We cover a lot of ground this week, listeners! We spend the first hour examining the influence of the rhythms of Spain, Brazil, and the Latin Americas on Hawaiian music from the 1960s - when the Bossa Nova craze was sweeping the country - to the present. We then look at just a few of the songs that make us homesick for Hawai`i. We’ll celebrate the birthday of entertainer Nani Lee Meadows with some rare live performances by Nani with her late husband, legendary composer and entertainer Kui Lee, and their pals Don Ho, Sonny Chillingworth, and Zulu - just as it happened one evening at Don’s parents’ place, Honey’s Tavern, in Kane`ohe in the early 1960s. We will also celebrate the birthday of a falsetto legend - arguably the best of all time - Mahi`ai Beamer, with some of his earliest and most rare recordings. And, finally, we return to our “Then and Again? segment with a look at a classic composition from then pen of friends Mary Kawena Pukui and Maddy Lam in two recordings made 40 years apart by two different artists using the exact same Benny Saks arrangement.
SONG TITLE
| ARTIST
| LP/SOURCE
| LABEL
|
North Shore Road
| Kapono Beamer
| North Shore Road
| Volcano
|
Kela Mea Whiffa
| Cyril Pahinui
| Ka Ho`oilina Mau
| Poki
|
Lawakua
| Napua Greig
| Pihana
| Pihana
|
Hale A Laka
| Aaron Sala
| Ka `Upu Aloha
| Hula
|
Ke Aloha No Waipio
| Weldon Kekauoha & Tapa Groove
| Kanaka Maoli
| `Ohelo
|
Popo`alaea
| Teresa Bright and Kawaikapu Hewett
| Ka Pilina
| Generation Music
|
Lepe `Ula`ula
| Jesse Kalima
| Holiday In Hawaii
| Sounds Of Hawaii
|
Nanea Kou Maka I Ka Le`ale`a
| Sonny Chillingworth
| Ka `Aina `O Hawaii
| Makaha
|
Malia My Tita
| Buddy Fo and The Invitations
| Kiss Me Love
| Makaha
|
E Ku`u Baby Hot Cha Cha
| Lena Machado
| Hawaii’s Songbird
| South Seas
|
In Spite Of All
| Marlene Sai
| The Best Of Marlene Sai
| Makaha
|
Piukeone
| Myrtle K. Hilo
| Will You Love Me (When My Carburetor Is Busted)
| Makaha
|
Roselani Blossoms
| Iwalani Kahalewai
| An Hawaiian Happening
| Sounds Of Hawaii
|
Silversword
| Billy Gonsalves and The Paradise Serenaders
| Billy Gonsalves and The Paradise Serenaders
| Sounds Of Hawaii
|
Latitu
| Nathan Aweau
| E Apo Mai
| B.P. Music Arts
|
Ma Mua Paha
| Amy Hanaiali`i and Willie K.
| Hanaiali`i
| Mountain Apple
|
Ka`ililauoekekoa
| Sean Na`auao
| Neutralize It
| Poi Pounder
|
Prelude/Home In The Islands
| The Brothers Cazimero
| Hawaii, In The Middle Of The Sea
| Mountain Apple
|
Here In This Enchanted Place
| Joe Recca
| A Child Of This Land
| Mele
|
A Song Of Old Hawai`i
| Owana Salazar
| Hula Jazz
| Moonbow
|
Island Style
| John Cruz
| Acoustic Soul
| Lilikoi
|
I Miss You, My Hawai`i
| Na Leo Pilimehana
| I Miss You, My Hawai`I
| NLP
|
Taro Patch
| Kui and Nani Lee
| Waikiki Swings
| Hula
|
Where Is My Love Tonight
| Nani Lee
| Waikiki Swings
| Hula
|
He Ono
| Kui and Nani Lee
| Waikiki Swings
| Hula
|
Na Kuahiwi Elima
| Mahi Beamer
| 45 rpm single
| Decca
|
Kawohikukapulani
| Mahi Beamer
| 45 rpm single
| Decca
|
E Ku`u Tutu
| Leinaala Haili
| No Ka Oi
| Makaha
|
E Ku`u Tutu
| Raiatea Helm
| Hawaiian Blossom
| RHR
|
Paniau
| Mahi Beamer
| Hawaii’s Mahi Beamer
| Hula
|
Honolulu City Lights
| Keola and Kapono Beamer
| Honolulu City Lights
| Paradise
|
