Claim: Chaino wanted to capitalize on the popularity of the exotica genre, a genre named after the Martin Denny album of the same name.
Evidence: Leon "Chaino" Johnson (1927 – July 8, 1999, pronounced: "Cha-ee-no"), the self-styled "percussion genius of Africa," was an American bongo player. After touring for several years on the Chitlin' Circuit, he released several albums and became popular with listeners of exotica music in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Seeking to capitalize on the popularity of the exotica genre, the liner notes for Chaino's albums built a mythology of Chaino as an orphan who was "the only survivor of a lost race of people from the wilds of the jungle in a remote part of central Africa where few white men have ever been." Exotica Musician, Painter, jeweler and sculpture 
Martin Denny (April 10, 1911 ‒ March 2, 2005) was an American pianist and composer best known as the "father of exotica." During an engagement at the Shell Bar, Denny discovered what would become his trademark and the birth of "exotica". The Exotica album was recorded in December 1956 and released in 1957. "Quiet Village" reached #2 on Billboard's charts in 1959 with the Exotica album reaching #1. Exotica!: The Best of Martin Denny, Rhino R2-70774 (1990) (compilation) Exotica/Exotica Vol. II, Scamp 9712 (1996) (reissue) Hypnotique/Exotica III, Scamp 9714 (1997) (reissue) Exotica, Rev-Ola (2005) (reissue) Exotica Vol. 2, Rev-Ola (2005) (reissue) Exotica III, Rev-Ola (2006) (reissue) The Best of Martin Denny's Exotica, Capitol (2006) (compilation) Exotica, lounge music Arranger, bandleader, composer, pianist