Martin Denny "Quiet Village" from Hawaii Calls

Here's a rare clip of Martin Denny and his group playing their most popular tune, "Quiet Village", on Webley Edwards "Hawaii Calls".

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[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

[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.

[watsonfc]

Loved this album as a kid, surprised I didn't wear out the vinyl. I was born in 1955. , Just found it tucked away after 40+ years. 

[Mikusmingus]

It's a quiet place to stay and dream!

[Lisa Looney]

my dad found this album and we used to play it over and over when I was a kid back in the 1960s. I heard it was very popular with the GIs overseas.

[Maelianane]

Merci :)

[Wyatt Norton]

You don't by any chance have a higher resolution version of this? Impossible to find. Did your copy come from videotape? If so, can you redigitize for cleanup? I would be happy to assist with the drudgery.

[Steve Flanigan]

My parents had the Martin Denny album Quiet Village back in the early 1960s. I still remember listening to it back then as a child and I still consider it one of my favorites.  It brings back really fond memories.

[Jen Handasyde]

How fabulous, Melbourne has the LuWoW bar... it's as close as Ill get to those days....

[Jean-François Marzocchi]

Chef-d'oeuvre

Que de bons souvenirs (générique de "la vie des animaux") !

JFM

[lakeviewviking]

Martin Denny has got to be the only musician cited as an influence by both Throbbing Gristle and Jimmy Buffet.