Top Ten Instrumentals: Whipped Cream (#4)

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Happy. Thanksgiving, America! As we celebrate the holiday I’m here to celebrate more great instrumentals. I didn’t plan it this way, but this is certainly the most appropriately-titled song for Thanksgiving day. Can’t have instrumental lists or pie without this one! #4: Whipped Cream - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Yeah, yeah, the album cover. Wonder how many guys had their heart broken when they discovered that most of that “whipped cream” was a white blanket…and the model was pregnant at the time of the photo shoot!! I’ve mentioned this before when I’ve used a song off this album: it’s really a good album! I don’t know how many guys bought the album just for the cover, but it deserves to be played while they gawk. This song was written by the great Allen Toussaint, who published it under his mother’s name. That happened a lot back then, either for publishing contract reasons, genuine love (hey, she got the royalties for this!), or maybe they didn’t think it was going to be good (sort of the “Alan Smithee” approach to songwriting: “this sucks, so I’ll copyright it under someone else’s name!” ). For whatever reason, we all know Toussaint wrote it, even if it doesn’t say so. And oh, what a great song it is. Just like most of the album. Whipped Cream Written by Allen Toussaint (under the pseudonym Naomi Neville) Recorded by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass From Whipped Cream and Other Delights, 1965 Enjoy your pie!