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He is credited as the guitarist on Joey Dee and the Starliters' "Peppermint Twist, Parts 1 & 2" recorded in September 1961 at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City. Part 1 of the song went to the top of the Billboard pop charts in January 1962. [5] Butler died of a heart attack at home in Teaneck, New Jersey, in 1991. [1]
Guitar Soul! is the second album by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. [1] Reception. Professional ratings;
Allmusic awarded the album 8 stars stating "Billy Butler was a guitarist's guitarist and an innovator in both production and arrangements. This disc is solid from top to bottom and reveals the restless spirit of a quiet yet decomposing artist".
Night Life is the fourth album by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in late 1970 and released on the Prestige label the following year. [1] The album was released on CD combined with Butler's debut album This Is Billy Butler! as Billy Butler: Legends of Acid Jazz in 1998 but, confusingly, was not part the CD release also titled Night Life which compiled Butler's other two albums for ...
This Is Billy Butler! is the debut album by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in 1968 and released by Prestige Records. [1] Reception. Professional ratings;
Billy Butler (born William E. Butler; June 7, 1945 – March 31, 2015) was an American soul singer and songwriter active in the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in Chicago , Illinois . [ 1 ] His elder brother, Jerry , was also a singer and songwriter for whose band Billy played the guitar.
“It’s like, ‘OK, that is a lot of things to think about, but let’s just try it out and we just tried it out,’” says Butler, who left Arcade Fire in 2022 and has a new band, Sister Squares.
"Honky Tonk" is an instrumental written by Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, and Shep Shepherd. Doggett recorded it as a two-part single in 1956. [2] It became Doggett's signature piece and a standard recorded by many other performers.