[gameswizardMember]

Whoever produced that jingle sounds like (to me anyway) that they tried to copy a certain JAM jingle.

[MarcMannetje]

It’s a copy of a JAM KIIS cut, obviously. There were a few French production houses who did these kind of jingles back in the 80s. But the only one I thought was still in the game from that era, Freeway Music, never did these kind of rip offs…

[IainJohnston]

My thoughts were the same – but the only “rippers-off” of “Z100” and similar JAM cuts I know of were SoundHouse
here in Scotland – and that item there is definately not by them!

PS – are Freeway still in the jingles business? Can’t locate an extant website.
Its 5 years now since we were last in France on holiday hearing French radio;
I know that “Juin 21” seemed to win over NRJ Group work but I’ve no idea what has happened since.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the input guys

MrDonT

[gameswizardMember]

The JAM Hot KIIS cut that the company was trying to emulate is at #2 here:
http://www.jingles.com/jam/radioids/HotKIIS

[MarcMannetje]

IainJohnston;c-75511 wrote:

PS – are Freeway still in the jingles business? Can’t locate an extant website

Two years ago they produced the new on air identity for Chérie FM the nationwide AC outlet in France:

https://soundcloud.com/user-28739199/nouvel-habillage-pour-cherie-fm-la-plus-belle-musique

Their vocal arrangements are really well written though they always tended to use a lot of synthesized instrumentation.

Their website was always out of date. Regarding NRJ, I always thought Pure Jingles was their preferred supplier: https://purejingles.com/showcase/nrj-2020

[IainJohnston]

Thanks Marc…”The Most Beautiful Music” indeed – that distinctive vocal sound with the Costa sister (?) solo on top of the harmonies.
The logo melody and layered sound classic for Cherie FM over the years.

PS – I’m STILL always on the lookout for the circa 1998-ish Cherie FM package in-the-clear !
(All I have are the demos and my old summer holiday cassette airchecks!)

IJ

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