Original version(s)

• sung by Molly Bee in commercials for a car dealership in Norwalk, California, c. early 1960s

 

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• none

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• November 1968 (FZ as bogus disc jockey)—known performances: 1
• September-October 1974 (MOI European Tour)—known quotations: 1
• January-March 1976 (MOI Pacific & European Tour)—known quotations: 1

 

Comments

A partial list of Stanley Chevrolet jingle quotations, compiled by Charles Ulrich

68/11/27 KPPC (sung by FZ and Les Carter, between P. B. Baby and Work With Me Annie)
74/10/01 (late) Basel (Dupree's Paradise)
76/02/29 (late) Copenhagen (Illinois Enema Bandit)

Charles Ulrich, July 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW9rZ1BJOhQ

Molly Bee, of course, was acknowledged in the gatefold of Freak Out!

"Radio Commercial Flashback," Classic DJ & Radio Scrapbook, January 18, 2009

In Los Angeles, a very popular radio commercial was for Norwalk's STANLEY CHEVROLET.

"Stanley", an ultra-smooth voiced car dealer would read the copy, then at the end of the commercial, he'd say "Molly Bee, tell the folks just where we are."

Country singer MOLLY BEE would then sing the lyrics...

"Stanley, Stanley, Stanley Chevrolet, Two blocks off the Sanny Ana freeway, 11980 East Firestone, Stanley Chevrolet."

Her trademark on these radio commercials? She'd pronounce the "Santa" of "Santa Ana" as "Sanny" (sic)

IMDB, retr. July 23, 2025

Molly's radio jingle for the Stanley Chevrolet auto dealership in Norwalk, California, which she recorded when she was still relatively unknown, ran for many years in the Los Angeles area, well into the 1970s. It ran, in part, "Stanley, Stanley, Stanley Chevrolet/Two blocks off the Santa Ana Freeway/1-1-9-8-0 East Firestone/Stanley Chevrolet." In 1981, when the dealership changed its name to Dial Chevrolet, a Molly Bee sound-alike sang the same jingle incorporating the new name.

Charles Ulrich, July 23, 2025

According to his two daughters (June Sefman Sanchez and Debbie Sefman Cunningham) and his cousin (David Kinder), the owner of Stanley Chevrolet was Stanley Sefman. According to Sanchez, he died in 2016.

According to Cunningham,"Stan wrote the song and got Molly Bee to sing it."