When you think about it, it's a mystery why no company that provides services to people ever thought about using the song "I Can Help" by Billy Swan to advertise the availability of their fine services...until now.
It was a catchy little ditty, wasn't it? It came out in 1974 and was a hit on the country and pop charts most of that summer and fall. I was on a country station at the time and the programmer refused to let us DJs play it for reasons he never explained. It wasn't really a country song, and as a pop song it sounded more like the organ at a roller rink. I'm sure that had a lot to do with its popularity; so many people could hear it and be transported back to the days of "Ladies Choice" turns at the Roller Drome.
Billy Swan was one of those guys who was always around in Nashville working as a session musician and songwriter. He wrote "Lover, Please" for Clyde McPhatter as a high school student and member of the band Mirt Mirly & the Rhythm Steppers. You have to admit, he writes a catchy tune!
But again, no one thought to use "I Can Help" to show the many ways they could help until Constellation Home, the home repair and maintenance outfit formerly known as BGE Home, chose it to show people that the HVAC guy will sing to them while he refurbishes your whatsis.
I just wonder how many people remember a 51-year old song when they see the commercial? And does Billy Swan hear the sound of money being stuffed into his bank account every day now?
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