Brings back such great memories! 5 years old in '53. It was a great decade to be a kid! The country was past WWII, there was prosperity and happiness, and none of the turmoil of the 60's!!! The 60's after JFK was shot sucked!
I just love these old vintage ads! I think it's the wholesomeness of them that appeals to me so much ~ That is something that has been missing around here for a very long time.
Well, it was a very different time, not all bad and not all good, different. Of course, as a white person, the world seemed pretty nice back then-- I had no idea of the inequality between races nor any knowledge of our worldwide aggression. Nostalgia for the 50s and 60s is for the ideal of those decades, not for what they actually were. Evolution is a difficult time to live through which I feel is where we are right now.
The wealth gap was always wide...don't fool yourself into believing that it's a 'new' thing. Back then, people didn't see it as negative, rather people saw it as something to aspire to via hard work and determination. Unlike today.BTW...Dinah Shore is awesome!
Detroit was once the home of the automakers. Now it has crumbled into a deserted place. How sad. American car manufacturers should have tried to compete with the imports (Honda, Toyota) that were built better, lasted longer, and were easy to drive. But they continued to build big, gas-guzzling turnpike cruisers.
@@elgar6743 that's not true. Wealth inequality has increased substantially since this time, owing in part to the disappearance of jobs that pay respectable wages and a massive transfer of wealth from the public to the richest members of society. Something like a fraction of a percent of the population controls more wealth than the rest of the 99% combined.
@@10th_Doctor Someone used the phrase in a comment in the ny post, and I was thinking hey, wasn't that a tag line for the cars? I had to use The Google to confirm things and here we are.
Meet the Swinger, the Polaroid Swinger. It's more than a camera, it's almost alive, only nineteen dollars and ninety five. Give you a good guess why they stopped that campaign ;)
I'm a boomer who raised two millennials (90s kids) and I've always told them, "We're the 'Jingle Generation'!" I have stinking jingles stuck in my head that I heard over 50 freaking years ago...
@@maryvalentine9090 I used to have a cassette tape I bought back in the 80s with all the jingles. Salem, Kent, Polaroid, etc and I still remember many today even if they were before my time. Older Gen X here.
If Chevy ever got serious,they'd have a long,long way to go to regain what they lost! I'll never buy a new one! I have 2 old ones that I'll never get rid of! I love this lady! RIP, Sweetheart!
Chevrolet has given up on cars. I used to buy them. They became very unreliable.. the last Chevrolet and Oldsmobile I bought which were new cars had transmission failure not to mention electrical problems and engine trouble with not too many miles on them and they were still under warranty... Thank God for that,😂
I love this ad, I've always have. It makes me weep uncontrollably now. WTF G.M! Quad cab Silverados made in MEXICO? Less than 50% American parts content on the trucks assembled here. Chevy Trax...made in Korea and Mexico, Chevy Spark..Made in Korea. Chevy Captiva...made in Mexico. Buick Envision MADE IN CHINA...CHINA! That 1953 Chevy was made right HERE! With all U.S. Parts! Excellent car too. Stovebolt 6 and a Powerglide. Not fast by any means, but, BULLET PROOF CHEVROLET QUALITY. AMERICAN QUALITY.
General Motors sells more cars in China, it's there biggest market. Honda, Toyota, Nissan and many others build many different models in the US, how times have changed.
@@jansmith3992 I don't think so ... we simply cannot compete with the low pay scales in China, Mexico, etc. They are willing to work for much less money. If all those manufacturing jobs were brought back here, no one would buy the products because they would be too high priced.
@@danb.3397 This time is different because of how quickly we've modernized. A kid in the 70's wanting to go back to see the 50's was a lot less of a societal jump than going from now back to the 50's. I agree with John, I'd kill to go back in time and see things how they were.
I grew up in a GM family, my dad being a GM die designer and manufacturing engineer. He told us GM stood for "Greatest Made" and we all learned this wonderful Chevy jingle. The lovely Dinah Sbore will always hold a special place in our hearts.
Dinah had a lot of hits, but this was her signature. How many stars today are most famous for their commercial jingles? This one just might have been the greatest jingle of TV's real "Golden Age". Dinah also didn't hide her down-home Nashville accent on this ad, either. They don't make cars, ads or ladies like her any more! BTW- Was Dinah the most famous Vanderbilt alum at the time? I'll bet she was, because Vandy was still a Southern country-club school in those days.
I remember Dinah Shore. I grew up in San Jose, Ca., back when it was called the "Garden City." Ellis Brooks Chevrolet hired her to do a commercial. Later, I became a manufacturer's rep and got to meet Ellis Brooks, Jr. Those were great times in America, but thongs are actually pretty good, if not better today!
When I was a little kid in Ohio my mother took my sister and I to the circus. There was an intermission period where new Chevys came on, driving in a figure-eight under rolling spotlights. Dinah was sitting on the top of the back seat of a convertible. She stepped out and sang, See the USA in your Chevrolet, while the cars were driving around. This was around 1958 or 59.
Fun fact: This was recorded by Bruce Swedien who was the engineer/mixer of all of Michael Jackson's hit albums including the highest selling album of all time, Thriller.
The song gives me chills. I know, silly. It’s not like it’s Beethovens 9th symphony but it does anyway. I’m hoping someday I’ll get my dream car. Always wanted a ‘67 Chevy Camaro since I was 12. 54 now. When I do, I’m going to belt this song and think of Dina.
I grew up hearing this song. Combining the central mythologies of the USA: Freedom, the open land, adventure, the automobile. Of course, the reality is that forced automobile dependency means people spend a lot more time stuck in suburban sprawl traffic than they do seeing the Rockies.
I knew a guy who owned a '53 Bel Aire. Used it to haul a trailer and bring his family from Iowa into the Rockies after he got out of the Korean War, looking for a job. You did what you had to in those days.
I have a 1/20 scale model of it made by Product Miniature Corporation. The body is tan with a dark brown roof which has the word Handyman stenciled on the roof exposing the tan--it was the same base trim level as the 150 in the sedan.
I still remember the theme song for the Chevy dealer in San Francisco in the 60's. "See Ellis Brooks today for your Chevrolet at the corner of Bush and Van Ness..."
Great song. Dinah Shore reminds me when I was in Texas in the 2nd or 3rd grade and we were playing with little dinosaurs and kids were going "Dinah Shore, dinosaur," which doesn't make any sense, because she was still hot then since it was still the 50s, but that's just the funny things kids do.
When i was a little kid i had also thought it was the Dinosaur show on television expecting Dino of Flintstone fame to show up but it was still worth it for the Chevy Commercials
i have owned a 1965 chevrolet corvair monza spider,,,,,1973 chevrolet van....and am still driving a 1995 chevrolet van....blondes with nice racks and a chevy...oh sweet bird of youth....drove my chevy to.................
.This classic commercial is notable for two reasons. 1. It’s from a time when commercials featured big name stars who became identified with the product. And 2. its ironic in that in retrospect while the 55-57 Chevy came to be considered a desirable classic, the 52-54 Chevy was just the opposite. It was seen to be slow, ugly, dorky, and millions of them were left to rust in the junkyards. Over time the classic Chevy’s got so expensive no one could afford them. So people started pulling the ugly 52-54’s out of the junkyards and Investing thousands to restore them. They are now seen gleaming at the car shows, and people are calling them beautiful and prices are rising. Everything changes with perspective.
Feb.29 is Dinah's birthday. Strangely,due to this virus more people will be seeing the USA in their Chevrolets as no one wants to use public transportation.
What an absolutely fantastic lady, beautiful and talented sadly missed!
Brings back such great memories! 5 years old in '53. It was a great decade to be a kid! The country was past WWII, there was prosperity and happiness, and none of the turmoil of the 60's!!! The 60's after JFK was shot sucked!
It's a lot better than being a kid nowadays. I'm jealous of you guys, lol.
@@robokid20001 Miss Vietnam too?
What an absolutely fantastic commercial sung brilliantly by the lovely Dinah shore!!!!!
Anyone could have sung this.
She only got the job because she was a Jew.
Can remember her singing this back in the 1950's while watching her TV show with my parents. She was a great singer and a great performer.
A long long time ago... I can still remember.... how that music, used to make me smile...
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
......And I knew if I had the chance....
I just love these old vintage ads!
I think it's the wholesomeness of them that appeals to me so much ~
That is something that has been missing around here for a very long time.
+ydoyou wannano I agree.
Well, it was a very different time, not all bad and not all good, different. Of course, as a white person, the world seemed pretty nice back then-- I had no idea of the inequality between races nor any knowledge of our worldwide aggression. Nostalgia for the 50s and 60s is for the ideal of those decades, not for what they actually were. Evolution is a difficult time to live through which I feel is where we are right now.
@@celtglen that’s one of the most thoughtful comments I’ve ever read on UA-cam. Cheers.
if being a closeted Republican lesbian is wholesome - then you're correct, mate
I agree
The greatest automobile jingle of all time...
I've driven Chevys most of my life, and have never been disappointed. Dinah's song still rings true today...
Except Toyota is more American than all of GM.
I've had the best service from chevys than anything else I've owned 😊
Those cars are still beautiful.
Remember the golden age of American manufacturing? When workers were proud of their jobs and the wealth gap was surprisingly not as wide?
The wealth gap was always wide...don't fool yourself into believing that it's a 'new' thing. Back then, people didn't see it as negative, rather people saw it as something to aspire to via hard work and determination. Unlike today.BTW...Dinah Shore is awesome!
seems to be gone--gone with the wind--sad
Wasn't it around this time that the rich were taxed 90%? Seems like that would shorten the gap.
Detroit was once the home of the automakers. Now it has crumbled into a deserted place. How sad. American car manufacturers should have tried to compete with the imports (Honda, Toyota) that were built better, lasted longer, and were easy to drive. But they continued to build big, gas-guzzling turnpike cruisers.
@@elgar6743 that's not true. Wealth inequality has increased substantially since this time, owing in part to the disappearance of jobs that pay respectable wages and a massive transfer of wealth from the public to the richest members of society. Something like a fraction of a percent of the population controls more wealth than the rest of the 99% combined.
YOU KNOW YOUR REALLY OLD WHEN YOU REMEMBER THESE COMMERCIALS AND
CAN SING ALONG WITH THE WHOLE COMMERCIAL.
Well not TOO old, this one was from the 50s but they were still running version as late as the 70s.
Me too!
@@10th_Doctor Someone used the phrase in a comment in the ny post, and I was thinking hey, wasn't that a tag line for the cars? I had to use The Google to confirm things and here we are.
You know you're dealing with dumb millennials when they write "your" instead of "you're."
Get the BASICS right, dumbasses!
First year sung by Dinah but was written several years before. She's a sweetheart -- RIP.
There was a time when Commercials had catchy jingles and were exciting.
Meet the Swinger, the Polaroid Swinger. It's more than a camera, it's almost alive, only nineteen dollars and ninety five.
Give you a good guess why they stopped that campaign ;)
I'm a boomer who raised two millennials (90s kids) and I've always told them, "We're the 'Jingle Generation'!" I have stinking jingles stuck in my head that I heard over 50 freaking years ago...
@@maryvalentine9090 I used to have a cassette tape I bought back in the 80s with all the jingles. Salem, Kent, Polaroid, etc and I still remember many today even if they were before my time. Older Gen X here.
This ad is actually being heard on the radio again.
My dad had a 1953 Chevy similar to the one in the video. It was solid as a rock, quiet, and far smoother riding than today's cars.
This was a great commercial; it was made back when we had a country instead of a cesspool!
If Chevy ever got serious,they'd have a long,long way to go to regain what they lost! I'll never buy a new one! I have 2 old ones that I'll never get rid of! I love this lady! RIP, Sweetheart!
Chevrolet has given up on cars. I used to buy them. They became very unreliable.. the last Chevrolet and Oldsmobile I bought which were new cars had transmission failure not to mention electrical problems and engine trouble with not too many miles on them and they were still under warranty... Thank God for that,😂
We drive a 1978 chevy camero, 1988 chevy k5 blazer, as well a 1997 GMC suburban. Long live Mr, Chevrolet.
‘✨’Dinah Shore was the Best’ !!!💋
I love this ad, I've always have. It makes me weep uncontrollably now. WTF G.M! Quad cab Silverados made in MEXICO? Less than 50% American parts content on the trucks assembled here. Chevy Trax...made in Korea and Mexico, Chevy Spark..Made in Korea. Chevy Captiva...made in Mexico. Buick Envision MADE IN CHINA...CHINA! That 1953 Chevy was made right HERE! With all U.S. Parts! Excellent car too. Stovebolt 6 and a Powerglide. Not fast by any means, but, BULLET PROOF CHEVROLET QUALITY. AMERICAN QUALITY.
Trump bringing jobs back to the USA!!!!!
General Motors sells more cars in China, it's there biggest market. Honda, Toyota, Nissan and many others build many different models in the US, how times have changed.
@@jansmith3992 I don't think so ... we simply cannot compete with the low pay scales in China, Mexico, etc. They are willing to work for much less money. If all those manufacturing jobs were brought back here, no one would buy the products because they would be too high priced.
@@jansmith3992 Only in his dreams and yours. Sucker!
@@santafejack how's the inflation working for you sucker
Watching Dina walk across the screen at the 1.06 mark you would never know she had Polio as a child and had a Club foot. What a Lady see was.
At the time, Dinah was on twice a week for Chevrolet [Tuesdays and Thursdays] in a 15 minute musical "interlude" on NBC-TV.
What a body! Beautiful! The car also is!
Advertising so good we searched for it on our own... I would give anything to go back then and see the nation in its hay day
People from each generation wish they could go back to their innocent time when in reality each "time" is modern time so roll with it !
Especially when coloreds had to sit elsewhere. What a time to be alive
@@danb.3397 This time is different because of how quickly we've modernized. A kid in the 70's wanting to go back to see the 50's was a lot less of a societal jump than going from now back to the 50's. I agree with John, I'd kill to go back in time and see things how they were.
Makes me proud to own 3 Chevrolets AND work at a Chevrolet dealer for 25 years...sing it, Dinah!
Slave to the machine
@@hedgehogshadow982 Hi stupid! 🤡 Have you ever had a job besides being a barista?
Lol bankruptcy queen GM.
I drive a 55 Chev every day!
I wish cars were still that beautiful.
I saw the Dinah Shore show occasionally in the 70s as a teen.
Nice to see a young Dinah.
She was a babe and a great all around entertainer.
I grew up in a GM family, my dad being a GM die designer and manufacturing engineer. He told us GM stood for "Greatest Made" and we all learned this wonderful Chevy jingle. The lovely Dinah Sbore will always hold a special place in our hearts.
Still fills me with pride:
🎵 "America's the greatest land of all..." 🎵🎶
Dinah had a lot of hits, but this was her signature. How many stars today are most famous for their commercial jingles? This one just might have been the greatest jingle of TV's real "Golden Age". Dinah also didn't hide her down-home Nashville accent on this ad, either. They don't make cars, ads or ladies like her any more! BTW- Was Dinah the most famous Vanderbilt alum at the time? I'll bet she was, because Vandy was still a Southern country-club school in those days.
2012 I drove my 2000 s10 from Connecticut to California. This song was on my mind
The SST smash up derby set song is what I think of when driving
I remember Dinah Shore. I grew up in San Jose, Ca., back when it was called the "Garden City." Ellis Brooks Chevrolet hired her to do a commercial. Later, I became a manufacturer's rep and got to meet Ellis Brooks, Jr. Those were great times in America, but thongs are actually pretty good, if not better today!
How I remember this excellent tv ad watching it as a very small kid living in Canada. Those were the days!
Need these companies back today ..
When I was a little kid in Ohio my mother took my sister and I to the circus. There was an intermission period where new Chevys came on, driving in a figure-eight under rolling spotlights. Dinah was sitting on the top of the back seat of a convertible. She stepped out and sang, See the USA in your Chevrolet, while the cars were driving around. This was around 1958 or 59.
I loved Dinah Shore. The year that she sang that song, was the year I was born!
Sooooo amazing. 👏 If only she knew today how popular this was!!!! 😘
love this old theme by songwriters Corday and Carr.....thanks for posting
My first car, as teenager!
The first car I remember riding in, my Old Man's 53 Chevy.
Fun fact: This was recorded by Bruce Swedien who was the engineer/mixer of all of Michael Jackson's hit albums including the highest selling album of all time, Thriller.
The song gives me chills. I know, silly. It’s not like it’s Beethovens 9th symphony but it does anyway. I’m hoping someday I’ll get my dream car. Always wanted a ‘67 Chevy Camaro since I was 12. 54 now. When I do, I’m going to belt this song and think of Dina.
I grew up hearing this song. Combining the central mythologies of the USA: Freedom, the open land, adventure, the automobile. Of course, the reality is that forced automobile dependency means people spend a lot more time stuck in suburban sprawl traffic than they do seeing the Rockies.
My brother had a '53 Chevy Chevy convertible that he gave me before he went to Viet Nam. It was simple, easy, reliable. Oh, and COOL‼️🌟‼️
This makes me want to buy two 1953 Chevrolets!
I was born too late. . .
I knew a guy who owned a '53 Bel Aire. Used it to haul a trailer and bring his family from Iowa into the Rockies after he got out of the Korean War, looking for a job. You did what you had to in those days.
I got to see the USA though not in a Chevrolet, but in a '99 Grand Marquis back in my college days. Greetings from South Africa.
Back when General Motors made good stuff.
Dinah Shore was interesting... I vaguely remember her from y childhood...
she sure was multi talented
Glee got me here 10 years ago!
We had a 1952 Chevy - all black.
1:26 is the source of "drove my chevy to the levee."
Good catch
I love the station wagon!
I have a 1/20 scale model of it made by Product Miniature Corporation. The body is tan with a dark brown roof which has the word Handyman stenciled on the roof exposing the tan--it was the same base trim level as the 150 in the sedan.
What a simple, beautiful car. Style without excess. This piggybacks off the postwar growth of the us interstate system.
This was back when gas was 29 cents a gallon and people took Route 66 to get to California.
Z Frank in Chicagoland gave out a record with her singing this song. I have it. Great
You better Z Frank before you buy😉
I still remember the theme song for the Chevy dealer in San Francisco in the 60's. "See Ellis Brooks today for your Chevrolet at the corner of Bush and Van Ness..."
I would like one now!
I found this as a ringtone on Zedge and thought I should watch the actual ad
Great song. Dinah Shore reminds me when I was in Texas in the 2nd or 3rd grade and we were playing with little dinosaurs and kids were going "Dinah Shore, dinosaur," which doesn't make any sense, because she was still hot then since it was still the 50s, but that's just the funny things kids do.
When i was a little kid i had also thought it was the Dinosaur show on television expecting Dino of Flintstone fame to show up but it was still worth it for the Chevy Commercials
i have owned a 1965 chevrolet corvair monza spider,,,,,1973 chevrolet van....and am still driving a 1995 chevrolet van....blondes with nice racks and a chevy...oh sweet bird of youth....drove my chevy to.................
.This classic commercial is notable for two reasons. 1. It’s from a time when commercials featured big name stars who became identified with the product. And 2. its ironic in that in retrospect while the 55-57 Chevy came to be considered a desirable classic, the 52-54 Chevy was just the opposite. It was seen to be slow, ugly, dorky, and millions of them were left to rust in the junkyards. Over time the classic Chevy’s got so expensive no one could afford them. So people started pulling the ugly 52-54’s out of the junkyards and Investing thousands to restore them. They are now seen gleaming at the car shows, and people are calling them beautiful and prices are rising. Everything changes with perspective.
I remember the '53 Chevy,
Two Chevrolets were parked in my street in Rotterdam. The Netherlands in 1953.
Driven by the pivate drives of two Rotterdam financial banks
we had a 4 door 210, powerglide, black...it was great !
We had one of these! Awesome car. Before Air Conditioners though so you had to roll all of the windows down!
i want one. The only problem is that the 53 still had splash lube, 54 and beyond was pressurized lube. Much better.
Crusin in my stovebolt 6 cylinder Chevy.
America is the greatest land of all. Nowadays that would be controversial
I drive a Chevrolet everyday. The best if the best.
Me too
B E S T I F T H E B E S T
The Good ole days..
I can hear the Ellis Brooks Chevrolet Jingle now
Slogans I remember:
Volkswagen, das auto.
See the USA in your Chevrolet.
Built Ford Tough.
Find New Roads. (Also Chevrolet.)
America is the GREATEST land of ALL !♥️🇺🇸
I am goeing to wait till the 1958s come out i have heard that they will really be something!
Oh my god . My first 45
!!!!!!!❤
I don’t think there’s ever been a more perfect ad campaign for the USA.
The ad before the UA-cam video played was a commercial for Fiat.
Girlfriend just ignored the meter of the song and the orchestra.
Nice Chevy. Gotta love her loving that car.
I want this car and I want it now!
Like a rock
Love my Chevy and Plymouth.
Dinah is cute.
Feb.29 is Dinah's birthday.
Strangely,due to this virus more people will be seeing the USA in their Chevrolets as no one wants to use public transportation.
I drove my Chevy to the Levi,,,,,,but Dinah it was dry !
Were them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye?
Catchy. Now I wanna Chevy
My father had a new 1953 Buick Roadmaster
We had a '53 BelAir 2 door.
Such patriotic bliss.
She did a great job selling Chevrolet.
GM was getting big and employing lots of people, directly and indirectly.
Just sayin.
1:52 *Old Bahia Honda Bridge* that closed in 1971.
I have a Chevy Malibu, and I named it "Malibu Barbie"
The year I was born, I wonder which one of us has the most rust.
Welcome aboard kid. lol.
In my case(1956) it's me, a true survivor😉
Beautiful
Go to Ellis Brooks today 🎶 for your chevrolet ,,😊 the corner of bush and van ness,,,🎵
Love it, just great
I remember all of that
есть кто-нибудь, кто нашёл песню после просмотра ролика Стаса Асафьева？😃That is the great American times go on
Да))
Run that ad in the Super Bowl.
This is the Best Car the in the whole World.
Love her!