[2] The Pointer Sisters subsequently included vocalese lyrics for their rendition of "Salt Peanuts" as recorded on their album That's a Plenty.
[3] It is a simple piece – "a four-measure riff phrase played twice in each A section, and a slightly more complex bridge (which incorporates the ubiquitous ♭9–7–8 figure twice)".
The refrain also appears in the song "Five Salted Peanuts" by Charlie Abbott and Bert Wheeler, recorded by both Tony Pastor & His Orchestra and The Counts & The Countess in 1945.
[3] The lineup was Gillespie (trumpet), Charlie Parker (alto sax), Al Haig (piano), Curley Russell (bass), and Sid Catlett (drums).
[6] In 1978, President Jimmy Carter sang the two-word lyric of "Salt Peanuts" with Gillespie in a White House concert.