Mort Garson

Mort Garson
Garson at his Moog synthesizer
Garson at his Moog synthesizer
Background information
Birth nameMorton Sanford Garson
Born(1924-07-20)20 July 1924
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died4 January 2008(2008-01-04) (aged 83)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • composer
  • arranger
Instruments
Years active1940s–1980s
Websitemort-garson.com

Morton Sanford Garson (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008)[1] 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 unique and outright bizarre resumés in popular music, spanning from easy listening to occult-influenced space-age electronic pop.[2]

  1. ^ Jaques Cattell Press, ed. (1980). ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.). R.R. Bowker Co. p. 177. ISBN 0-8352-1283-1. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
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