Freddy Martin others), which featured the band's pianists Jack Fina, Murray Arnold, and Barclay Allen. In 1946 he recorded "Dingbat the Singing Cat" adapted from Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", and later recorded "A Lover's Concerto", adapted from baroque composer Christian Petzold's "Minuet in G major", two decades before pop group The Toys released it. At this time, Martin enlarged the orchestra to a strength of six violins, four brasses, and a like number of saxes. His band's first hits included "Intermezzo" and "the Hut-Sut Song". Martin was nicknamed "Mr. Silvertone" by saxophonist Johnny Hodges. Chu Berry named Martin his favorite saxophonist.
Switched-On Bach II Switched-On Bach II Switched-On Bach II is a musical album by Wendy Carlos, produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind and released in 1973. Talking about Switched-On Bach II, American Record Guide in 2000 said "Switched-On Bach II has the Badinerie, Minuet, and Bourrée from Bach's orchestral suite in B minor, the Inventions in A and A minor, 'Sheep May Safely Graze,' four little pieces from Anna Magdalena's Notebook (including 'Bist du bei mir'), and Brandenburg 5." In February 1974, "Billboard" reported that the album sold over 70,000 copies in its first five weeks of release. All composed by Johann Sebastian