Bent Fabric

Although pianist Bent Fabric (born Bent Fabricius-Bjerre) formed his own jazz combo after WWII and his own label (Metronome) in 1950, it wasn't until 1961, when Fabric's Alley Cat single hit his native Denmark's airwaves, that he really became known in the music world. The song proved infectious, and was released worldwide in 1962, even garnering an American Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Record. Though Atlantic issued more of his work in the years that followed, Fabric never had another hit like "Alley Cat." In 2006, however, the Dane received a bit of attention again after Jukebox, a remixed album of some of his work, was released. Bent Fabric died on July 28, 2020, after a brief illness; he was 95 years old.