Mort Garson
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Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music (1924-2008)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1924-07-20
- Active to
- 2008-01-04
electronicmoogsploitationprogressive electronicpsychedelic rock
Discography
- The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds1967
- Love Sounds1968
- The Wozard of Iz: An Electronic Odyssey1968
- Electronic Hair Pieces1969
- Signs of the Zodiac: Aquarius1969
- Signs of the Zodiac: Aries1969
- Signs of the Zodiac: Cancer1969
- Signs of the Zodiac: Capricorn1969
- Signs of the Zodiac: Gemini1969
- Signs of the Zodiac: Leo1969
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- 408,864
- Total plays
- 9,581,551
Tags
electronicexperimentalearly electronicmoogpsychedelic
Morton Sanford Garson (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008) was a Canadian composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music. He is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s, such as Mother Earth's Plantasia (1976). He also co-wrote several hit songs, including "Our Day Will Come", a hit for Ruby & the Romantics. According to Allmusic, Mort Garson boasts one of the most distinctive and outright bizarre resumés in popular music, spanning from easy listening to occult-influenced s
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Saint John
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- music arranger
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- electronic music
- Image
- Mort Garson with his Moog synthesizer at Studio City.jpg
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- birth name
- Morton Sanford Garson
- name in native language
- Mort Garson
- date of birth
- 1924-07-20
- date of death
- 2008-01-04
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- ethnic group
- Russian Jews
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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