Bread and Butter (song) explained

Bread and Butter
Cover:The-newbeats-bread-and-butter-hickory-5.jpg
Type:single
Artist:the Newbeats
Album:Bread & Butter
B-Side:Tough Little Buggy
Released:July 1964 (US)
August 28, 1964 (UK)
Recorded:1964
Genre:Pop
Length:1:58
Label:Hickory 1269
Next Title:Everything's Alright
Next Year:1964

"Bread and Butter" is a 1964 song by American pop vocal trio the Newbeats. Written by Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow, "Bread and Butter" was the group's first and most popular hit.

"Bread and Butter" served as the Newbeats' demo in an effort to obtain a recording contract with Hickory Records. They were then asked to formally record the track for the label.

The opening two-chord piano riff and the lead falsetto singing voice of Larry Henley are notable features of the song.

Soon the song was sampled in the Dickie Goodman novelty tune "Presidential Interview (Flying Saucer '64)". "Bread and Butter" was the inspiration for the advertising jingle of Schmidt Baking Company used in the 1970s and 1980s; it went: "I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam, I like Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread, It's my favorite brand".[1] Devo covered the song in 1986 for the soundtrack to the film 9½ Weeks. A lyrically modified version was used as the theme for the television series Baby Talk. The song features on the soundtrack to the 1998 comedy-drama film, Simon Birch, as well as in the 2004 Will Ferrell comedy, . "Bread and Butter" also was featured in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and in the Lizzie McGuire episode "She Said, He Said, She Said"; in the former, it featured in the opening scene after the opening credits (with Radio dedicating the song to Toaster, whom he called "a chrome-plated crony with a big heart full of crumbs"; Hearing Aid himself was introduced singing a variation of the Schmidt jingle version). The song has also been used as a jingle for Savacentre, Spam, Doritos, Little Chef[2] and Quaker Rice Cakes; as well as in a 2018 television commercial for Walmart. The song has been featured on numerous compilations, including and Classic Rock (Time-Life Music).

The American Henry Qualls, a Texas and country blues guitarist and singer, covered the song on Blues from Elmo, Texas (1994).[3]

Chart performance and run

It was kept from the No. 1 spot by both: "The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals and "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison.[7] The song reached No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart[8] and No. 8 in Australia. It sold over one million copies in the United States, attaining a gold disc.

Cover versions

Notes and References

  1. News: David. Harrison. The song remains the same . Baltimore Business Journal . September 4, 1998 . 2008-05-17 .
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTqQH670XEU Little Chef Advert 1987 THF Trust House Forte
  3. Web site: Blues from Elmo, Texas - Henry Qualls | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 1995-11-22 . 2017-01-10.
  4. Book: Murrells , Joseph . 1978. The Book of Golden Discs. 2nd. Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. London. 179–180. 0-214-20512-6. registration.
  5. Book: Whitburn , Joel . 1997. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Record Research Inc. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 0-89820-122-5. 435.
  6. Book: Hoffmann , Frank . 1983. The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Metuchen, NJ & London. 420.
  7. Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Billboard. 6 January 2019.
  8. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 393.
  9. http://www.discogs.com/The-Checkmates-Ltd-Live-At-Caesars-Palace/release/2580259 Checkmates, Ltd., Live! At Caesar's Palace