Re: [bomp] Martin Denny: April 10, 1911 - March 2, 2005

[janefondle@xxxxxxx]

UM!? WHAT the FCC!? Noooo....trust me, there are plenty of Firestone Christmas compilations and Dan Fogelberg records to be found there....I got all the good Martin Denny ones ten years ago for nutten.
RIP, don't listen to him Martin! You are beloved, here or in the quiet village in the sky.

-------------- Original message from jumpinginthenight <jumpinginthenight@yahoo.com>: -------------- 


> 
> Am I the only one here who thinks the revival of interest in this "dad" music a 
> few years ago was a scam to clear all those LPs out of thrift stores? 
> 
> Michael Snider wrote: 
> Martin Denny of 'Quiet Village' fame dies, 94 
> 
> Pianist-bandleader Martin Denny, whose tropical brand 
> of instrumental exotica met with wild popularity in 
> the late '50s, died Wednesday in Hawai'i Kai, Hawaii. 
> He was 94. The classically trained musician formed a 
> band in Waikiki that blended natural sounds, jazz 
> rhythms and exotic percussion. In 1959, Denny's "Quiet 
> Village" (which featured future Baja Marimba band 
> leader Julius Wechter on vibraphone) became a top five 
> pop hit, propelling the album "Exotica" to No. 1 on 
> Billboard's album chart for five weeks. Two other top 
> five albums followed, but Denny's sound went into 
> eclipse in the early '60s. He found a new audience 
> during the early '90s, when the resurgence of "lounge 
> music" rekindled interest in the music of Denny, 
> Arthur Lyman, Esquivel and other '50s 
> instrumentalists. He continued to perform until 
> shortly before his death. (Chris Morris) 
> 
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/people/obit_brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_i 
> d=1000827034 
> 
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