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Popcorn by Hot Butter
Hot Butter
Artist Biography For Hot Butter
Hot Butter Was An American Instrumental Cover Band Fronted By The Keyboard Player Stan Free. The Other Band Members Were Dave Mullaney John Abbott Bill Jerome Steve Jerome And Danny Jordan. They Were Best Known For Their 1972 Cover Of The Moog Synthpop Instrumental "Popcorn" Originally Recorded By Its Composer Gershon Kingsley In 1969. The Hot Butter Version Became An International Hit Selling A Million Copies In France 250 000 In The United Kingdom And Over Two Million Globally. The Group Released Two Albums Hot Butter Musicor MS-3242 1972 And More Hot Butter Musicor MS-3254 1973 Primarily Of Covers On LP Issued By Hallmark Records. The Two Albums Were Compiled On CD As Popcorn On The Castle Music Label In 2000 With An Album Cover From The 1974 Australian Release Of More Hot Butter Titled Moog Hits Depicting The Five Other Band Members Immersed In Melted Butter Produced By Free's Synthesizer Though Several Tracks Including Roger Whittaker's "Mexican Whistler" Were Deleted.
The Liner Notes To The CD Indicate That Free Played The Moog Synthesizer. Based Upon The Photograph And The Sound Of The Album The Group Had Two Additional Keyboardists Two Percussionists And A Guitarist. The Only Tracks Written By Members Of The Band Were "At The Movies" The B-Side Of "Popcorn" And "Tristana" By All The Band Members Except Free And "Space Walk" By Dave Mullaney And His Brother. "The Silent Screen Hot Butter " Is Credited To All The Members Except For Free But It's Actually An Arrangement Of The Main Theme Of The First Movement Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Among The Other Artists Covered By The Band Were Stephen Schwartz Jerry Lordan And The Shadows Neil Diamond Joe Meek And The Tornados Neal Hefti Serge Gainsbourg Robert Maxwell Piero Umiliani Jean-Joseph Mouret Billy Joe & The Checkmates Joe Buffalo's Band Teo Macero Leroy Anderson Chuck Rio And Norman Petty And The String-A-Longs. Mullaney And Abbott Did Most Of The Arranging. The Jeromes Jordan And Richard E. Talmadge Produced The Albums With MTL Productions For Musicor. In Addition To "Popcorn" Another Well Known Track Is August Musarurwa's "Skokiaan" Which Was Included On RE/Search's Compilation Album Incredibly Strange Music. Follow-Up Singles Included The Shadows' "Apache" Chuck Rio's Danny Flores "Tequila" Billy Joe And The Checkmates' "Percolator" Joe Buffalo's Band's "Slag Solution" And Gene Farrow With G.F. Band's "You Should Be Dancing". Stanley "Stan" Free Born Friedland April 12 1922 – August 17 1995 Was A New York City-Based Jazz Musician Composer Conductor And Arranger. David Mullaney New York City 1931 - 2018 Was Vice President Of Laurie Records Where He Arranged For Such Artists As Dion The Royal Guardsmen And Melanie. In 1969 He Adopted The Name Christopher Scott To Record The Album Switched-On Bacharach.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Popcorn
Hot-Butter - Popcorn
Popcorn Is A Famous Early Synth Pop Instrumental Originally Recorded By Gershon Kingsley. In 1972 It Was A Huge Hit In Many Countries When It Was Covered By Hot Butter. Gershon Kingsley Of Perrey And Kingsley First Recorded It For His 1969 Album Music To Moog By. In 1971 The Song Was Re-Recorded By Kingsley's Band First Moog Quartet. Stan Free A Member Of The First Moog Quartet Covered The Instrumental With His Band Hot Butter In 1972. The Record Was One Of A Rash Of Moog Synthesizer-Based Releases That Characterized 'synth Pop' Of The 1960s And 1970s. The Title Refers To The Short Staccato Or Sharp "popping" Sound Used. There Were Two 7" Covers Both Released In 1972 Under Musicor Records And Stateside Labels. Hot Butter's Version Became The First Primarily Electronic-Based Piece Of Music To Reach The American Popular Music Charts Peaking At #9 On The Billboard Pop Singles And #4 On The Adult Contemporary Chart. The Single Had A Great Success In Australia Where It Reached Number One For Ten Weeks. It Was Also #1 In Switzerland Where It Topped The Chart For Ten Weeks And Stayed For 17 Weeks In The Top Ten. In Norway It Was #1 For Nine Weeks And Featured For 21 Weeks In The Top Ten. It Was Also Number One In Germany And Reached #5 On July 22 1972 In UK And #15 In Canada - October 1972. In France This Version Of "Popcorn" Is The 131st Best-Selling Single Of All Time With About 900 000 Sales.
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Biography - Hot Butter
Hot Butter Was An American Instrumental Cover Band Fronted By The Keyboard Player Stan Free. The Other Band Members Were Dave Mullaney John Abbott Bill Jerome Steve Jerome And Danny Jordan. They Were Best Known For Their 1972 Cover Of The Moog Synthpop Instrumental "Popcorn" Originally Recorded By Its Composer Gershon Kingsley In 1969. The Hot Butter Version Became An International Hit Selling A Million Copies In France 250 000 In The United Kingdom And Over Two Million Globally. The Group Released Two Albums Hot Butter Musicor MS-3242 1972 And More Hot Butter Musicor MS-3254 1973 Primarily Of Covers On LP Issued By Hallmark Records. The Two Albums Were Compiled On CD As Popcorn On The Castle Music Label In 2000 With An Album Cover From The 1974 Australian Release Of More Hot Butter Titled Moog Hits Depicting The Five Other Band Members Immersed In Melted Butter Produced By Free's Synthesizer Though Several Tracks Including Roger Whittaker's "Mexican Whistler" Were Deleted.
The Liner Notes To The CD Indicate That Free Played The Moog Synthesizer. Based Upon The Photograph And The Sound Of The Album The Group Had Two Additional Keyboardists Two Percussionists And A Guitarist. The Only Tracks Written By Members Of The Band Were "At The Movies" The B-Side Of "Popcorn" And "Tristana" By All The Band Members Except Free And "Space Walk" By Dave Mullaney And His Brother. "The Silent Screen Hot Butter " Is Credited To All The Members Except For Free But It's Actually An Arrangement Of The Main Theme Of The First Movement Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Among The Other Artists Covered By The Band Were Stephen Schwartz Jerry Lordan And The Shadows Neil Diamond Joe Meek And The Tornados Neal Hefti Serge Gainsbourg Robert Maxwell Piero Umiliani Jean-Joseph Mouret Billy Joe & The Checkmates Joe Buffalo's Band Teo Macero Leroy Anderson Chuck Rio And Norman Petty And The String-A-Longs. Mullaney And Abbott Did Most Of The Arranging. The Jeromes Jordan And Richard E. Talmadge Produced The Albums With MTL Productions For Musicor. In Addition To "Popcorn" Another Well Known Track Is August Musarurwa's "Skokiaan" Which Was Included On RE/Search's Compilation Album Incredibly Strange Music. Follow-Up Singles Included The Shadows' "Apache" Chuck Rio's Danny Flores "Tequila" Billy Joe And The Checkmates' "Percolator" Joe Buffalo's Band's "Slag Solution" And Gene Farrow With G.F. Band's "You Should Be Dancing". Stanley "Stan" Free Born Friedland April 12 1922 – August 17 1995 Was A New York City-Based Jazz Musician Composer Conductor And Arranger. David Mullaney New York City 1931 - 2018 Was Vice President Of Laurie Records Where He Arranged For Such Artists As Dion The Royal Guardsmen And Melanie. In 1969 He Adopted The Name Christopher Scott To Record The Album Switched-On Bacharach. read less
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The Liner Notes To The CD Indicate That Free Played The Moog Synthesizer. Based Upon The Photograph And The Sound Of The Album The Group Had Two Additional Keyboardists Two Percussionists And A Guitarist. The Only Tracks Written By Members Of The Band Were "At The Movies" The B-Side Of "Popcorn" And "Tristana" By All The Band Members Except Free And "Space Walk" By Dave Mullaney And His Brother. "The Silent Screen Hot Butter " Is Credited To All The Members Except For Free But It's Actually An Arrangement Of The Main Theme Of The First Movement Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Among The Other Artists Covered By The Band Were Stephen Schwartz Jerry Lordan And The Shadows Neil Diamond Joe Meek And The Tornados Neal Hefti Serge Gainsbourg Robert Maxwell Piero Umiliani Jean-Joseph Mouret Billy Joe & The Checkmates Joe Buffalo's Band Teo Macero Leroy Anderson Chuck Rio And Norman Petty And The String-A-Longs. Mullaney And Abbott Did Most Of The Arranging. The Jeromes Jordan And Richard E. Talmadge Produced The Albums With MTL Productions For Musicor. In Addition To "Popcorn" Another Well Known Track Is August Musarurwa's "Skokiaan" Which Was Included On RE/Search's Compilation Album Incredibly Strange Music. Follow-Up Singles Included The Shadows' "Apache" Chuck Rio's Danny Flores "Tequila" Billy Joe And The Checkmates' "Percolator" Joe Buffalo's Band's "Slag Solution" And Gene Farrow With G.F. Band's "You Should Be Dancing". Stanley "Stan" Free Born Friedland April 12 1922 – August 17 1995 Was A New York City-Based Jazz Musician Composer Conductor And Arranger. David Mullaney New York City 1931 - 2018 Was Vice President Of Laurie Records Where He Arranged For Such Artists As Dion The Royal Guardsmen And Melanie. In 1969 He Adopted The Name Christopher Scott To Record The Album Switched-On Bacharach. read less
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Popcorn is a famous early synth pop instrumental, originally recorded by Gershon Kingsley. In 1972, it was a huge hit in many countries when it was covered by Hot Butter.
Gershon Kingsley (of Perrey and Kingsley) first recorded it for his 1969 album Music to Moog By. In 1971 the song was re-recorded by Kingsley's band First Moog Quartet. Stan Free, a member of the First Moog Quartet, covered the instrumental with his band Hot Butter in 1972. The record was one of a rash of Moog synthesizer-based releases that characterized 'synth pop' of the 1960s and 1970s.
The title refers to the short staccato or sharp "popping" sound used.
There were two 7" covers, both released in 1972 under Musicor Records and Stateside labels.
Hot Butter's version became the first primarily electronic-based piece of music to reach the American popular music charts, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Pop Singles and #4 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. The single had a great success in Australia where it reached number one for ten weeks. It was also #1 in Switzerland, where it topped the chart for ten weeks and stayed for 17 weeks in the top ten. In Norway, it was #1 for nine weeks and featured for 21 weeks in the top ten. It was also number one in Germany and reached #5 on July 22, 1972 in UK and #15 in Canada - October 1972. In France, this version of "Popcorn" is the 131st best-selling single of all time, with about 900,000 sales. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.