The Music of Peanut Butter
The Music of Peanut Butter
This chapter examines how songs about peanuts and peanut butter are woven into American pop culture. Examples of songs devoted to peanuts and peanut butter are “Goober Peas,” the melodic Civil War-era invocation of camaraderie among Confederate soldiers; Dizzy Gillespie's bebop- style “Salt Peanuts”; “The Peanut Vendor” (“El Manisero”), a Cuban song in the rumba style; “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,”; and “The Ballad of the Boll Weevil.” Most of the standards about peanuts predate World War II, while peanut butter songs appeared afterward. Perhaps the earliest peanut butter song is “Peanut Butter Blues” (1946), written by Peanuts Holland and recorded by Don Byas. The standard of peanut butter songs is the driving, rhythmic doo-wop classic “Peanut Butter” (1961), recorded by the Olympics. Then there's Jimmy Buffett's “Peanut Butter Conspiracy,” part of his album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean (1973). This chapter presents a discography of peanuts and peanut butter.
Keywords: songs, peanuts, peanut butter, pop culture, Peanut Butter Blues, Jimmy Buffett, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, discography
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