based ice cream truck franchisor . for the hong kong based ice cream vendor see mister softee hong kong . for the hitman nicknamed mister softee robert pronge see richard kuklinski gambinos and roy demeo . mister softee type private company industry ice cream founded 1956 in philadelphia pennsylvania headquarters runnemede new jersey united states key people william conway james conway products ice cream website www.mistersoftee.com mister softee is a united states based ice cream truck franchisor popular in the northeast . it was founded by william conway and james conway october 30 1927 may 28 2006 1 in 1956 in philadelphia and is one of the largest franchisors of soft ice cream in the united states with about 350 franchisees operating 600 trucks in 15 states . the company is headquartered in runnemede new jersey and is still run by the conway family ; john conway jr. is now president . citation needed contents 1 jingle 2 mister softee in china 3 see also 4 references 5 external links jingle edit the instrumental jingle played by mister softee trucks is based on the whistler and his dog 1960 by lester morton les waas . 2 a copy of the sheet music and all the words can be found on the mister softee website . 3 waas who created close to 1 000 jingles in his lifetime died in april 2016 . 4 5 the mr. softee jingle is written in e flat major with 6 8 time . however many of the trucks play a version that sounds almost as if it is transposed up a half step in e major though still with the 6 8 time . in new york city the trucks are permitted to only play the jingle while moving to reduce noise . 6 mister softee in china edit in 2007 mister softee established its first ice cream truck and ice cream shop in suzhou jiangsu mainland china . mister softee china 7 is operated by alex conway grandson of james conway and turner sparks . in 2008 mister softee china planned to begin expanding its core business and franchising throughout china s eastern region . mister softee china has created a menu that combines classic american ice cream products of shakes floats and sundaes with new chinese products such as green tea ice cream red bean ice cream kiwi sundaes and milk tea floats . while its american counterpart operates almost exclusively with trucks mister softee china has kiosks in downtown shopping areas and trucks throughout china s ever expanding suburban neighborhoods and business districts . citation needed mister softee mascot and official truck at an event in tampa florida . the trucks operate from a depot and some vehicles are located in stationary locations including public beach areas along the west coast of florida . citation needed see also edit good humor jack and jill ice cream references edit fox margalit 2006 05 31 . james conway sr. 78 a founder of mister softee dies . the new york times . retrieved 2006 05 31 . les waas . retrieved 2007 10 11 . mister softee jingle and chimes . mistersofteequeens.com . retrieved 2013 06 18 . perry richard . les waas mister softee s songwriter dies at 94 . the new york times . april 27 2016 . yang tia s. les waas legend in advertising known for jingles . philadelphia inquirer . april 23 2016 . hu winnie december 14 2005 . that jingle of mr. softee s it s the sound of compromise . the new york times . the bloomberg administration will allow the ice cream trucks to continue playing the sprightly ditty while trolling for young customers . but under a compromise with the city council the jingle must be halted when the trucks are not moving . mistersofteechina.com . mistersofteechina.com . retrieved 2013 06 18 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to mister softee . official website article about ice cream truck music history of the brand in the uk mister softee ice cream truck theme jingle retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mister softee & oldid 741848736 categories ice cream brandsfast food franchisescompanies based in camden county new jerseycompanies established in 1956ice cream vanshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 01 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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