Artie Butler - Arranger, Composer, Producer..

Artie Butler was born in Brooklyn, NY, and as a teenager was discovered by the legendary songwriting and producing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Artie was hired to replace a pianist for a recording session and as they say... “the rest is history.”

Artie is one of the most respected arrangers and composers in the music business. He has been involved in every phase of the music industry: arranging, composing, producing, supervising and playing. He has arranged over one hundred hit records and played on hundreds of other recordings. He has been awarded over sixty gold and platinum albums. His featured piano work and arrangement on the hit record "Feelin' Alright" by Joe Cocker remains a true classic in American pop music and rock and roll.

Artie's song "Here's To Life" is becoming one of the new standards. In 1990 it was recorded by Shirley Horn and was on the jazz charts for one year. In 2009 it was recorded by Barbra Streisand. He received a Grammy nomination for his arrangement of “I Know I’ll Never Love This Way Again” for Dionne Warwick. He is a three-time Emmy nominee, including a nomination for his outstanding work as composer and music supervisor on the CBS mini-series "Sinatra" based on the life of Frank Sinatra. He is a recipient of a Cannes Film Festivel award for his outstanding music For Eastman Kodak.

A small sampling of Artie's associations includes such classic records as "What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, “Copacabana,” “Even Now” and “Can’t Smile Without You” by Barry Manilow, “Cherry Cherry” and “Solitary Man” by Neil Diamond, “Up On The Roof” and “On Broadway” by The Drifters, “I Know I’ll Never Love This Way Again” by Dionne Warwick, “Neither One Of Us Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye” by Gladys Knight & The Pips, “Laughter In The Rain” by Neil Sedaka, “Indian Reservation” by Paul Revere and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay, and “Arizona” by Mark Lindsay, “Sally Go 'Round The Roses” by The Jaynets, “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence, “The Boy From New York City” by The Ad-Libs, “Chapel Of Love” by The Dixie Cups, “Society’s Child” by Janis Ian and “Feelin’ Alright” by Joe Cocker.

He has worked with the best of the best including Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Liza Minelli, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, B.B. King, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Cocker, Bernadette Peters, Neil Diamond, Sammy Davis Jr., Natalie Cole, Neil Sedaka, Lou Rawls, Cher, Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Julio Iglesias, Bob Dylan, Bobby Darin, Dinah Washington, Engelbert Humperdink, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Nancy Wilson, Andy Williams, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Eartha Kitt, O.C. Smith, Billy Preston, Carol Burnett, Dusty Springfield, Stephen Bishop, Anne Murray, Al Hirt, Joe Williams, Errol Garner, Roger Williams, Frankie Laine, Van Morrison, Rita Coolidge, Helen Reddy, Tony Orlando, Vikki Carr, The Fifth Dimension, Janis Ian, Stan Getz, etc.

Artie Butler’s songs have been sung by Barbra Streisand, The Rolling Stones, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, Shirley Horn, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Peggy Lee, Lainie Kazan, Helen Reddy, The Coasters and Engelbert Humperdink, to name a few.

He has worked extensively with the best artists of the Golden Era of Rock ‘n’ Roll – the 50’s and 60’s. Paul Revere and The Raiders, Jay & The Americans, Paul Anka, Ruby & The Romantics, Mark Lindsay, Ben E King, Jackie Wilson, Connie Francis, Dion & The Belmonts, Chubby Checker, Roy Hamilton, The Shangri-Las, The Chiffons, The Monkees, The Coasters,The Drifters, Lou Christie, Lesley Gore, The Shirelles, Del Shannon, The Tokens, The Exciters, The Ad-Libs, The Crystals, The Jaynetts, Solomon Burke, The Platters, The Cadillacs, The Ronnettes, etc.

One of the most prolific people in the music business, Artie has scored numerous TV films and series, radio and TV commercials and has been musical director for many TV specials and events such as "The 1989 Special Olympics,” “The 1990 Goodwill Games” for Turner Broadcasting, and “The 2000 Republican National Convention.” His movies include “What’s Up Doc” and “For Pete’s Sake” starring Barbra Streisand, “The Rescuers,” “Rafferty And The Gold Dust Twins,” “The Love Machine,” “At Long Last Love” and “The Harrad Experiment.”

Artie traveled as arranger and musical conductor for Neil Sedaka, Joe Williams and Peggy Lee, and has performed at the White House for presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and George H. Bush. He has also performed for the Royal Family in London with Peggy Lee.

Artie Butler is also extremely well known for his wonderful sense of humor. Like many musical talents from New York, Artie started in the famous Brill Building. He has made some of the most significant contributions to that fabled and historic time in American pop music.