Gershon Kingsley, the electronic music pioneer who wrote some of the genre’s most enduring songs, has died at the age of 97. Kingsley’s family tweeted that the composer died December 10th. No cause of ...

Composer, conductor and electronic music pioneer Gershon Kingsley, who wrote the top 10 hit 'Popcorn' and played a pivotal role in popularizing the synthesizer sound, died Dec. 10 in New York. By ...

Gershon Kingsley, a composer who brought electronic sounds into popular music and wrote the enduring instrumental hit “Pop Corn,” died Dec. 10 at his home in Manhattan. He was 97. His daughter Alisse ...

Synthesiser pioneer Gershon Kingsley has died aged 97. Kingley was best known for his 1969 track, ‘Popcorn’, which became one of the first primarily electronic-based pieces of music to pick up radio ...

One-hit wonders, by definition, have a lyrical or instrumental gimmick, and one that won’t carry the artist any further than, well, one hit. Was it really possible for Hot Butter to top the electronic ...

Composer, conductor and electronic music pioneer Gershon Kingsley, who wrote the top 10 hit "Popcorn" and played a pivotal role in popularizing the synthesizer sound, died Tuesday in New York. He was ...

In the 1960s, Kingsley was an early convert to the Moog synthesizer. He used it to create music for commercials and to orchestrate perky melodies — most notably “Pop Corn,” an instrumental originally ...

Composer Gershon Kingsley, who played in important role in the popularization of the synthesizer sound, has died at the age of 97, according to Billboard. Kingsley recorded one of the earliest and ...