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<p>[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 2646982, member: 33176"]From Wikipedia... </p><p><font size="5"><b>W-P-L-J[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four_Deuces&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four_Deuces&action=edit&section=2" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font></p><p>The Four Deuces were best known for their song "W-P-L-J", which stands for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Port" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Port" rel="nofollow">white port</a> and lemon juice. This later became the jingle for wine producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Swiss_Colony_(wine)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Swiss_Colony_(wine)" rel="nofollow">Italian Swiss Colony</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa" rel="nofollow">Frank Zappa</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention" rel="nofollow">The Mothers of Invention</a> covered the song in 1969, releasing it in 1970 on the album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Weeny_Sandwich" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Weeny_Sandwich" rel="nofollow">Burnt Weeny Sandwich</a></i>. This version was both a satire of and a homage to the original, and Zappa has conceded admiringly that he could not have written a song any more absurd.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Deuces#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Deuces#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The song prompted<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Deuces#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Deuces#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> a rock radio station in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" rel="nofollow">New York</a> (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPLJ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPLJ" rel="nofollow">WPLJ</a>) to change its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_letters" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_letters" rel="nofollow">call letters</a> to "WPLJ" on February 14, 1971.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 2646982, member: 33176"]From Wikipedia... [SIZE=5][B]W-P-L-J[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four_Deuces&action=edit§ion=2']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] The Four Deuces were best known for their song "W-P-L-J", which stands for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Port']white port[/URL] and lemon juice. This later became the jingle for wine producer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Swiss_Colony_(wine)']Italian Swiss Colony[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa']Frank Zappa[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention']The Mothers of Invention[/URL] covered the song in 1969, releasing it in 1970 on the album [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Weeny_Sandwich']Burnt Weeny Sandwich[/URL][/I]. This version was both a satire of and a homage to the original, and Zappa has conceded admiringly that he could not have written a song any more absurd.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Deuces#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] The song prompted[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Deuces#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] a rock radio station in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City']New York[/URL] (see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPLJ']WPLJ[/URL]) to change its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_letters']call letters[/URL] to "WPLJ" on February 14, 1971.[/QUOTE]
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