contest jingles were for radio .... 

 

 

 

Schaefer kept running their music festival, unfortunately it mainly featured rock acts after 1971.

More info on the beer jingle contest ........ the TALENT HUNT ...

 

 

The year after the Popular Five featured in the Talent Hunt, 3 more soul acts made the last 10 in the contest ... 

 

 

A lot of decent soul acts made these Schaefer Beer ads, singing jingles in praise of the beer. I wonder if anyone kept copies of any of the jingles. I'm sure they'd make good listening now. The winner each year was featured in a TV ad as well but those ads must be long gone by now.

The 1970 contestants ...... not a bad line-up ....

 

 

The A side of Warren Wilson's Capitol release(s) ....

 

 

 

i was playing "I'm A Love Maker" a little bit a few years ago, good record.  I feel like I pass by the Mr Chand 45 reasonably often without even thinking of picking it up.

 

None of their 45's made the National R&B chart BUT they did get some action on local radio station charts, even pop stations ... St. Louis in 68 ...

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Warren Wilson is my late grandfather. I've known him since I was just 8 months old, but him and his lifelong companion, my late grandmother, Maxiene Robinson have always been in my life. Pop Pop Warren was a joy to have around. He left the music business back in the 1970's to just settle down. He left the music business before the fame and fortune arrived because he knew what happened to people who let all the fame go to their heads. Sadly, Pop Pop Warren passed away in 2011. He was loved when he was alive, and now he may be gone, but he is still, and always will be loved, and missed.

 

 

Towan, the music he made (both in the group and solo) is still well loved ... you should be really proud of him, he perhaps didn't fulfil all his musical dreams but he certainly left us with some great tracks.