lausdomin (June 11, 2009 at 9:24 pm)

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

HanaleiSurfrider (June 8, 2009 at 3:03 am)

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 (June 8, 2009 at 2:52 am)

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

countrypaul (June 7, 2009 at 2:28 pm)

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.

hulaqte (June 2, 2009 at 6:34 am)

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.....

ASeasonedWitch (June 1, 2009 at 9:45 pm)

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.

sailorlunatic (May 28, 2009 at 9:53 pm)

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

sailorlunatic (May 28, 2009 at 9:51 pm)

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

alireza8623 (May 27, 2009 at 1:14 pm)

very very nice, thanks for video.

hulaqte (May 19, 2009 at 3:36 am)

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

roblettinVa (May 17, 2009 at 7:15 pm)

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.

aubreylear (April 30, 2009 at 1:43 am)

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