Martin Denny "Quiet Village" from Hawaii Calls

[guitgeo]

Very Cool. Thanx for reminding me how old I've become! {^;^}

[ASeasonedWitch]

Saturday morning music for me as a little kid. . . The bird sounds were entertaining.

[sergeigen1]

no MAMES!, pura cajeta... super cachondo...

[spymass]

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[spymass]

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[boomerang905]

Today they have boom boxes and car radios that cause earth quakes but I remember back in yesteryear in the late 50s and early 60s that I used to hear this on car radios coming down the street. So vintage, so nice......so hip back in the day.....

[BradTheProducer]

Mark Mothersbaugh must have been listening to a lot of Martin Denny when he wrote the music for Pee Wee's Playhouse.

[jonahbegone]

@BradTheProducer Good catch.. yes, Pee-Wee's Playhouse theme is very evocative of Martin Denny. I caught that the first episode.

[HermesAlchemist]

Absolutely amazing. Where's the flaming scorpion bowl and pupu platter? Waitress!!

[JeanRoupech]

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Surch "VOLUBILIS RADIO" in Google.

[JHINTON69]

I remember this song playing on our RCA Hi-Fi by way of a 45 record. My older sisters used it as the music to one of their "modern dance" routines in high school. Even though I was the only boy, there was not a shortage of older brothers hanging around. Oh, to be a kid in the 50's.

THANKS FOR THE POST AND THE MEMORY!!

[aquahealer]

Now this is music...I love Led Zeppelin, but this stuff is the goods. Lay back and ride that wave baby.....

[noonej]

This song was sampled by El Guincho!

[daytimetexas]

My favorite by Martin Denny.....I had this on cassette....the entire cassette was this wonderful song.....I could listen to it over and over......Still love it...love it!!!!

[Carrara101]

When I was 6 my father taught me how to dance, standing on his feet. This was one of my favorite songs from that album... OH my... 50 years ago

[twattyplops]

i love the fact that it looks cold in this clip, fakeness is real

[MoveOnDotOrgg]

I like to read my Readers Digest while I groove to this tune.

[sigbangschmidt]

Quiet Village- on a submarine!

dam good music!

[nsenderoff]

we can all dream can't we?

[atomicmichael]

thank you so much for posting this! as a new englander i have love this song forever and love to listen to martin denny. this is such an incredibly beautiful time capsule.

[kiddio1231]

@atomicmichael .... well said.

[london2z]

I love the enchanting sounds of Martin Denny. I lived for eight years in Hawaii and I had the best years of my life there. The perfect setting for the perfect music. It can put you into a trance-like meditative state, for sure.

[4ohfreight]

sick clip

[lausdomin]

Martin Denny is a great musician. This particular song - for me - was best interpreted by Arthur Lyman.

[HanaleiSurfrider]

Service men, would crowd the sidewalks as well, listening, and waiting for the Honnolulu Rapid Transit to return them back to Pearl Harbor or Hickam Air Force Base,rowdy,filled with beer or assorted cocktails from bars on the Waikiki shoreline, yet became calm, sober & quiet when listening to Denny's sweet alluring sounds. They'd go to the restaurant enterance and ask to purchase the album from Don Beach and be told is wasn't yet available on records.

Auggie Colone,later joined the group.

[HanaleiSurfrider]

I remember when Martin Denny first started playing at the front of the International Market Place on Kalakaua Avenue. My Mom had a little shop in the Market Place then and folks would stand outside of Don The Beachcombers and listen to his haunting music. Don "Beach", as he was called then, would come out of his restaurant and walk through the crowd and shake hands with people and tell them about his famous Mai Tai's. The evening was also scented by the smell of flower leis,worn by men and women

[sonor23]

@HanaleiSurfrider Ahhh ...the images your comments evoke . I was born in 1952 ...Would have loved to experience Hawaii in the 50's / early 60's when it was still exotic and less commercialized ...Arthur Lyman ...Martin Denny ...

[ASeasonedWitch]

This is so cool. I was a little kid listening to this almost every happy saturday morning. My folks liked to put this on the record player.

[hulaqte]

lol,im with you on that one... ah, the memories...all the uncles and aunties coming over and us kids playing around the Martin Denny music was goin on in the background.....

[alireza8623]

very very nice, thanks for video.

[SkepticalChristian]

I'm doing research for a biography of Webley Edwards and Hawaii Calls. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who heard or visited the program. Or if you have photos or home movies of the program. Or anything else associated with it. :)

[roblettinVa]

Oh god I have been trying to find the imports of the Webley Edwards stuff forever, it NEVER shows up on Ebay or whatever. I Especially want Fire Goddess.

[jimmyji]

this is awesome! so satisfying on many levels!!! thanks for posting!

[HunterMann]

Thanks for posting this Forthorton! I am a long time fan of Martin Denny and am hoping to find a 16mm print of this film clip. If you have any info drop me a note!! Thanks, Hunter founder Highway Cinema p.s. Ahola to all of the Don Tiki tribe!!!

[TheOriginalWheelsTV]

Hi Hunter, Great minds think alike.

[StewedTomato]

I haven't herd this song since 1956!!!  Thanks

[YoureAbsolutelyRight]

Dear Stuart Thomas,

My you must be old, I was born in 1956, and I am already old.

.

I must say you were very fortunate to have experienced the lovely sound and -did you go there, then to see; the naturally beautiful environment?

Mahlo.

[StewedTomato]

Yes I have been to the islands, I loved them. When I was a (kid) in 1956 I liked the music then . As a hobby I collect and sell old music, yesterday in a pile of records I found a long play record of Quiet Village!

[aubreylear]

have you heard exotic moog? they did a bunch of moog versions of their early songs, including this one. campy.

[hulaqte]

lol- i was born in 57-wer'e not old, just seasoned.....

[alicetar9]

My father took my brother and sister and I to see this group around 1962 at Chief Moses Jr. High School gym in Moses Lake Washington! That rhythm section had to influence Santana! Great Show!

[spitfire9b]

I own vinyl copies of every Martin Denny record beginning with Exotica, which was recorded in mono in Webley Edwards' studio in Waikiki in December 1956 & released in 1957. The master tape was not pressed into vinyl until 1957. I also have a vinyl copy the 1958"stereo" re-issue.

This is an ultra rare video of Quiet Village, my favourite song by Martin Denny. It brings back my fond memories. Thank you so very much for sharing it with us.

[thehories]

ooops I meant to add kudos to your comment but pushed the "thumbs down" button instead....

Sorry! obviously I thought your comment was awesome

[distantvoices]

Check out the Martin Denny inspired 'Pacific State' by 808 State

[nukechem57]

Talk about a song growing on you!! This fellow took a paintbrush and the next thing you know... POW!!! You are struggling to re-find the real world, because his imaginary picture has drawn you into it. Captivating and hypnotic, this is such a powerful tune! Martin Denny rules!!!

[soonerbud1]

My grandfather had this album. I used to play it all the time when I visted their home. I never knew thw name of the song, I just called it the bird song. Brings back fond memories

[zedd138]

Does anyone know the name of the song that plays during the opening of this video??? El Guincho samples it on his record.... so cool.

[boxershag]

I heard this song the other say in Starbucks and had to get the title. Last time I heard it was 23 years ago when I was in the 2nd grade and we put on the Ausin Circus revue...theme song for the elephants with their paper machet heads and 2 guys under a sheet with a little girl sitting on one of their necks. Still some good music!

[hammapolita]

BELLA VERSION DE TAN EXQUISITA MELODIA, "VILLA QUIETA", MAGISTRAL LOS SONIDOS EMITIDOS POR UN HUMANO DE LA NATURALEZA., BIEN, BRAVO, EXCELENTE VIDEO. GRACIAS,forthorton, POR COMPARTIR., MUSICA PARA SOÑAR. TANK YOU.

[Sabored]

this is the theme song to pee wee's playhouse, just un-improvised

[Coltrane1011]

Yes it is. The used this at the very begining of Pee Wee's Playhouse just slightly changed for the show.

[thelistener13]

This was my fifties Hawaiian dream. It's so great to hear it again.

[GarfieldGoose]

The irony is that "Quiet Village" was recorded by Denny at Universal Recording Studios on the corner of Rush and Walton in January, 1958, when it was about 20 below in Chicago.

The magic of ShowBiz never ceases to amaze me.

[rossnmina]

That's funny,, because we stole an LP of Quiet Village by Martin Denny in 1956 in Los Angeles from a record store...

[sailorlunatic]

Are you sure? I heard he recorded at the Webley Edwards Studio in Honululu.

[fntime]

@GarfieldGoose Back then, he was able to split

himself, be in two places at once!

It was the 'spice'!

[hootinouts]

I heard this tune a long time ago before I knew anything of Denny and Exotica and for some reason I always associated this with Africa. I would have never expected Hawaii

[1400deadwood]

`Africa`

 I always associated it with Indonesia (or thereabouts) and gamelon music. Great music!

[hootinouts]

I've always loved this tune. Thanks for posting

[MisterSlacker]

when in honolulu visit the "la mariana sailing club" ~ top tiki bar

[bebobaby1996]

there's a small segment in this in color

its really faint, but you can see the ed in the man's shirt, and the blue in the sky....

look 2:54

[bebobaby1996]

srry I meant red, not ed..

:">

[EdWatts]

The whole clip is in color, but the years have not been kind to it...not unlike myself.

[rajskioblacic]

heaven!

[Joanexcite70]

Ilove this mans music. Listen to it a lot. THANKYOU SO MUCH for posting. BEAUTIFUL.......

[Atemporal]

Soothing -if I ever go to Hawaii, I'm going to make sure I listen to this.

[texterr]

does anyone know where to find beat from another world? i can't find it anywhere.

[rockdontrun]

Thanks for posting this. Just so everyone knows, the Les Baxter version was first, not Martin Denny's. It first appeared in 1951 on Baxter's album "Le Sacre du Sauvage" (reissued as "The Ritual of the Savage"). Martin Denny recorded it in December of 1956. It became a hit for Denny in 1959, peaking at #2 on the Billboard charts in that same year. In other words, Baxter's was the original version, but Denny's was the hit version.

[pataphysician66]

Thank you for that information!  I always thought that Les Baxter's version was the original!

[sonor23]

Yes , Baxter was the FATHER of Exotica , and Denny the son who popularised the form . I'm off to Hawaii ( The Big Island ) on Tuesday and you know I'm taking along some Denny !

[pataphysician66]

Gee I'm just so confused! I love both versions regardless-I was just a wee tyke when Denney's version came out.

[RonSea38]

One could be living in the middle of the Sahara Desert, but once having heard the music of Martin Denny, the mind's eyes immediately whisks one into a tropical paradise. Beautiful!

[pataphysician66]

I remember the Les Baxter one when i was a little tyke, thanks for posting the original!

[54spiritedwill54]

fantastic! thanks!

[mrotto1]

Wow I love it! I love Martin Denny. I love Mai Tais and Zombies. I love Hawaii. I'm going to buy a plane ticket right now.

[raekpenis]

I thought Les Baxter did this one?!?!

What is it that i've gotten wrong?

[cthulhuchan]

Les Baxter did do this one, but Denny did it first. Quite a few other (exotica) musicians have paid homage to Denny by covering this tune.

[MBFLA45]

Martin Denny's 45 version entered Billboard's national pop-chart in April of '59. Got all the way to # 4. That what was great about Top 40 radio in those days...

[DickMcChristopher]

denny's stuff is timeless. love.

[Trumpetplayer60076]

Pee Wee lives on! I always wondered where his theme song came from!

[califgirl101]

Wow! What a great video this is. I'm such a fan of Martin Denny's music. Although I've never seen this video before and I love the song Quiet Village plus, I got to see Martin Denny himself in this video, this is really a treat to watch. Thanks again for this video. :)

[xwsftassell]

Oh, great. I used to have this on a tape somewhere. Had a fabulous summer holiday in Cornwall (Land's End) with my girlfriend at the time. We just used to blast this out on a loop from a 1965 Old English White Morris Minor throughout. It was a really hot summer too. Thanks very much for posting.

[freykr]

this is a true gem, I LOVE this video!

[Moonchild60]

My father had this album and I have unfortunately lost it. This was special and I thank you for sharing it.

[sprightlyold]

When I purchased that record in the late 50's, I thought it was then the best of the best. I still do!

[tadayoshinirav]

right on denny!

[girard54]

All This time I thought this was Brazilian or Afro Caribbean music- It has a n Afro -Caribbean beat to it. bitchen. I remember this tune when I was toilet trainilng age.

[sinisterscrawl]

OoooOooh. It would be like an edgy, controversial new LAUGH-IN for the nineties. Sounds like a potential winner with the vital 16-35 inexplicably enraged anonymous YouTube user demographic. I'll draw up some paperwork.

[sinisterscrawl]

Er, in reference to BowieTip's thing, I mean. Dumb non-threading comments. In conclusion I suspect that someone here will soon threaten to hurt me in some way, which I'm looking forward to. Also, Martin Denny is totally rad.

[Rondaria]

My mom had a recording of this beautiful song when I was a kid in the '50s, possibly by the same band. Thanks for posting!

[BUNGLEJYME]

What's that stupid comment got to do with music idiot?

Perhaps someday someone will spill your miserable blood.

[antonooooo]

forthorton, you rule for putting this on Youtube. I always wondered what a "music video" for Quiet Village would be like. This is heavenly!

Also some may disagree, but I love the old 16mm film quality.

[Kikalani]

Cool!

[ivannaSKUD18]

Nice to know Martin Denny chose musicians from the Asia Pacific region. Thought this was very exotic and mysterious music that one had to get to Hawaii, China or Malaysia to get more music like so. Until I discovered later I was myself a native brown skinned girlie living on an "exotic island" in the Asia Pacific rim. Ha ha!

[sailorlunatic]

Actually he did hire some non-native musicians. Julius Wechter is a prime example.

[countrypaul]

I believe the almost-equally famous (at least for a while) Arthur Lyman came up through Martin Denny's band. Was he native or non-native?

This video is a pleasure! Thanks to forthorton for posting it.

[DJJimmyBee]

I did get to see Don Tiki in Columbus, Ohio of all places. It was 2000 and they were closing the Kahiki Supper Club, one of the last great Polynesian-themed restaurants. Don Tiki opened with footage of Martin Denny playing the opening notes on his piano at home of Quiet Village. The lights came up on stage and there was the resplendent Don Tiki segueing from the opening notes into the body of the song. Quite an experience. This footage is priceless.

[HighwayCinema]

Wonderful! This is one of the most amazing songs to ever be in the popular forum. Does anyone have this 16mm film footage? If you get to Hawaii, go to see/hear Don Tiki. Martin Denny performed with them!

[Jopy98]

OMG. Too kool.

[kpdcosta]

I've loved Martin Denny music since I was a kid. This was great to see.

[tropicalcatdetective]

Wow! I've been a tiki-phile and a fan of exotica music for many years but this is the first time I've seen any Martin Denny footage anywhere! Where did ya find this? Thanks for putting it out there for all to come and find!

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

Denny was truly The High Priest.

[misfithero]

fantastic! thanks!

[palarjones]

what year was this film recorded?

[MaxIII]

Sorry, 'poisOning'... ;-) Anyway, I never saw this before... I must have listened to the album and his second one, a thousand times over 5-6-7 years... But, never saw ANY video... it's black & White... My goodness... And it slipped away... till now... Not bad...

[MaxIII]

Close your eyes... Listen... Be a 16 year old Army corporal with testosterone poisening in Japan... Girls attack you on the street... $2-3... 1959-60... Elvis, Jerry, Little Richard... We were in paradise... Conquering heros ?... but, 'Too much' money... sooo much time... so many girls... such good music everywhere... How do you improve on that?? ;-) Martin Denny ;-)

[MaxIII]

My VERY first "favorite" album... I was working at the pool at Hq. US Army Japan as a 16 year old Army corporal, being a lifeguard/mgr and we'd play this on the PA system 3-4 times a day... 1959-60, Camp Zama

[ThreeTikis]

This is wonderful to see. I had no idea that this existed. Thanks so much for posting. The folks that enjoy this might also enjoy the Arthur Lyman clip I posted. Thanks Again. mb

[lkohnhorst]

I really was glad to find this Good to know that footage of Denny and his group exist.The host of that show was Webley Edwards,I love it.I believe that is Julis Wechter on vibes he replaced Arthur Lyman when he left Denny to start his own group.He and Denny remained freind's ,I read wher Denny spread his ashes in the sea off the Beach of Waikiki when Arthur died.Musician Martin Denny, the father of the influential genre of pop called "exotica," died March 2005 at home in Hawai'i Kai. He was 93

[disneyfan81]

Actually I think the man on the vibes was Buddy Fo. I heard that he replaced Wechter when Wechter returned to here to Los Angeles to go back doing session work, and later work with Herb Alpertr.

[trainbuff]

This amazing footage dates back to cave man days when the music business was about music, thanks.

[rustyharness]

Coool thank you. I love this stuff!!!

[jrrylpz]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for this great piece of Exotica history.

[lazarslounge]

Thanks for the video Fort Horton :)

I adore Martin Denny and Exotica recordss !!!