I'm Popeye the Sailor Man (Common Time Variation)
4Although I had arranged the theme tune to Popeye the Sailor long before, I remembered hearing the song in two different time signatures: 3/4 and 4/4 (common time), although when I first arranged the song, I did it as a 6/8. It still worked, though. Now I've gotten around to doing the common time variation of the theme; I based it off the arrangement used for the television cartoons of Popeye in the 1960s. It was during this era that the name Bluto was changed to Brutus; at the time, King Features believed that Paramount owned the rights to the name "Bluto", but the character had been originally created for the comic strip. However, due to a lack of thorough research, they failed to realize this and reinvented him as Brutus to avoid supposed copyright infringement problems. Realizing their mistake, King Features began to promote Brutus as an entirely new character. His demeanor was altered slightly, and his physical appearance was changed from being muscular to slightly obese. In addition, his sailor uniform was replaced with a regular blue shirt and brown pants. (In later years, the newspaper comic strip would bring back the original Bluto alongside Brutus, positioning them as brothers.)
When "The All New Popeye Hour" made its debut on TV in 1978, the name Bluto was restored to the original character. The Brutus name, however, was used for the character in the 1983 arcade game "Popeye."
The instruments I used for my arrangement are as follows:
Piccolo
Flute
Sax section (alto, tenor, baritone)
Vibraphone
Acoustic bass
Information taken from Wikipedia.
Popeye the Sailor © King Features Syndicate and everybody else who owns the rights; the 1960s TV show was done by King Features, while the 1978-83 show ("All New Popeye") was produced by Hanna-Barbera (which now belongs to Warner Bros.).
Music and lyrics © Sammy Lerner
This arrangement done by me and me alone
Popeye (arcade game) © Nintendo
Popeye the Sailor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMdI_fozMYg (theme from the 1960s cartoon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTJhFBLeic ("Shoot the Chutes;" a full 1960s episode)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEsCxjFuyyM ("Tough Sledding;" The All-New Popeye Hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv_XavR_kkk (1983 arcade game by Nintendo)