Hapa haole music

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Songs about Hawai‘i or some aspect of Hawaiian culture with English lyrics became popular in the 1910s. Publisher A. R. “Sonny” Cunha is credited with writing and publishing a string of these songs, including “My Waikiki Mermaid,” “My Honolulu Tomboy,” “My Honolulu Hula Girl,” etc. Henry Kailimai‘s “On the Beach at Waikiki” was a hit at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Songwriters in New Yorkʻs music publishing industry capitalized on the popularity with a string of Hawai‘i-themed songs containing dreadful stereotypes and pseudo-Hawaiian lyrics such as “Yack… read more
Songs about Hawai‘i or some aspect of Hawaiian culture with English lyrics became popular in the 1910s. Publisher A. R. “Sonny” Cunha is credited with writing and publishing a string of these songs, including “My Waikiki Mermaid,” “My Honolulu Tomboy,” “My Honolulu Hula Girl,” etc. Henry Kail… read more
Songs about Hawai‘i or some aspect of Hawaiian culture with English lyrics became popular in the 1910s. Publisher A. R. “Sonny” Cunha is credited with writing and publishing a string of these songs, including “My Waikiki Mermaid,” “My Honolulu Tomboy,” “My Honolulu Hula Girl,” etc. Henry Kailimai‘s “On the Beach at Waikiki” was a hit at the Panama Pacific Exposit… read more

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    Hal Aloma

    178 listeners

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    ManoaDNA

    73 listeners

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    Lani Kai and his Hawaiians

    9 listeners

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    Hula Honeys

    18 listeners

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    Johnny Poi

    22 listeners

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    Luke Leilani and his Hawaiian Delights

    4 listeners

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1 My Hawaiian Souvenirs Genoa Keawe
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2 Fatu Hiva Kahuna Kawentzmann
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3 Sweet Leilani Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians
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