Commercials
"The Beatles position is that they don't sing jingles to peddle sneakers, beer, pantyhose or anything else.  Their position is that they wrote and recorded these songs as artists and not as pitchmen for any product."  -Apple's attorney's statement July 18, 1987
"If it's allowed to happen, every Beatles song ever recorded is going to be advertising women's underwear and sausages. We've got to put a stop to it in order to set a precedent.  Otherwise it's going to be a free-for-all.  It's one thing you're dead,  but we're still around! They don't have any respect for the fact that we wrote  and recorded those songs, and it was our lives." -George Harrison November 1987
"But the most difficult question is whether you should use songs for commercials.  I haven't made up my mind.  Generally, I don't like it, particularly with the Beatles stuff.  When twenty years have passed maybe we'll move into the realm where it's okay to do it." Paul McCartney February 1988

Several Beatles songs have appeared in commercials over the past two decades.   Many Beatle fans have mixed feelings about this.  But regardless of your stand on the matter, the fact is that Beatles songs are being used to sell products.  Here is a beginning of what I remember hearing.

1985:  The first Beatles song was used in a commercial, "Help" (sung by the Beatles themselves) was used in a commercial for Ford.  After this, Apple stated that actual recordings of the Beatles should not be used for commercials.

1987:  The Beatles single version of "Revolution" (once again the version recorded by the Beatles themselves) was used as part of a $7 million campaign to sell Nike shoes.  Nike reportedly paid $250,000 to Capitol Records.  Apple records sued the company, and the versions of the songs recorded by the Beatles can no longer be used to sell products.  However, while this was in court, Nike continued to run the "Revolution" ad until 1988.  They said that it was a successful ad, and sale rose. <This information was taken out of the book Beatlesongs by William J. Dowlding.  Published in 1989 by Fireside page 208>

1992:


1997:


1999:

2000 2001 2002 Ringo Starr commercials
We have seen Ringo in many commercials over the years:  Ringo Car Ad


http://www.oocities.org/Starshyne9