Hot butter

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Hot butter
General information
Genre (s) Instrumental music , pop
founding 1971
resolution 1978
Last occupation
Stan Free (1922 - 1995)
John Abbot
Steve Jerome
Bill Jerome
Dave Mullaney
Tony Rodriguez

Hot Butter was an American synthesizer band founded in 1971, which had an international hit with the instrumental piece Popcorn .

background

The composer and band leader Gershon Kingsley was one of the first in the mid-1960s to experiment with the Moog synthesizer and use the electronic sounds for his compositions. He performed this music with the First Moog Quartet in the USA. His 1969 album Music to Moog By included the piece Pop Corn , which often served as an encore during their appearances.

In early 1972 Denny Jordan, manager of the Musicor label , discovered the song and wanted to release it for the label. He put together a band with the appropriately chosen name Hot Butter . Stan Free, who had already been a member of the First Moog Quartet , played the synthesizer during the recording. Free was a successful session keyboardist and pianist who had played for such artists as Paul Simon , John Denver, and the Monkees , and was frequently hired for film and television. Then there were John Abbot, the brothers Steve and Bill Jerome, Dave Mullaney and Tony Rodriguez. Jordan and Richard Talmadge, son of the label founder Arthur Talmadge, and the Jerome brothers produced the recording.

In the summer of 1972, the piece first became known in France. In July it was number 1 on the charts and became one of the biggest hits of the year. From there the song quickly spread worldwide. In many countries it was at the top of the charts for weeks, for example eight weeks in Australia and ten weeks in Switzerland . In Germany , Norway and the Netherlands , the song was also a number one hit, in Austria , where the official charts were not back until 1973, it was number 2 of the best-selling songs of the year.

When success began to emerge, Hot Butter recorded an entire album with predominantly synthesized covers such as Telstar and Amazing Grace . The album named after the band could still benefit from the first hit. Their second single Apache was only able to make it into the charts in Germany, where the guitar versions of Shadows and Jørgen Ingmann had already been top 10 hits in the early 1960s . A second album with the title More Hot Butter followed with further cover versions, but the singles with Tequila from the Champs and Percolator from Ernie Freeman did not bring them back to the charts. The band continued to exist for some time, but eventually broke up due to the lack of success.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Popcorn
  US 137 October 21, 1972 (7 weeks)
Singles
Popcorn
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 08/14/1972 (22 weeks)
  AT 10 January 15, 1973 (8 weeks)
  CH 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 08/08/1972 (17 weeks)
  UK 5 07/22/1972 (19 weeks)
  US 9 08/19/1972 (12 weeks)
Apache
  DE 37 December 04, 1972 (7 weeks)

Albums

  • 1972: popcorn
  • 1973: More Hot Butter

Compilations

  • 1973: Dan Lacksman Association, Hot Butter - Moog Sounds - Twin Deluxe (2xLP, Comp)
  • 1977: Popcorn (LP, Comp) Label: Intercord, Springboard INT 128.623
  • 1977: Popcorn (LP, Comp) Label: Music For Pleasure 4M024 60347
  • 2000: Popcorn (CD, Comp) Label: Essential ESM CD 907 Studio Nagran Dzwiekowych Janusz Kulas 430

Singles & EP

  • 1972: Popcorn / At The Movies
  • 1972: Apache / Hot Butter (Mozart: Symphony No. 40)
  • 1972: Tequila / Tomatoes
  • 1973: Percolator / Tristana
  • 1973: Slag Solution / Kappa Maki
  • 1975: Getting Off / Getting On
  • 1977: You Should Be Dancing / Can You Dig It
  • 1981: The Isley Brothers / Hot Butter - Twist And Shout / Pop-Corn (7 ″, single)
  • 1981: Hot Butter / Buzz Clifford - Popcorn / Baby Sittin 'Boogie (7 ″)
  • 1985: Hot Butter, The Peppers - Popcorn / Pepper Box (7 ″, single)
  • 1992: Biochip C. / Hot Butter - Popcorn (CD, Maxi)
  • Unknown: Luther Ingram / Hot Butter - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right / Popcorn (7 ″, single)

Miscellaneous

  • 1972: Hot Butter / Nilson * - Prażona Kukurydza / Orzech Kokosowy Label: Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawniczo-Poligraficzne "Ruch"
  • Unknown: Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs / Hot Butter - Seaside Shuffle / Popcorn (Flexi, Shape, S / Sided, Mono, Card, Pic) Label: Studio Nagran Dzwiekowych Janusz Kulas 430Studio Nagran Dzwiekowych Janusz Kulas 430

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at Discogs: Gershon Kingsley - Music To Moog By
  2. ^ The origins of Popcorn , Popcorn Song, accessed August 25, 2015
  3. ↑ Popcorn culture , Barry Divola, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 24, 2012
  4. ↑ Paid Notice: Deaths - Talmadge, Arthur , The New York Times, May 28, 2006
  5. ^ French Record Sales Drop - National Price Rise Tagged , Michael Way, Billboard , Oct. 7, 1972, p. 52
  6. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US

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