Popcorn - Gershon Kingsley (1972) Published by Musicor Records I do not own Musicor Records, neither do I own this song. I have just uploaded it for users to view.
First time I ever heard this, it came on my grandma's clock radio in1972 (I was 5 years old), I was staying with my grandmother through the day then. It came on. I looked at her. She looked at me....AND WE BOTH SIMPLY JUST BURST OUT LAUGHING....for the whole song! We'd never heard anything like that before!!! 52 YEARS LATER AND I STILL REMEMBER THAT MOMENT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I own this exact 45. Ran right out and bought it, once I knew what it was.
Such a great story! I can understand the feeling though I never been in a situation like that! Yeah it was a new thing, and it's almost like I could have been there.
Unlike yourself, I was actually old enough to do something like that, whereas I "saw" the purple compact cassette tape and bought it, just for laughs, having no way to "play it" until I got back home, but when I did - the date was sometime in late 1972 / early 1973 .I'm inclined to think 1973, as that was the year Elektrik Cokernut (a UK band) created the tune for their Go Moog "synth" album. I sincerely doubt, that at age 5 - you "ran right out" (anywhere), but simply later, when able to buy the vinyl with that tune. you did. Even back then, in 1972/1973 - I am absolutely certain that no 5yr old - would have been able to buy anything. Cheers.
@@QUIX4UThe key part is "once I knew what it was" - I think he didn't know the name of the song until a good few years later when he had his own money to buy it with.
Hab auch noch einen Vinylschatz zuhause, während andere Deppen diesen wegwerfen! Einfach krank in der Rübe, diese Menschen! Mit gutem Hifiplattenspieler, guter Endstufe und guten Boxen ist das Hörgenuss!
Me and a friend from Sweden were hitch hiking thru northern Europe and one day I heard this outside a record store in Amsterdam, had to go in and ask them to play it again. And I am playing it again like over 50 years later.
@@funkeiskragodnayf3 It's actually far better, in all NINE channels (natural analogue) - as 9ch surround sound, something I discovered away back earlier, in 1965, when able to PLAY my sister's vinyls on my ancient Garrard Player, direct off the output of a "just as old" analogue intergrated amplifier, which was the unti which also played the 4channels of radio (long wave, medium wave (530am - 1600am) and 2x of short waves).
It's also the kind of masterpiece that practically anywhere on Earth anyone hears and recognizes the melody, it's another matter that they don't necessarily know the title.
I used to have it on a cardboard record. It was coated with some kind of plastic. Don't know how many plays it would have lasted, but it played fairly well for the time I had it.
I used to play this for my elementary school students. They loved it. I also played other stuff for them: --- A Fifth of Beethoven --- Meco's Theme --- the disco version of Star Wars --- Deborah's Rock --- Catchee --- that song they play during the Lakers games --- The Electric Horseman --- Electro Phantasma --- Rising Star --- the whole album by Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamrooler, including Classical Gas --- Journey of the Sorcerer --- Linus & Lucy --- The Hustle --- Love's Theme --- Red Hot As well as other instrumental stuff, like some stuff from the Big Band Age and Swing, as well as some soft New Age pieces that wouldn't distract them as they worked. I also played songs with singing, like: --- Conga --- Electric Youth --- Philadelphia Freedom --- The Heart of Rock & Roll --- Gloria --- We Are Family --- Makin' It --- I Need A Hero --- Let's Hear It For The Boy --- some Donna Summer stuff --- a couple of Barry Manilo songs Plus other stuff that had a good beat. I also showed them some of the videos that went with some of the songs (they especially loved Thriller). And they enjoyed old comedy bits, like Slowly I Turned (from I Love Lucy) and the Abbott & Costello routine Who's On First? (And would you believe they hadn't had much exposure to Bugs Bunny?) They loved it all. Couldn't get enough of it, actually. It's a good thing I had enough music and videos to last throughout the school year, because they really ate it up. It helped that they requested to hear/see old favorites over and over again (they were especially fond of the Slowly I Turned bit).
like your playlist. when mom was a high scholl student ,all students were sent to the auditorim and they heard classical music and opera via the texico network.
@@allanegleston4931 Sometimes, when I saw it was needed, I'd just stop class, put the music on, and the kids and I would just DANCE! It was a great way to let off some steam, release some stress, and even better, because the kids knew that I understood that they needed to dance/play sometimes, they did their best for me, which meant their best for themselves. Besides, I loved being the fun, crazy, weird teacher.
This song got got my grade 12 drama class group an A for our "popcorn" video! With a 16 mm camera and a 60 watt light bulb we "filmed" our own popcorn video! As the music slowly started we tossed a few popcorns in the air, filming, the faster the music got, the more popcorn we tossed in the air*, and then according to the music, as the music slowed down...less popcorn! * we tossed a LOT of popcorn🙄 The 60 watt light bulb, unintentionally on our part, created a rainbow like halo that circled our popcorn video! It was actually quite good for high schoolers! We got credit for ingenuity and originality! Thanks for the memories! 🦂🍺
Saw the Muppets with the chef making popcorn and this tune came up. I googled it found the song now i cannot get enough of it! I remember it in the early 70s now im 57 and i love hearing music like this!
Thanks for digging this out and posting. The original Gershon Kingsley a few years earlier is good too, but this was the version that really blasted that popcorn out of the popper.
Agreed. The GK version was OK, as far as it went, but this is, at least to me, the definitive version I compare all other versions to. Had the exact record pictured as a kid - only difference was my copy didn't have the "gouge" on the label, and the background color of the label was a bit stronger orange color. (not as sun-faded, perhaps?)
WOW! There's a bladt from the past! I remember this from gym class... I was in Kindergarten, and we would be standing holding an old silk parachute moving our arms up and down vigorously trying to get a volleyball through the hole in the middle! Good times! 😊👍
Depends what you call a synth. There had been analogue synths back to about 1968-9, Mellotrons before that, digital synths really took over from 1977 or so. Kraftwerk played their own circuit boards...
My father played this for me on a quadraphonic setup that he had in the 1970's. Later (1990's), when I was working at a restaurant, this was on the playlist, and one of the other busboys said that it sounded like video game music. I can never here it the same after that comment.
OMG, I heard this in the 70's back in Burma and just don't hear it anymore. I grew up in US all my adult life. Since I didn't know the name, I was unable to search. I love this. Brings back old memories. Thanks for uploading.
1972 the birth of Techno.... by Hot Butter, I was only one when this came out, but to me this was the real birth of techno with a proper dance feel to it, I heard it in 78 by chance and was mesmerised and enchanted with this song as a 7 year old, my mum literally had to hide her 7" version of this... cos I would randomly just turn on the old HiFi and crank up the volume to the max 10 and dance around the living room with my little brother..... he was 4 at the time..... once my dad came home and clipped me around the head whilst I was dancing to this.... he told me to turn that sh!t off..... then I heard Donna Summers I feel love and knew I would love the techno sound forever more......
Hot Butter actually used First Moog Quartet's version from the same year as base for this cover. But yeah, the original is composed and performed by Gershon Kingsley, in 1969.
First heard this song (original version) in the pickup truck of Dr. Timpe and my best friend Laural-we loved it! Straight back to the halcyon days of country childhood!
I was 5 years old when I first heard this on the radio in 1972, it is 1 of the best instrumental tunes of all time, great synthesiser & drums, love it.❤️ 🎶
В СССР эта́ композиция появилась впервые на гибкой вкладке музыкального журнала "Кругозор" в 1973 году под названием "Золотые зерна кукурузы" Кукуруза в переводе то Маис. Поп корн автоматы появились позже, хотя жареную кукурузу продавали в частном порядке в большинстве цыгане т.е ромы .
In the Philippines, there was a game show named Tic Tac Toe aired over Channel 9 every Saturday and hosted by late Eddie Mercado. This music was use as it's background in the beginning and end. That's what made me to know this music piece.
Gershon Kingsley was the composer and the originator of "Popcorn" in Europe in 1969, but he was never a member of Hot Butter. That band was started in 1972 as a group of session musicians featuring Stan Free on the synthesizer. The other members of Hot Butter were Danny Jordan, Dave Mullaney, John Abbott, and Steven and Bill Jerome.
First heard this tune at Stock car racing track. l had to go to umpires cabin to find out title .l was 17yrs old .l am now 67yrs old . Tune never seems age.
oh yeah 😎, back in the day this was a really hot song to dance to, it was not played at frantic speed like this!! oh yeah 😎, back in the day, a far better time ⏲️ cheers 👍 🍻
Remember this. I was about 9 or 10 years old when it came out. Probably responsibl;e for me becoming a fan of bands such as Tubeway Army/Gary Numan and Kraftwerk when I got a little older.
I like songs like this. I remember another one called "Elephant Walk". There was one that sounded like coffee perking but I don't remember the name. Great music tho. 🙏💓
First time I ever heard this, it came on my grandma's clock radio in1972 (I was 5 years old), I was staying with my grandmother through the day then. It came on. I looked at her. She looked at me....AND WE BOTH SIMPLY JUST BURST OUT LAUGHING....for the whole song! We'd never heard anything like that before!!! 52 YEARS LATER AND I STILL REMEMBER THAT MOMENT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I own this exact 45. Ran right out and bought it, once I knew what it was.
Such a great story! I can understand the feeling though I never been in a situation like that! Yeah it was a new thing, and it's almost like I could have been there.
Radzimy
Rolnikom
Unlike yourself, I was actually old enough to do something like that, whereas I "saw" the purple compact cassette tape and bought it, just for laughs, having no way to "play it" until I got back home, but when I did - the date was sometime in late 1972 / early 1973 .I'm inclined to think 1973, as that was the year Elektrik Cokernut (a UK band) created the tune for their Go Moog "synth" album.
I sincerely doubt, that at age 5 - you "ran right out" (anywhere), but simply later, when able to buy the vinyl with that tune. you did.
Even back then, in 1972/1973 - I am absolutely certain that no 5yr old - would have been able to buy anything.
Cheers.
That is one of the coolest stories I’ve ever heard
@@QUIX4UThe key part is "once I knew what it was" - I think he didn't know the name of the song until a good few years later when he had his own money to buy it with.
50 years and still a banger
Hab auch noch einen Vinylschatz zuhause, während andere Deppen diesen wegwerfen! Einfach krank in der Rübe, diese Menschen! Mit gutem Hifiplattenspieler, guter Endstufe und guten Boxen ist das Hörgenuss!
Me and a friend from Sweden were hitch hiking thru northern Europe and one day I heard this outside a record store in Amsterdam, had to go in and ask them to play it again. And I am playing it again like over 50 years later.
yes same here!
@@funkeiskragodnayf3 It's actually far better, in all NINE channels (natural analogue) - as 9ch surround sound, something I discovered away back earlier, in 1965, when able to PLAY my sister's vinyls on my ancient Garrard Player, direct off the output of a "just as old" analogue intergrated amplifier, which was the unti which also played the 4channels of radio (long wave, medium wave (530am - 1600am) and 2x of short waves).
日本でもヒットしました。
ユニークで楽しく心地よい忘れられないサウンドです。
It's also the kind of masterpiece that practically anywhere on Earth anyone hears and recognizes the melody, it's another matter that they don't necessarily know the title.
Yup, heard this (an updated version from another artist) whilst having breakfast at McDonald's and I told my mom "wow, this so old and legendary".
You're right. It's like Tequila or Ghost Riders In the Sky for me.❤
I still have this on a 7" vinyl record. I bought this when it first came out 🎉
I used to have it on a cardboard record. It was coated with some kind of plastic. Don't know how many plays it would have lasted, but it played fairly well for the time I had it.
@@grahammonk8013 I remember those records. I was so fascinated by them 😊
Some music just can't be forgotten🤠
No matter how hard we try!
I used to play this for my elementary school students. They loved it.
I also played other stuff for them:
--- A Fifth of Beethoven
--- Meco's Theme
--- the disco version of Star Wars
--- Deborah's Rock
--- Catchee
--- that song they play during the Lakers games
--- The Electric Horseman
--- Electro Phantasma
--- Rising Star
--- the whole album by Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamrooler, including Classical Gas
--- Journey of the Sorcerer
--- Linus & Lucy
--- The Hustle
--- Love's Theme
--- Red Hot
As well as other instrumental stuff, like some stuff from the Big Band Age and Swing, as well as some soft New Age pieces that wouldn't distract them as they worked.
I also played songs with singing, like:
--- Conga
--- Electric Youth
--- Philadelphia Freedom
--- The Heart of Rock & Roll
--- Gloria
--- We Are Family
--- Makin' It
--- I Need A Hero
--- Let's Hear It For The Boy
--- some Donna Summer stuff
--- a couple of Barry Manilo songs
Plus other stuff that had a good beat.
I also showed them some of the videos that went with some of the songs (they especially loved Thriller).
And they enjoyed old comedy bits, like Slowly I Turned (from I Love Lucy) and the Abbott & Costello routine Who's On First?
(And would you believe they hadn't had much exposure to Bugs Bunny?)
They loved it all. Couldn't get enough of it, actually. It's a good thing I had enough music and videos to last throughout the school year, because they really ate it up. It helped that they requested to hear/see old favorites over and over again (they were especially fond of the Slowly I Turned bit).
like your playlist. when mom was a high scholl student ,all students were sent to the auditorim and they heard classical music and opera via the texico network.
@@allanegleston4931
Sometimes, when I saw it was needed, I'd just stop class, put the music on, and the kids and I would just DANCE! It was a great way to let off some steam, release some stress, and even better, because the kids knew that I understood that they needed to dance/play sometimes, they did their best for me, which meant their best for themselves.
Besides, I loved being the fun, crazy, weird teacher.
lol
Sweet Georgia Brown
Baby Elephant Walk
This song got got my grade 12 drama class group an A for our "popcorn" video!
With a 16 mm camera and a 60 watt light bulb we "filmed" our own popcorn video!
As the music slowly started we tossed a few popcorns in the air, filming, the faster the music got, the more popcorn we tossed in the air*, and then according to the music, as the music slowed down...less popcorn!
* we tossed a LOT of popcorn🙄
The 60 watt light bulb, unintentionally on our part, created a rainbow like halo that circled our popcorn video! It was actually quite good for high schoolers!
We got credit for ingenuity and originality!
Thanks for the memories! 🦂🍺
A triumph of the senses.
Sube tu vídeo a : UA-cam !!
Haven't heard this for years. Great job.
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I was a starry eyed teenager that believed this was the sound of the future. Still do.
It was, Tangerine Dream,Kraftwerk ,Jarre and many many others
No estás solo
Saw the Muppets with the chef making popcorn and this tune came up. I googled it found the song now i cannot get enough of it! I remember it in the early 70s now im 57 and i love hearing music like this!
As a youngster in 72, I loved this!
Thanks for digging this out and posting. The original Gershon Kingsley a few years earlier is good too, but this was the version that really blasted that popcorn out of the popper.
Agreed. The GK version was OK, as far as it went, but this is, at least to me, the definitive version I compare all other versions to. Had the exact record pictured as a kid - only difference was my copy didn't have the "gouge" on the label, and the background color of the label was a bit stronger orange color. (not as sun-faded, perhaps?)
I'd say that this is the more "pop-y" version, whereas the original is more of a look into the direction electronic music would later evolve into.
That music was ahead of its time
My Dad had this 45, He loved this crazy music.
I was 12 when this was in the top 40.never have forgotten it.
Popcorn anyone.
A real true classic master piece.
I'm glad I do know this.
It's early in the morning.. I'm 67...and I'm dancing😂🎉
WOW! There's a bladt from the past! I remember this from gym class... I was in Kindergarten, and we would be standing holding an old silk parachute moving our arms up and down vigorously trying to get a volleyball through the hole in the middle! Good times! 😊👍
I love this piece of music it transports me back to my childhood love it
Love this ❤😂The first time synth music accured in the Early 1970s 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
- Well,The FirsT Album With Moog Sounds Was'The in Sound From Way OuT'of Perrey and Kingsley in 1.966...~
Depends what you call a synth. There had been analogue synths back to about 1968-9, Mellotrons before that, digital synths really took over from 1977 or so. Kraftwerk played their own circuit boards...
The most famous version of Popcorn, the first electronic pop. Listening while eating popcorn, ironically.
ホットバターのポップコーンは一時期たいへんヒットした曲ですよね！懐かしく聴いています！アップありがとう御座います!これからも懐かしいしかも最近あまり耳にしない曲期待しています。
Oh my goodness. This is the version I used to know. When this was released I was 3 or 4 years old. God, I'm old! 😂
You are not old...
Your Classic.
Playing on the radio in the morning ! time to swallow breakfast and run to school !
Yeah? Well I was 15 years old! And I don't feel old.
@@antarcticorb9197 you're not old,
Your vintage !
My father played this for me on a quadraphonic setup that he had in the 1970's. Later (1990's), when I was working at a restaurant, this was on the playlist, and one of the other busboys said that it sounded like video game music. I can never here it the same after that comment.
the Boston Pops version definitely has RPG battle music vibes
Geometry Dash LOL
Why and how?
Y SI...
ERA DE PENGO!
Where does he think video game music started?
Exelente tema de los 70, clasicos que nunca pasaran de moda.
Es de 1969
Clássico!!!! Há quanto tempo não escuto essa música. Fantástico!!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
OMG, I heard this in the 70's back in Burma and just don't hear it anymore. I grew up in US all my adult life. Since I didn't know the name, I was unable to search. I love this. Brings back old memories. Thanks for uploading.
1972 the birth of Techno.... by Hot Butter, I was only one when this came out, but to me this was the real birth of techno with a proper dance feel to it, I heard it in 78 by chance and was mesmerised and enchanted with this song as a 7 year old, my mum literally had to hide her 7" version of this... cos I would randomly just turn on the old HiFi and crank up the volume to the max 10 and dance around the living room with my little brother..... he was 4 at the time..... once my dad came home and clipped me around the head whilst I was dancing to this.... he told me to turn that sh!t off..... then I heard Donna Summers I feel love and knew I would love the techno sound forever more......
They use to play this tune every night when announcing the winning Lottery Numbers in Detroit, Michigan.
Perfect master piece ❤
Finally the original! Lots of remixes here on YT. This is the radio edit, we all know. Thank you.
Hot Butter is not original artist.
No its not
its not Original, the Original one is 1969 version.... but this is still nasty cools 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Technically not the original... but definitely the “iconic” version.
Gherson Kingsley version is the original. look it up buddy 😊
The name of the band is "Hot Butter", not "Moving on". Gershon Kingsley wrote the song and recorded it 3 years prior to the Hot Butter version.
You got it!!!!!
@@thomasfoss9963 He certainly did! But Gershon Kingsley gave his blessing to this version also.
@@robertwilloughby8050 - Gershon Kingsley recorded with the band.
Hot Butter actually used First Moog Quartet's version from the same year as base for this cover. But yeah, the original is composed and performed by Gershon Kingsley, in 1969.
It was used if I remember correctly as the theme music to the original 'Good Morning America'.
My parrot loves to pop along with this song.
😂😂😂
First heard this song (original version) in the pickup truck of Dr. Timpe and my best friend Laural-we loved it! Straight back to the halcyon days of country childhood!
I vividly remember buying it at the little record store in the shopping mall near home. I was 12.
Used to be played on AM stations alot , cool tune . 😊
Damn! havan't heard this in age's! It's wonderful to hear this again.
Oh wow this brings back memories …….they used to play this record over the speakers in the drive in movie during intermission in the mid 1970s.
RIP Gershon Kingsley
I😂remember when this came out and of course they played the hell out of it on the radio! But I still love it! ❤❤
I had this 45. One of the few that I bought. A very fun piece of music.
I remember when it first came out heard it playing the shop and had to buy the LP.
鼻歌検索で50年経ってやっと曲名が分かりました 凄く嬉しい🎵😍🎵
The song that had me loving electronic music and New Wave music.
Great song I haven't heard since the 70's 🎉
Se escucha el scratch del vinilo y a la vez la compresión del MP3....que bonito recuerdo!!!
I remember loving this record when it 1st came out 🥰 and it still make me very happy 🥰 thank you 😘
Todo un clásico de la electrónica
Man, this brings back memories!
This was something I first heard late at night on some pop radio station around 1996 or 1997. It seems to have been remade as a pop remix. I love it.
I was 5 years old when I first heard this on the radio in 1972, it is 1 of the best instrumental tunes of all time, great synthesiser & drums, love it.❤️ 🎶
Reminds me of 2nd grade PE class. Ms. Mauck. Jermantown Elementary Fairfax VA.
one of my favorites from the 70's
great early 70's song
Remember this 💎 from my childhood
A song you can never forget.
The song on the flip side of this 45 is "At the movies"
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When you play Digger
Voilà du bon popcorn bien frais et qui donne de l'énergie 💪
В СССР эта́ композиция появилась впервые на гибкой вкладке музыкального журнала "Кругозор" в 1973 году под названием
"Золотые зерна кукурузы" Кукуруза в переводе то Маис. Поп корн автоматы
появились позже, хотя жареную кукурузу продавали в частном порядке
в большинстве цыгане т.е ромы .
I first heard that in 1974!!!!!!!! with the Moog machine!
This is the version I remember when it first came out in the early '70s, and the one I consider to be the original & authentic.
50 years ago, I went to high school, how time flies, ugh 💖👍
The pionners of he electronics music...
Brings back memories thanks
In the Philippines, there was a game show named Tic Tac Toe aired over Channel 9 every Saturday and hosted by late Eddie Mercado. This music was use as it's background in the beginning and end. That's what made me to know this music piece.
Great wake up song.
Música antiga sensacional😊
Makes me think of the Top of the Pops albums from Woolworths
That beautiful memories en los 70's My brother Fernando bought the album and we played it every moment 😢What beautiful memories Very nice popcorn😅😢❤
I First Heard This Bloody Wicked Track In Elementary School Round 1975...
Best version! The drums are fantastic!
Dazu haben wir immer auf unserem Spielplatz getanzt .
Thanks for reminding me of my youth ❤🎉
Das waren noch Zeiten.💕
I was listening to this song in at a bourding school in India at massorrij dheradoon i was 11 Im now 63
Now THAT'S the version of Popcorn I remember.
The telstar of the seventies
Gershon Kingsley was the composer and the originator of "Popcorn" in Europe in 1969, but he was never a member of Hot Butter. That band was started in 1972 as a group of session musicians featuring Stan Free on the synthesizer. The other members of Hot Butter were Danny Jordan, Dave Mullaney, John Abbott, and Steven and Bill Jerome.
Le cerveau est incroyable kar il se souvient immédiatement de nos vieux souvenirs...
C indélébile... C graver..
Étonnant le cerveau 😮😮😮
Aquí en Bogotá Colombia. Tenía 6 o 7 añitos y ya escuchaba está música conos heamos
Hermanitos
I remember this version of Popcorn from 1972. Earlier I heard a version apparently from the 1960s. 😒
First heard this tune at Stock car racing track. l had to go to umpires cabin to find out title .l was 17yrs old .l am now 67yrs old . Tune never seems age.
I was in eight grade for that year and remembered it as the first day, good old times.
By the way - fun trivia fact - this tune was used as a background music for mid-80s computer game Digger.
oh yeah 😎, back in the day this was a really hot song to dance to, it was not played at frantic speed like this!!
oh yeah 😎, back in the day, a far better time ⏲️
cheers 👍 🍻
Remember this. I was about 9 or 10 years old when it came out. Probably responsibl;e for me becoming a fan of bands such as Tubeway Army/Gary Numan and Kraftwerk when I got a little older.
Got the .45 while stationed in Panama.
This instrumental qualifies to be mxt in wth 50z,,60z oldies or 70z disco,, either decade sounds Gr8!!!!!
Finally found this song.
This was a hit people 😊
Bella riascoltarla dopo tanti anni
10 April 2024...HAPPINESS 😊
I was born this day when this popcorn poped
Great memory! Thanks a lot (of popcorn, of course)! 😋🍿
One of the first techo EDM ever. I was 12 when this came out.
I have a setting on my Yamaha piano that plays the "popcorn" instrument. A great classic.
I was still at School in 1972 2nd year
Brilliant. Yes, fond memories for me too.
Great days..
I like songs like this. I remember another one called "Elephant Walk". There was one that sounded like coffee perking but I don't remember the name. Great music tho. 🙏💓
Percolator (Twist) by Billy Joe & The Checkmates is the song you’re thinking of.
@@sha1om..Thank you.🙏❤