Denny Termer

Who is Denny Termer?

Dennis William "Denny" Termer was an English pianist and accompanist. Born in London, England, Denny began his musical career at the age of 15.

Termer met Stanley Watson, who introduced him to Laurie Morgan while at Tottenham Technical College. Watson played guitar and Morgan drums. Termer was learning piano so they got together and later found Don Rendell, who had a battered old alto sax at the time.

The war was on and it was normal practice to keep playing during an air raid., which had its own unique, character building lessons, for a young musician.

A relative of Termer's, Hal Moss, violinist and impresario, had a show on the road called Scandals and Scanties and when his musicians got called up he asked Termer, Watson, Rendell and Morgan to help out. They were terrified but rose to the occasion and learned quickly as they went along.

Termer was eventually called up into the army which by this time he had been playing the theatres with Watson, Rendell and Morgan as The Rhythm Racketeers. Watson, Rendell and Morgan went into U.S. Army camp shows. They used to send Termer cartons of cigarettes.