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Martin Denny (April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005) was an American pianist, composer, and arranger. Known as the "father of exotica ," [1] he was a multi-instrumentalist and could play a number of percussion instruments .
Jan 14, 2023 · Martin Denny was an American pianist and composer best known as the "father of exotica." In a long career that saw him performing up to 3 weeks prior to his death, he toured the world popularizing his brand of lounge music which included exotic percussion, imaginative rearrangements of popular songs, and original songs that celebrated Tiki culture.
"Quiet Village" - Martin Denny (1959)No copyright infringement intended. Only for amusement purposes.
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"The Exotic Sounds Of" Martin Denny's BIGGEST hit, which peaked at #4 in 1959, is from his FIRST album EXOTICA (MONO, and BEST version), originally recorded ...
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Martin Denny, the bandleader who mingled easygoing jazz with Polynesian instrumentation and jungle noises to exemplify the "exotica" sound that swept suburban America in the 1950's and 60's, died ...
Mar 7, 2005 · Martin Denny, who recorded 38 albums that defined a genre of tropical mood music dubbed “exotica,” which reflected tiki lounge culture, died Wednesday in Honolulu, his daughter said. He was 93.
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Mr. Denny's recording of Les Baxter 's "Quiet Village" was released as a single in 1958 and reached the Top 5 of the Billboard pop charts. His first album, "Exotica," with its image of a sultry model of indeterminate ethnicity peeking through a bamboo screen, stayed at No. 1 for five weeks in 1959. "Exotica" and successive albums with titles ...
