The Arthur Lyman Group - Taboo
Taboo / Dahil Sayo
Vogue Pop V 9153 (1959)
Arthur Lyman (born 1932) was a Hawaiian jazz musician that popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950s and 1960s which later became known as exotica.
He began his musical career in 1954 when he was offered a place in the Martin Denny band playing in Hawaiian hotels. He stayed with Martin Denny up until 1957 when he was then persuaded to leave and form his own band.
During the peak of his popularity Lyman recorded more than 30 albums and almost 400 singles, earning three gold albums. His album "Taboo" peaked at number 6 on Billboard's album chart and stayed on the chart for over a year, eventually selling more than two million copies. This 45 reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1959.
Into the 1960s and the Polynesian trend had faded somewhat but he continued to record. He also played regularly at New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel in Honolulu well into the 1990s both as a combo and as a solo artist. During the 90s he reunited with Martin Denny to play on Denny's "Exotica 90" album and he enjoyed further solo success with the lounge music revival that took place around that time.
He died aged 70 in Hawaii in 2002.
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