(When I was a kid, I didn’t realize that the image on the Cotton Club bottle's label was a silhouette of a band, or that there was a famous Harlem nightclub by that name.)
Cotton Club Bottling was originally a Cleveland company. Besides their Ginger Ale, the company also manufactured Cherikee Red, as well as 50/50, the half-grapefruit, half-lime soft drink.
Of course, Cotton Club Less Sweet Ginger Ale is well-remembered for the brand’s comely mascot, Big Ginger, whose likeness adorned the bottle’s label.
In the meantime for your amusement, here’s a 1970s disco-themed commercial for Cotton Club Less Sweet Ginger Ale.
Wow. What woman wants to be known as "Big Ginger"? ;-p
ReplyDeleteWell, we weren't that critical back then. And if a woman looked like that who'd care 😘
DeleteI wouldn't be surprised if that was Big Ginger herself dancing with that guy in the commercial.
ReplyDeleteDug the beverage, and the mascot!
ReplyDeleteIt appears that Cotton Club Ginger Ale is no more. Cannot find this tasty beverage anywhere around Greater Cleveland!
ReplyDeleteI can’t find it either (usually it was in Discount Drug Mart).
ReplyDeleteWasn't there a commercial featuring Big Ginger in a far more seductive version of the original jingle?
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