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In the late 1950s and very early 60s, a new form of lounge and easy listening music emerged, called "exotica," by the record mavens of the day. Others called it "primitiva," "hypnotique" or "romantica." The exponents of this mellifluous style combined the music of South American and African countries, the unique sounds of Hawaii (which was then heavily in vogue in American popular culture along with hula-hoops, Tiki statues in many U.S. patios and middle-class American housewives wearing sarongs), and a smattering of modern jazz and sci-fi instrumentality.