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{{short description|Pioneering electronic music composer, arranger, and songwriter (1924–2008)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Mort Garson
| birth_name        = Morton Sanford Garson
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image             = Mort Garson.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Garson at his [[Moog synthesizer]]
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date|df=yes|1924|7|20}}
| birth_place       = [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada
| death_date        = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|1|4|1924|7|20}}
| death_place       = [[San Francisco]], California, U.S.
| origin            = 
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Electronic music]]|[[easy listening]]|[[rock music|rock]]|[[pop music|pop]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Songwriter|composer|arranger}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Piano|[[Moog synthesizer]]}}
| years_active      = 1940s–1980s
| associated_acts   = 
| website           = [https://mort-garson.com/ mort-garson.com]
}}

'''Morton Sanford Garson''' (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008)<ref name=ascap>{{cite book |editor=Jaques Cattell Press  |title=ASCAP Biographical Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1kYAAAAIAAJ&q=Mort+Garson |access-date=2008-01-09 |edition=4th |year=1980 |publisher=R.R. Bowker Co |isbn=0-8352-1283-1 |page=177 }}</ref> 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 space-age electronic pop.<ref name=allmusic/>

==Early life==
Mort Garson was born in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada, the son of [[Russian Jewish]] refugees.<ref name=aisa>Camilla Aisa, "Totally Wired", ''Shindig!'', No.108, October 2020, pp.52-55</ref> He later moved to [[New York City]] where he studied music at the [[Juilliard School of Music]]. He worked as a pianist and arranger before being called into the Army near the end of [[World War II]].<ref name=allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mort-garson-mn0000597668 Biography by Jason Ankeny at Allmusic.com]. Retrieved 18 March 2013</ref>

==Early career==
After leaving the forces he became an active [[session musician]], with an ability to carry out any or all of the musical chores on any given session: composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, and pianist as required. In 1957, he co-wrote [[Brenda Lee]]'s minor hit "Dynamite" with [[Tom Glazer]],<ref>[http://www.rockabilly.nl/lyrics1/d0060.htm "Dynamite" at Black Cat Rockabilly]. Retrieved 19 March 2013</ref> and he also co-wrote [[Cliff Richard]]'s 1961 UK hit "Theme for a Dream".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/db4593|title=Cliff Richard And The Shadows – Theme For A Dream|access-date=28 April 2019|website=45cat.com}}</ref> In 1963, with lyricist [[Bob Hilliard]], he wrote one of the great [[lounge music|lounge]] hits of the 1960s, "[[Our Day Will Come]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncamarvy.com/Romantics/romantics.html|title=Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks – RUBY & THE ROMANTICS|website=Uncamarvy.com|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> a hit for [[Ruby & The Romantics]].

Garson spent the mid-1960s on a rapid succession of accompaniment and arrangement jobs: two [[Doris Day]] albums (''[[Doris Day's Sentimental Journey]]'' and ''[[Latin for Lovers]]''), [[Mel Tormé]]'s ''[[Right Now! (Mel Tormé album)|Right Now!]]'' album of contemporary covers like "Secret Agent Man," and [[Glenn Yarborough]]'s highly successful cover of [[Rod McKuen]] songs, ''The Lonely Things''. He also arranged for [[the Lettermen]] on [[Capitol Records]], provided background to [[Laurence Harvey]] reading poetry on [[Atlantic Records]], and provided arrangements for [[Esther Phillips]], [[Julie London]], [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]], [[Chris Montez]], [[Leslie Uggams]], [[Joanie Sommers]], [[Paul Revere and the Raiders]], and many others.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mort-garson-mn0000597668/credits Mort Garson, Credits, at AllMusic]. Retrieved 19 March 2013</ref><ref name="la times">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-11-me-garson11-story.html|title=Composer was a synthesizer pioneer|date=11 January 2008|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> He was a favorite of producers when the job involved soft pop vocal groups and string ensembles, and was responsible for a wide variety of [[easy listening]] records, including ''Bossa Nova for All Ages'' by the Continentals, ''Symphony for the Soul'' by the Total Eclipse, and ''Sea Drift'' by the Dusk 'Til Dawn Orchestra.  In 1967, he arranged and produced [[Bill Withers]]' early single "Three Nights and a Morning".<ref name=aisa/>

With [[Perry Botkin Jr.]], he arranged and conducted easy listening arrangements of big pop hits, among them the [[Hollyridge Strings]]' ''Play the Beatles Songbook'' album series and their ''Play the Hits of Simon & Garfunkel''. He also worked on albums and singles by [[The Sugar Shoppe]], the Sunset Strings, and the Love Strings, and released singles under his own name.<ref>[http://www.45cat.com/artist/mort-garson/all Mort Garson discography, at 45cat.com] Retrieved 19 March 2015</ref> He arranged [[The Sandpipers]]' 1966 hit "[[Guantanamera]]", and co-wrote its [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] "What Makes You Dream, Pretty Girl?" with lyricist Jacques Wilson, with whom he worked on later projects.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Sandpipers-Guantanamera-What-Makes-You-Dream-Pretty-Girl/master/119705  "Guantanamera" by the Sandpipers, at Discogs.com]. Retrieved 19 March 2013</ref>

==Later career==
In 1967, Garson met [[Robert Moog]] at a music engineers' convention, and became one of the first arrangers and composers to work with the early [[Moog synthesizer]];<ref name=aisa/> his electronic albums from the period are now highly prized among collectors and [[exotica]] fans. When he met Moog, Garson had already been working on a suite (with lyricist Jacques Wilson) called ''[[The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds]]—Celestial Counterpoint with Words and Music'', which includes tracks for each of the 12 signs of the [[zodiac]]; he decided to incorporate Moog's invention into the album.<ref name="la times"/> The recording features [[Paul Beaver]] on a variety of electronic instruments with voice-overs by [[Cyrus Faryar]]. Released in late 1967 on [[Elektra Records]], it was the first album recorded on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] to make use of the Moog synthesizer.<ref name=allmusic/>

Also in 1967, he arranged the obscure single "See The Cheetah", credited to the Big Game Hunters.<ref>[http://www.thecalicowall.com/45s/seethecheetah.html  "See The Cheetah" at The Calico Wall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114014724/http://www.thecalicowall.com/45s/seethecheetah.html |date=14 January 2008 }}.  retrieved 19 March 2013</ref> In 1968, he was responsible for the string arrangements on [[Glen Campbell]]'s international hit "[[By the Time I Get to Phoenix]],"<ref name=allmusic/> and arranged two tracks on his [[By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell album)|album of the same title]].<ref name=aisa/>

Another of Garson's albums using the Moog, ''Electronic Hair Pieces'', covered songs from the [[hippie]]-influenced musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]''. The mod album cover art for ''Electronic Hair Pieces'' featured a model with a wired-up skull; liner notes were provided by [[Tom Smothers]] of the [[Smothers Brothers]]. Another album, ''[[The Wozard of Iz]]'', a [[Psychedelia|psychedelic]] satire based on ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', also with words by Jacques Wilson, featured Bernie Krause providing environmental sound effects and Suzie Jane Hokom voicing Dorothy.<ref name=allmusic/> Garson was quoted at the time: "An electronic composer utilizes synthesizer as a means of expression… Of course he must remain master of the instrument and not vice versa, but given the unique vehicle, he has the medium in which, almost literally, the sky's the limit for his imagination."<ref name=aisa/>

Following the success of the original ''Zodiac'' LP, Garson went on to compose and arrange a 12-album series of [[zodiac]] albums for [[A&M Records]], one album for each sign. Like ''Zodiac'', each album contained original tunes with heavy use of electronics. In 1971, he composed an entirely instrumental electronic ''[[Black Mass Lucifer|Black Mass]]'' album, released on [[Uni Records]] under the pseudonym [[Lucifer]], that again featured the Moog. Jason Alkeny at Allmusic describes the ''Black Mass'' album as "undoubtedly...his masterpiece".<ref name=allmusic/> Garson also released, in 1972, a record of music-and-moans, ''Music for Sensuous Lovers'', to capitalize on the best-seller at the time, ''[[The Sensuous Woman]]'' by "Z". In 1974, he composed the electronic music score for the 18th Annual [[Grammy Award]]-winning Best Children's Recording of ''[[The Little Prince]]'' narrated by [[Richard Burton]]. The following year, he released an album titled ''Ataraxia: The Unexplained'' designed to accompany meditations to the mantra of the listener's choice. ''[[Mother Earth's Plantasia]]'', which was released in 1976, was a series of Moog compositions designed to be played for growing plants. According to his daughter, Day Darmet, Garson made the album inspired by her mother's plants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr3030-mort-garson-mother-earths-plantasia|title=Mother Earth's Plantasia|website=Sacredbonesrecords.com|access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> Despite its extremely limited distribution, the album became a cult hit in the late 2010s when it was circulated online. ''Plantasia''<nowiki/>'s popularity was boosted by its sampling in [[Pharcyde]]'s track "Guestlist", from the 2000 album "Plain Rap".

In 2018, independent reissue label Rubellan Remasters<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rubellanremasters.com/|title=Rubellan Remasters – New Wave and Obscure Music Reissues|website=Rubellan Remasters|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> licensed and released on CD for the first time Garson's two occult-themed albums, remastered from original studio tapes.  In 2019 and 2020, a further set of Garson albums, including ''Plantasia'', which is now seen as his best-known album, and a set of previously unreleased recordings, ''Music from Patch Cord Productions'', were issued both on CD and vinyl by [[Sacred Bones Records|Sacred Bones]].<ref>[https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/collections/mort-garson Mort Garson, ''Sacred Bones Records'']. Retrieved 26 October 2020</ref>

==Films, television and theatre work==
Garson also worked in television and film, scoring a wide variety of music for many different movies and TV shows, from ''[[Beware! The Blob!]]'' to ''[[Kentucky Fried Movie]]'' to ''[[National Geographic Channel|National Geographic]]'' specials, although it is [[Elmer Bernstein]] who is credited with composing the well-known ''National Geographic'' orchestral theme that first appeared in on the magazine's TV specials in 1966.

Garson's music was used as incidental music during the television transmissions of the [[Apollo 11]] crewed Moon landing by [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] in 1969. He said:<ref name="la times"/><blockquote> "The only sounds that go along with space travel are electronic ones.… The Apollo film shows different facets of the flight—blast-off, separation of the stages of the rocket, scenes of the moon at close range, of the astronauts playing games in the ship, and of earth rise. [The music] has to carry the film along. It has to echo the sound of the blastoff and even the static you hear on the astronauts' report from space. People are used to hearing things from outer space, not just seeing them. So I used a big, symphonic sound for the blast-off, some jazzy things for the zero-G game of catch, psychedelic music for a section that uses negatives and diffuse colors on shots taken inside the ship, and a pretty melody for the moon. After all, it's still a lovely moon."</blockquote>

In 1972 he wrote the music for the [[Larry Hagman]]-directed movie ''[[Beware! The Blob|Son of Blob]]'' (also known as ''Beware! The Blob''). He also scored the 1974 [[Fred Williamson]] film ''[[Black Eye (film)|Black Eye]]'', and adapted the music for [[Mel Brooks]]' and [[Carl Reiner]]'s 1975 animated television special ''[[The 2000 Year Old Man]]''.<ref name="la times"/>

In 1983 he composed the score for the [[West End theatre|West End]] musical ''[[Marilyn! the Musical|Marilyn!]]'' which opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on 17 March 1983. Jacques Wilson wrote the lyrics for the show which starred [[Stephanie Lawrence]] as [[Marilyn Monroe]]. He then scored the action films ''Treasure of the Amazon'' (1985) and ''Vultures'' (1987), which both starred [[Stuart Whitman]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/immortalmarilynd00devi|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/immortalmarilynd00devi/page/171 171]|quote=mort garson marilyn.|title=The Immortal Marilyn: The Depiction of an Icon|last1=Vito|first1=John De|last2=Tropea|first2=Frank|date=2006-12-07|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|isbn=9781461706748|language=en}}</ref>

In 2002, Garson composed the score for ''When Garbo Talks!'' a musical with book and lyrics by [[Buddy Kaye]] that had its world premiere 15 October 2010 at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, International City Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whengarbotalks.com/press_release.html|title=When Garbo Talks|website=Whengarbotalks.com|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whengarbotalks.com/external%20sites/`Garbo'%20a%20musical%20look%20at%20screen%20legend%20-%20Press-Telegram.htm|title=`Garbo' a musical look at screen legend – Press-Telegram<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=Whengarbotalks.com|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref>

Garson was closely associated with [[Heatter-Quigley Productions]], creating the [[theme songs]] and music cues for the following TV [[game shows]]:
*''[[Amateur's Guide to Love]]''
*''[[Gambit (game show)|Gambit]]''
*''[[Runaround (game show)|Runaround]]''
*''[[PDQ (game show)|Baffle]]''
*''[[The Magnificent Marble Machine]]''
*''[[Battlestars (game show)|Battlestars]]''<ref name=MortBat>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/mort-garson-essay-plantasia/|title=Remembering Mort Garson, the Plant-Loving, Moon-Landing, and Sadly Forgotten Electronic Music Pioneer|website=Vice.com|date=8 February 2017 |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref>
The music for the first five featured Garson playing synthesizers, but the ''Battlestars'' package used more conventional [[marching band]] orchestration.

==Death==
Garson died of [[renal failure]] in [[San Francisco]] in 2008, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/01/12/mort-garson-1924-2008/ | title=Mort Garson: 1924 – 2008 | date=12 January 2008 | author=Los Angeles Times | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | access-date=5 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2008/music/news/composer-mort-garson-dies-at-83-1117978685/|title=Composer Mort Garson dies at 83|magazine=Variety|date=January 8, 2008}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
A sample from Garson's "Planetary Motivations (Cancer)" was incorporated into [[DJ Shadow]]'s 1996 song "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt," from the album ''[[Endtroducing.....]]''. In the 1994 [[Peter Lynch (director)|Peter Lynch]] short film ''Arrowhead'', Ray Bud (played by [[Don McKellar]]) manipulates a dead fish while singing Mort Garson's closing theme of the 1970s Canadian nature program ''[[Untamed World]]''. The song "Plantasia" from the album ''Mother Earth's Plantasia'' is used in the documentary ''[[Lil Bub & Friendz]]'' and in the German TV show ''Böhmi brutzelt'' with [[Jan Böhmermann]]. It was also included in an advertisement for [[Intuit]] [[TurboTax]] in the United States.<ref name="turbotax">{{cite web |title=TurboTax Not Taxes 2023 Commercial Song |url=https://commercial-song.net/2023/01/turbotax-not-taxes-2023-commercial-song/ |website=Commercial Song |date=January 2023 |accessdate=16 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

"Deja Vu" was used as the main theme for most of "Balance", the first arc of the [[Maximum Fun]] podcast ''[[The Adventure Zone]]'', with "The Unexplained," "Astral Projection," "Cabala," "Wind Dance," "Tarot," and "Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant" also being used later on the series as an alternate theme and as background music, respectively, along with a [[cover version]] of "Plantasia," arranged by [[Griffin McElroy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nowhere (Plantasia Cover), by Griffin McElroy |url=https://griffinmcelroy.bandcamp.com/track/nowhere-plantasia-cover |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Griffin McElroy |language=en}}</ref> The song was also sampled on [[Kid Cudi]]’s 2016 song "[[Baptized in Fire]]", from his album ''[[Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin']]'', which also features [[Travis Scott]]. Canadian-American [[indie pop]] artist [[Curtis Waters]] has cited ''Mother Earth's Plantasia'' as an influence on his own work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Havens |first=Lyndsey |date=2020-11-13 |title=One To Watch: Curtis Waters On His ‘DIY’ Debut and Not Needing a Major Label |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/one-to-watch-curtis-waters-pity-party-interview-9483639/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Released
!Label
!Peak chart position
|-
|Dance Along With Jacky Noguez And His Orchestra
|1960
|Jamie
|
|-
|The Continentals Present Bossa Nova for All Ages
| rowspan="3" |1963
| rowspan="2" |Canadian American
|
|-
|Jennie Smith – Nightly Yours On The Steve Allen Show
|
|-
|A Portrait Of Arthur Prysock
|[[Old Town Records]]
|
|-
|Dusk 'Til Dawn Orchestra – ''Sea Drift''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dusk-Til-Dawn-Orchestra-Sea-Drift/release/4560995|title=Dusk 'Til Dawn Orchestra – Sea Drift|website=Discogs|year=1967 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1967
|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
|
|-
|The Love Strings of Mort Garson – ''Love Sounds''
| rowspan="2" |1968
|Liberty
|
|-
|''[[The Wozard of Iz]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Wozard-Of-Iz-An-Electronic-Odyssey/release/102039|title=The Wozard Of Iz – An Electronic Odyssey|website=Discogs|year=1968 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[A&M Records]]
|
|-
|Mort Garson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/76089-Mort-Garson|title=Mort Garson|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref> – ''Electronic Hair Pieces''
|1969
|
|-
|Mort Garson – ''Didn't You Hear?''
|1970
|Custom Fidelity
|
|-
|''[[Black Mass Lucifer]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lucifer-Black-Mass/release/1264313|title=Lucifer (2) – Black Mass|website=Discogs|year=1971 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1971
|[[Uni Records|UNI Records]]
|
|-
|Ataraxia – ''The Unexplained (Electronic Musical Impressions of the Occult)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ataraxia-The-Unexplained-Electronic-Musical-Impressions-Of-The-Occult/release/11354940|title=Ataraxia (2) – The Unexplained (Electronic Musical Impressions Of The Occult)|website=Discogs|year=1975 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1975
|[[RCA Records|RCA]]
|
|-
|''[[Mother Earth's Plantasia]]''
|1976
|Homewood Records
|6 (US [[Independent Albums]])<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums|title=Independent Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|-
|''Merrill Heatter's [[Battlestars (game show)|Battle Stars]] And Other Game Show Music''
|1981
|G-Note Records
|
|}

===Posthumous releases===
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Released
!Label
!Recorded
|-
|''A Mixed Tape of Music By Mort Garson''
|2019
| rowspan="3" |[[Sacred Bones Records]]
|1957–1978
|-
|''Music From Patch Cord Productions''
|2020
|1968-1977
|-
|''Journey to the Moon and Beyond''<ref>{{cite web |title=Journey to the Moon and Beyond |url=https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr3042-mort-garson-journey-to-the-moon-and-beyond |website=Sacred Bones Records |access-date=7 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|2023
|1969-1974
|}

===Mini-albums===
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Year
!Label
|-
|The Total Eclipse – ''Symphony for Soul''
|1967
|Imperial
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Aries''
| rowspan="12" |1969
| rowspan="12" |A&M Records
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Taurus''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Gemini''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Cancer''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Leo''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Virgo''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Libra''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Scorpio''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Sagittarius''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Capricorn''
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Aquarius''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Signs Of The Zodiac – Aquarius |url=https://www.discogs.com/Signs-Of-The-Zodiac-Aquarius/release/2865099 |access-date=2020-02-08 |website=Discogs |year=1969 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Signs of the Zodiac – ''Pisces''
|-
|Z – ''Music for Sensuous Lovers''<ref>{{Cite web |title="Z"* – Music For Sensuous Lovers |url=https://www.discogs.com/Z-Music-For-Sensuous-Lovers/release/399491 |access-date=2020-02-08 |website=Discogs |year=1971 |language=en}}</ref>
|1971
|Sensuous Records
|}

===Singles and EPs===
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Released
!Label
!Album
|-
|Mort Garson's Orchestra and Chorus (With David Hill) – "Wild Child" / "Big Guitar"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/David-Hill-4-With-Mort-Garsons-Orch-And-Chorus-Wild-Child-Big-Guitar/release/12663862|title=David Hill (4) With Mort Garson's Orch. And Chorus* – Wild Child / Big Guitar|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1958
|rowspan = "3"|RCA
|
|-
|Mort Garson and His Orchestra (With Barbara Evans) – "A Little Girl Cried" / "Oo La La La La"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Barbara-Evans-2-Mort-Garson-His-Orchestra-A-Little-Girl-Cried-Oo-La-La-La-La/release/12742902|title=Barbara Evans (2), Mort Garson & His Orchestra – A Little Girl Cried / Oo La La La La|website=Discogs|date=August 1959 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|rowspan = "4"|1959
|
|-
|Mort Garson and His Orchestra (With Barbara Evans) – "Pray for Me Mother" / "Oo La La La La"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Barbara-Evans-2-Mort-Garson-Pray-For-Me-Mother-Oo-la-la-la-la/release/11696371|title=Barbara Evans (2), Mort Garson – Pray For Me Mother / Oo la la la la|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|
|-
|Mort Garson and His Orchestra – "Drum Tango" / "Gas Light Village"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-And-His-Orchestra-Drum-Tango/release/5597353|title=Mort Garson And His Orchestra* – Drum Tango|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|Todd
|
|-
|Mort Garson – "Puppet on a String" / "Scotch Freight"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-Puppet-On-A-String-Scotch-Freight/release/11697291|title=Mort Garson – Puppet On A String / Scotch Freight|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|Carol
|
|-
|Mort Garson – "Madagascar" / "Shoo Bird"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-Madagascar/release/6387878|title=Mort Garson – Madagascar|website=Discogs|date=September 1960 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1960
|MGM Records
|
|-
|Mort Garson Orchestra – "Cry for Happy" / "Yes, We Have No Bananas"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-Orchestra-Cry-For-Happy/release/11591597|title=Mort Garson Orchestra* – Cry For Happy|website=Discogs|year=1961 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|rowspan = "3"|1961
|Oriole
|
|-
|The Conductor With Mort Garson Orchestra – "Pony Train" / "Bla, Bla, Bla Cha Cha Cha"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Conductor-4-With-Mort-Garson-Orch-Pony-Train-Bla-Bla-Bla-Cha-Cha-Cha/release/11992816|title=The Conductor (4) With Mort Garson Orch.* – Pony Train / Bla, Bla, Bla Cha Cha Cha|website=Discogs|year=1961 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|Jamie
|
|-
|Mort Garson (With [[Guy Mitchell]]) – "Soft Rain" / "Big Big Change"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Guy-Mitchell-Mort-Garson-Soft-Rain-Big-Big-Change/release/10593529|title=Guy Mitchell, Mort Garson – Soft Rain / Big Big Change|website=Discogs|year=1961 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|Columbia
|
|-
|Mort Garson and His Orchestra – "Honeysuckle Rose" / "Early Sunday"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-And-His-Orchestra-Honeysuckle-Rose-Early-Sunday/release/9934711|title=Mort Garson And His Orchestra* – Honeysuckle Rose / Early Sunday|website=Discogs|year=1962 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1962
|Joy Records
|
|-
|Mort Garson and His Orchestra – "Bowl-a-Rama Stomp" / "The Stripper's Sister"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-His-Orchestra-Come-Conquistare-Un-Ragazzo/release/10505991|title=Mort Garson & His Orchestra – Come Conquistare Un Ragazzo|website=Discogs|year=1963 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1963
|G-Note Records
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|-
|Mort Garson – "Allison" / "La Nobile Arte"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-Allison/release/2692229|title=Mort Garson – Allison|website=Discogs|year=1965 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1965
|Columbia
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|-
|The Love Strings of Mort Garson – "A Quiet Sunday" / "The Apartment"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Love-Strings-Of-Mort-Garson-A-Quiet-Sunday-The-Apartment/release/13822463|title=The Love Strings Of Mort Garson* – A Quiet Sunday / The Apartment|website=Discogs|year=1968 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |1968
|Liberty
|The Love Strings of Mort Garson – ''Love Sounds''
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|Mort Garson – ''The Connection''
|Patch Cord Productions
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|-
|Mort Garson – "(Prologue From) The Wozard of Iz"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-Prologue-From-The-Wozard-Of-Iz/release/4207403|title=Mort Garson – (Prologue From) The Wozard Of Iz|website=Discogs|year=1968 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref> (same song featured on both sides)
| rowspan="2" |A&M Records
|The Wozard of Iz – ''An Electronic Odyssey''
|-
|Mort Garson – ''Pure Electronics (The Amazing Sound of the Moog Synthesizer)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mort-Garson-Pure-Electronics-The-Amazing-Sound-Of-The-Moog-Synthesizer/release/12846388|title=Mort Garson – Pure Electronics The Amazing Sound Of The Moog Synthesizer|website=Discogs|year=1969 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1969
|Mort Garson – ''Electronic Hair Pieces''
|-
|Z – "Theme from Music for Sensuous Lovers (Part I)" / "Theme from Music For Sensuous Lovers (Part II)"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Z-Theme-From-Sensuous-Lovers-/release/5947974|title=Z (5) – Theme From Sensuous Lovers|website=Discogs|year=1971 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1971
|Sensuous Records
|Z – ''Music for Sensuous Lovers''
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|Mort Garson & [[Paul Frees]] – Edgar Allen Poe's Tell-Tale Heart
|????
|Custom Fidelity
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|-
|The Lords of Percussion  – "The Kung-Fu" / "Geisha Girl"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Lords-Of-Percussion-The-Kung-Fu-Geisha-Girl/release/2142338|title=The Lords Of Percussion – The Kung-Fu / Geisha Girl|website=Discogs|year=1974 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1974
|Old Town Records
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|-
|Ataraxia – "The Unexplained (Instrumental)" / "Deja Vu (Instrumental)"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ataraxia-The-Unexplained/release/1638005|title=Ataraxia (2) – The Unexplained|website=Discogs|year=1975 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1975
|RCA
|Ataraxia – ''The Unexplained (Electronic Musical Impressions of the Occult)''
|-
|Captain D.J. – "Disco UFO (Part I)" / "Disco UFO (Part II)"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Captain-DJ-Disco-UFO/release/943337|title=Captain D.J. – Disco UFO|website=Discogs|year=1978 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|1978
|G-Note Records
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|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|2j_-7p1wpVU|Interview with Mort Garson, 2006}}
* [https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/09/mort-garson-feature Mort Garson feature, 2016]
* [https://blog.discogs.com/en/mort-garson-reissues-2020-interview-day-darmet/ Mort Garson Reissues, 2020]

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