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Tom Dawes
Timeline:
 * July 25, 1943 Thomas W. Dawes was born
 * 1965 - graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania
 * 1961-1968 - co-founder, guitarist, lead singer, bassist for folk-rock-pop band The Cyrkle (originally named the Rhondells)
 * 1966 - The Cyrkle hit single Red Rubber Ball (album)
 * 1966 - The Cyrkle were opening act for the Beatles on tour
 * 1968 - The Cyrkle broke up
 * 1969 - composed the score of The Minx
 * 1970's-1980's composer of many ad jingles, a number of them very popular
 * March 1973 - producer for Foghat (1973 album)
 * January 1974 - producer for Foghat Energized album
 * 1978 married his wife Ginny Redington, they co-wrote a lot of things
 * 1988 - photographer for book written by wife "The Bakelite Jewelry Book"
 * 1990 - retired from jingle writing
 * 1991 - photographer for book written by wife "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures"
 * 2004 - co-authored the book, lyrics and music for "Talk of the Town", an off-Broadway musical about members of the Algonquin Round Table, which ran for nearly two years
 * October 13, 2007 - had a stroke
 * October 21, 2007 - died from complications of (heart? or carotid artery?) surgery
 * October 22, 2007 - photographer for book co-written by wife "Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830"
 * November 2, 2007 - died (NY times obituary)
 * had a sister named Robin Ducey, who was still living at the time of his death
 * Ginny Redington Dawes (wife) was still living at the time of his death

Popular Ad Jingles:
 * 7-Up, "The Uncola"
 * Alka-Seltzer, "Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz"
 * American Airlines, "Something Special in the Air"
 * American Airlines, "We're American Airlines, Doing What We Do Best"
 * Coca-Cola, "Coke Is It"
 * L'eggs Hosiery, "Our L'eggs Fit Your Legs"
 * McDonald's, "You, You're the One"

Links/References:
 * IMDB Bio: Tom Dawes
 * IMDB Filmography: Tom Dawes
 * In the Heart of Showbiz, A Biographical Triography of Variety Recording Studio, Fernando Vargas, and Warren Allen Smith (NY:ChelCbooks, 2011): Dawes, Tom
 * New York Times Obituary: Tom Dawes
 * Old Ridgefield: Tom Dawes
 * Wikipedia in Italian: Tom Dawes