Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which songwriter wrote the State Farm "Like a Good Neighbor" jingle?"
During the 1970s, Barry Manilow wrote and sang some of the catchiest jingles in history. While many of his jingles were written in the 1970s, some of the tunes have become so identifiable with the product that they’re still being used today. The State Farm jingle ("Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there") was written by songwriter Barry Manilow in 1971. “They paid me $500 for that jingle,” Manilow said joking that “the girl who sang it is on her third Rolls-Royce for now.” “You don’t get residuals if you write it, so they just buy you out,” he added. “At that point, $500 meant a lot of money — I was grateful to have it.”