Create a music bingo with: exotica

About exotica

Exotica is a musical genre that was popular during the 1950s to mid-1960s with Americans who came of age during World War II. The term was coined by Simon "Si" Waronker, Liberty Records co-founder and board chairman, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album Exotica. The musical colloquialism exotica means tropical ersatz, the non-native, pseudo experience of insular Oceania, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, the Amazon basin, the Andes, the Caribbean and tribal Africa. Denny described the musical style as "a combination of the South Pacific and the Orient...what a lot of people imagined the islands to be like...it's pure fantasy though." While the South Seas forms the core region, exotica reflects the "musical impressions" of every place from standard travel destinations to the mythical "shangri-las" dreamt of by armchair safari-ers.

Often-chosen artists: Henry Mancini, Cy Coleman, Urker Mannen Ensemble, Martin Mans, Pieter Jan Leusink, Peter Thomas Sound Orchester.

How to make a music bingo with exotica

1. Create a free account: your first name and email address are all we need.
2. Start a new bingo and pick your favourite songs from this genre, or import your own Spotify or Apple Music playlist.
3. Choose a design, download the cards as a PDF and play. Up to 10 cards are free.