Artie Butler

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 seventy-five hit records and played on hundreds of other recordings. He has been awarded over sixty gold and platinum albums. His arrangement and featured piano work 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 well on its way to becoming one of the new standards.  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 Festival 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, “Feelin’ Alright” by Joe Cocker, “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“ “Cherry Cherry” and “Solitary Man” by Neil Diamond,  “The Boy From New York City” by The Ad-Libs, “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, “Chapel Of Love” by The Dixie Cups and “Society’s Child” by Janis Ian.

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