This week on My Place, a musical profile of pop music arranger, composer, and orchestrator Artie Butler. In an ongoing career in music that today spans more than a half century, Artie Butler has applied his artful arrangements on many hundreds of recordings, including major hits by Neil Diamond, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Barry Manilow.
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My Place: Composer Artie Butler
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Courtesy, Joel Najman