An Olympic jingle paid for schoolSourced
An opera singer needed tuition.
A Kodak jingle helped pay it.
American composer and soprano Susan Botti took commercial work on Kodak's 1988 Olympic 'True Colors' jingle to pay for graduate studies. Behind a career in opera was a short piece of advertising music that helped fund the next step.
A few seconds of music
helped buy more time to study.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-01