The Memorial Day holiday is traditionally seen as the opening of summer, when backyard barbecues are endless, and so are the mosquitoes. Schools let out, neighborhood pools open and crowds fill up the ...

Waas composed the Mister Softee song (which has lyrics) for a radio commercial in 1960 and the tune still rings throughout neighborhoods five decades later, beckoning residents to buy a cool treat on ...

Les Waas, the advertising legend behind the Mister Softee jingle heard in hundreds of ice cream trucks for more than half a century, has died. He was 94. (Mobile users: Scroll down for full story and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PHILADELPHIA — The creator of the Mister ...