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It’s the ice cream truck jingle. Even Mike’s hated Mr. Softee one. Mike provides the secret origin of the jingle, touching on the Great Depression, the growth of the American middle class, the Good Humor Man, refrigeration, and bobsled bells. -- Sources -- Ice Cream: A Global History by Laura B. Weiss http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Cream-Global-History-Reaktion/dp/1861897928 Ding, Ding!: The Commodity Aesthetic of Ice Cream Truck Music by Daniel T Neely http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199913657.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199913657-e-005 The real song of the summer: a brief history of ice cream truck music http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/7/The-real-song-of-the-summer-a-brief-history-of-ice-cream-truck-music A Brief History of the Ice Cream Truck http://mentalfloss.com/article/52281/brief-history-ice-cream-truck Nichols Electronics Co http://www.nicholselectronicsco.com/ Putting the ‘Mr.’ in Soft Ice Cream http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/nyregion/putting-the-mr-in-soft-ice-cream.html