Martin Denny "Quiet Village" from Hawaii Calls

MBFLA45 Says:

Feb 13, 2008 - 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...

54spiritedwill54 Says:

Feb 13, 2008 - fantastic! thanks!

pataphysician66 Says:

Feb 21, 2008 - I remember the Les Baxter one when i was a little tyke, thanks for posting the original!

RonSea38 Says:

Mar 7, 2008 - 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!

rockdontrun Says:

Mar 8, 2008 - 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.

texterr Says:

Mar 17, 2008 - does anyone know where to find beat from another world? i can't find it anywhere.

pataphysician66 Says:

Mar 21, 2008 - Thank you for that information! I always thought that Les Baxter's version was the original!

sonor23 Says:

Mar 23, 2008 - 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 !

Atemporal Says:

Apr 3, 2008 - Soothing -if I ever go to Hawaii, I'm going to make sure I listen to this.

Joanexcite70 Says:

Apr 25, 2008 - Ilove this mans music. Listen to it a lot. THANKYOU SO MUCH for posting. BEAUTIFUL.......

rajskioblacic Says:

May 5, 2008 - heaven!

bebobaby1996 Says:

May 10, 2008 - 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 Says:

May 16, 2008 - srry I meant red, not ed.. :">

pataphysician66 Says:

May 31, 2008 - Gee I'm just so confused! I love both versions regardless-I was just a wee tyke when Denney's version came out.

MisterSlacker Says:

Jun 5, 2008 - when in honolulu visit the "la mariana sailing club" ~ top tiki bar

hootinouts Says:

Jun 23, 2008 - I've always loved this tune. Thanks for posting

hootinouts Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - 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

GarfieldGoose Says:

Jul 17, 2008 - 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.

thelistener13 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - This was my fifties Hawaiian dream. It's so great to hear it again.

Sabored Says:

Jul 28, 2008 - this is the theme song to pee wee's playhouse, just un-improvised

hammapolita Says:

Sep 13, 2008 - 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.

Coltrane1011 Says:

Oct 16, 2008 - Yes it is. The used this at the very begining of Pee Wee's Playhouse just slightly changed for the show.

1400deadwood Says:

Oct 30, 2008 - `Africa` I always associated it with Indonesia (or thereabouts) and gamelon music. Great music!

boxershag Says:

Nov 17, 2008 - 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!

zedd138 Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - 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.