Biography
Martin Denny (April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005) was an American pianist, composer, and arranger. Known as the "father of exotica", he was a multi-instrumentalist and could play a number of percussion instruments. 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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Quiet Village - The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny
1959
Forbidden Island
1958
Exotica Volume II
1957
Primitiva
1958
Exotica
1957
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ
1978
A Taste Of Honey
1962
Exotic Moog
1969
Exotica Vol. III
1959
Afro-Desia
1959
Hot Like Lava
2021
The Rarities
2020
Exotic Love
1968
Exotic Percussion - The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny
1961
The Best Of Martin Denny
1961
The Enchanted Sea
1959
Hypnotique
1959
The 5th Exotic
2001
Christmas Cocktails Part Two
1997
X∞Multiplies = 増殖
1980
Exotic Night
1968
Sayonara
1967
Paradise Moods
1966
20 Golden Hawaiian Hits
1965
Credited work
716 releases · 113 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 1,166
- Other credits · 337
- Production · 42
Studios: Liberty Studios · Capitol Studios · ALFA Studio A · Tokyo Dome
Frequent collaborators
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- YMO
- Various
- Mariah Carey
- Waitiki
- Don Tiki
- Y.M.O.
- Señor Coconut And His Orchestra