Just because: Eubie Blake endorses Dr Pepper

Eubie Blake, the great ragtime and jazz pianist and composer, talks about his life and work, endorses Dr Pepper, and sings and plays the Dr Pepper jingle in a recording session for a 1974 TV commercial for the soft drink. He died nine years later at the age of ninety-six:

(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)