Can you believe it’s been a year already? This program began as a modest podcast on January 6, 2007. But with the help of 50th State Radio, the number of listeners has grown from single digits to thousands around the globe!
We begin the new year by remembering the humble beginnings of the program and the “charter? - the reason why we’re even doing this at all. Then we’ll spend the remainder of the program exploring Hawaiian music in the 1950s - including a look at falsetto singing in that decade, the great male vocalists of that era, and some comic hulas from the great ladies of song of this period.
We celebrate the birthday - what would have been the 100th birthday - of a Hawaiian boy who made his mark as a steel guitarist in the Big Apple - Hal Aloma. In our “Why In The World Is This Out Of Print?? segment, we revisit 78rpm classics from Andy Cummings featuring Hawai`i’s Songbird, Lena Machado. (Listen for some of the earliest slack key guitar on record by none other than Gabby Pahinui!) And in “Then and Again,? we take a look at two versions of the seldom heard Lani McIntire composition “Kalihi“ - one by the composer from the 1940s and another by The Brothers Cazimero from the 1980s.
Thanks for making it a memorable year! Here’s looking forward to many, many more. This is Ho`olohe Hou! Keep listening…
Bill Wynne
SONG TITLE
| ARTIST
| LP/SOURCE
| LABEL
|
Hula La
| Chick Floyd
| Hula La
| Liberty
|
Hi`ilawe
| Haunani Kahalewai
| The Voice of Hawaii
| Decca
|
Kumu In A Muumuu
| Sterling Mossman
| Happy In Hawaii
| Decca
|
Nanakuli
| Marlene Sai
| Authentic Hawaiian Songs*
| Sounds of Hawaii
|
Hula O Makee
| Charles “Kaipo? Miller
| Sophisticated Hulas*
| Mahalo
|
Waikaloa
| John Pi`ilani Watkins
| Songs To Remember Hana Maui*
| 49th State
|
Kealoha
| George Kainapau with Danny Stewart’s Hawaians
| Souvenirs Of Hawaii
| Decca
|
Kaloaloa
| George Keoki and His Moana Serenaders
| Music For A Hawaiian Luau
| Decca
|
He U`i
| Danny Kua`ana
| Holiday In Hawaii
| Capitol
|
Hawaiian War Chant
| Johnny Spencer’s Kona Coasters
| Authentic Music Of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii
| Waikiki
|
Selamoku
| Pauline Kekahuna
| 45rpm Single
| Waikiki
|
(Look Out For) The Girl In The Hula Skirt
| Prince Kawohi and the Luau Boys
| At The Luau
| RCA Victor
|
Ama Ama/Tomi Tomi
| Hawaii Calls Orchestra and Chorus
| Waikiki!
| Capitol
|
To Make You Love Me, Ku`uipo
| Splash Lyons and His Hawaiians
| Aloha Serenades
| Decca
|
Sweet Someone
| Alfred Apaka
| Sing Me A Song Of The Islands
| Decca
|
Fish And Poi
| Pua Almeida
| South Sea Island Magic
| MGM
|
Aloha No Hawaiian Style
| The Kalima Brothers
| 45rpm Single
| Terk
|
Wikiwiki Mai
| Hal Aloma
| At The Luau 400
| Dot
|
Hawaiian Love Chant
| Hal Aloma
| Lure Of The Islands
| Dot
|
Ku`u Lei Makamae
| Hal Aloma
| At The Luau 400
| Dot
|
Holo Wa`apa
| Lena Machado with Andy Cummings and His Hawaiian Serenaders
| Songbird Of Hawaii
| Harmony/Columbia
|
E Ku`u Lei, My Darling
| Lena Machado with Andy Cummings and His Hawaiian Serenaders
| Songbird Of Hawaii
| Harmony/Columbia
|
Ku`u Wa Li`ili`i
| Lena Machado with Andy Cummings and His Hawaiian Serenaders
| Songbird Of Hawaii
| Harmony/Columbia
|
Ei Nei
| Lena Machado with Andy Cummings and His Hawaiian Serenaders
| Songbird Of Hawaii
| Harmony/Columbia
|
My De De
| Lena Machado with Andy Cummings and His Hawaiian Serenaders
| Songbird Of Hawaii
| Harmony/Columbia
|
Red Opu
| Emily De Los Santos
| Keep Your Eyes On The Hands
| Waikiki
|
Out On The Beach At Waikiki
| Puanani Alama
| 45rpm Single
| 49th State
|
Lulu Get Your Muumuu
| Genoa Keawe
| 45rpm Single
| 49th State
|
Holoholo Ka`a
| Julia Nui’s Kamaainas with Johnny Almeida
| 45rpm Single*
| 49th State
|
Pidgin English Hula
| Hilo Hattie
| Souvenir Songs Of Hawaii - Volume 16
| 49th State
|
No Huhu
| Naughtie Abbie
| Souvenir Songs Of Hawaii - Volume 5*
| 49th State
|
Ala Moana Annie
| Pauline Kekahuna
| Keep Your Eyes On The Hands
| Waikiki
|
I’ll Weave A Lei Of Stars
| Honey Kalima
| Waikiki Sings
| Waikiki
|
All selections out-of-print unless indicated. (Click on the link to a title to locate a possible distribution source.)
*Remastered and rereleased on CD.
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