1972 HITS ARCHIVE: I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - Hillside Singers (stereo 45)

Adapted from the memorable “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” commercial jingle, this song charted higher in the U.S. via the New Seekers version (    • 1972 HITS ARCHIVE: I’d Like To Teach The W...   ), but it was The Hillside Singers who performed it for the ad. Prior to its re-writing for the commercial, the main melody had originated with the 1971 Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway song “True Love And Apple Pie”:    • Susan Shirley (1971) – True Love And Apple...   . Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 10, Billboard 13, Cash Box 16 - A/C Peak: 5 Transferred from stereo 45 single Metromedia 231 - I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) (Backer-Davis-Cook-Greenaway) by The Hillside Singers, arranged & produced by Al Ham (creator of the Music Of Your Life adult standards radio format) THE 1972 HITS ARCHIVE - Here in one place, a comprehensive collection of ‘pop’ best-sellers and songs which made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1972 (some were recorded in 1971)