Martin Denny (April 10, 1911 ‒ March 2, 2005) was an American piano-player and composer best known as the "father of
exotica." In a long career that saw him performing well into the 1980s, 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.