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Aloha `Oe (Farewell to Thee) is Hawaiian popular song written circa 1878 by Queen Liliʻuokalani, who was then Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom. It is her most famous song and is a common cultural symbol for Hawaii. Aloha ʻOe, Wikipedia

Aloha 'Oe by Queen Lili`uokalani (1838--1917) & The Rose Ensemble from the album "Nā Mele Hawai'i: A Rediscovery of Hawaiian Vocal Music"

Aloha 'Oe by Henry Kapono, Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwoʻole, Cyril Pahinui, and Roland Cazimero. This classic was recorded at an old Hawaiian homestead on Oahu in fall of 1991.

Aloha `Oe by Grammy nominated artist Amy Hanaiali`i from the album "Nostalgia"

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A Maile Lei for Your Hair (Norman Kaye, 1963)

The composer, part of the Mary Kaye trio, wrote this song to honor the maile (alyxia olivaeformis), a lei symbolic of love and used at many celebrations. In olden traditions it was a sign of the gods and one of five plants used to decorate the kuaha (altar) of Laka, goddess of hula. Legends tell of the five Maile Sisters, minor goddesses of hula, who could take human or plant forms. The sisters are remembered today by the five varieties of maile: maile pâkaha (blunt leaf maile), maile lau nui (large leaf maile), maile lau liʻi (small leaf maile), and maile kaluhea (sweet smelling maile)
A Maile Lei For Your Hair, Huapala.org

A Maile Lei for Your Hair by Norman Kaye and The Mary Kaye Trio from their album "Our Hawaii"

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Blue Hawaiian Moonlight (Words by Ray Muffs, Music by Myron A. Muffs. Copyright claimed by Leo Talent, Inc. July 3, 1953, #EU322697.)

Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 7, Part 5B, Number 2 (July-December, 1953), pp. vii, 531 (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1954).

Blue Hawaiian Moonlight by Mike Keale And Friends, Hula By Melissa Meidinger

Blue Hawaiian Moonlight by The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, featuring Ry Cooder (Instrumental)

Blue Hawaiian Moonlight by the steel guitarist Eddie Palama, with Bobby Ingano on ukulele, Alan Akaka on bass, and Kaipo Asing on guitar. From the 2017 Kaua'i Steel Guitar Festival.

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Hawaii Calls (Harry Owens, 1935)

This was the theme song for the radio program of the same name. The show introduced and popularized Hawaiian music, both traditional and hapa-haole styles, around the world. A Version with Dick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians, featuring Ray Kinney, is at Archive.org (with an impossibly long URL).

The obituary for Harry Owens is below.

Hawaii Calls (Instrumental) by Harry Owens & His Royal Hawaiians – Hawaii, 1950

Hawaii Calls by Jesse Tinsley

Hawaii Calls by Nathan Aweau and Jeff Peterson

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Hawaii Pono’i (King David Kalākaua & Henri Berger, 1874)

Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī (Hawaiian: "Hawaii's Own") is the state song and former national anthem of Hawaii. The words were written in 1874 by King David Kalākaua with music composed by Captain Henri Berger, then the king's royal bandmaster. Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī was one of the national anthems of the Republic of Hawaii and the Kingdom of Hawaii, having replaced Liliuokalani's composition He Mele Lahui Hawaii. It was the adopted song of the Territory of Hawaii before becoming the state symbol by an act of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 1967. Hawaii Pono'i. Fandom.com

Hawaii Pono'i by Tia Inoue, member of the Select Choir, La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls.

Hawaii Pono'i with Hawaiian and English translation.

Hawaii Pono'i by Amy Hanaiali'i, at the memorial service for Sen. Daniel K. Inouye at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Video by KITV News.

Hawaii Pono'i by unidentified mass chorus

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Hawaiian War Chant  ("Kāua I Ka Huahuaʻi," Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II, 1860s; "Tahuwahuwai," English lyrics by Ralph Freed, 1936)

"Hawaiian War Chant" is an American popular song whose original melody and lyrics were written in the 1860s by Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II (1854–1877). The original title of the song was Kāua I Ka Huahuaʻi or "We Two in the Spray." It was not written as a chant, and the Hawaiian lyrics describe a clandestine meeting between two lovers, not a battle. The English title therefore has nothing to do with the song as it was originally written and performed in Hawaii. Unlike the immortal "Aloha Oe" of his sister Queen Liliʻuokalani, the original lyrics of this love song are no longer popular. The song became popular around 1930, when Johnny Noble, bandleader at the Moana Hotel on Waikiki Beach, transformed it into the very jazzy: "Tahuwahuwai", better known as The Hawaiian War Chant.
Hawaiian War Chant, Wikipedia; List of compositions and works by Leleiohoku II, Wikipedia.

Hawaiian War Chant by Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Hawaiian War Chant by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra featuring Buddy Rich from the 1942 MGM film "Ship Ahoy."

Hawaiian War Chant by Sandi Jensen Griffiths and Sally Flynn on the Lawrence Welk Show, 1968.

Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) by the Oratorio Society of Honolulu from their album "Summer Tiki Lounge"

Hawaiian War Chant by Haunani Kahalewai at the Monarch Room in Waikiki's celebrated Royal Hawaiian Hotel (1960s).

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Hawaiian Wedding Song

"Hawaiian Wedding Song," originally entitled "Ke Kali Nei Aua" (Waiting There for Thee), was adapted from a 1925 love song written by Charles E. King. It was re-written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning and renamed as "Hawaiian Wedding Song".

An earlier English version of "Ke Kali Nei Au" was recorded by Bing Crosby and was titled "Here Ends the Rainbow," lyrics by Johnny Burke. This was recorded on February 9, 1951 with Betty Mullin and Lyn Murray and His Orchestra.

The song was also covered by Andy Williams (1958), among others. In the US, Williams' version was released as a single in 1958 and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 27 on the R&B chart.

Elvis Presley sang another version of the song in the 1961 film "Blue Hawaii." Hawaiian Wedding Song, Wikipedia

Hawaiian Wedding Song by Andy Williams (1958)

Hawaiian Wedding Song by Elvis Presley in a video from the film "Blue Hawaii" (1961)

Couldn't find Bing's recording, but:

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Here Ends The Rainbow) by Billy Ward

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Here Ends The Rainbow) by The King Sisters from their album "Aloha - the King Sisters" (1957)

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Here Ends The Rainbow) by Art and Dotty Todd from their album "I'll Never Leave Hawaii" (1980)

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Ke Kali Nei (Waiting for Thee) (Charles E. King for his operetta, "Prince of Hawai'i", 1925)

Originally recorded in 1928 for Columbia Records by Helen Kapuailohia Desha Beamer and Sam Kapu, Sr., with Don Barriento’s Hawaiian Orchestra. Helen was the matriarch of a musical dynasty that includes her grandson, falsetto singer Mahi Beamer, who was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2006; granddaughter Winona (Nona) Beamer; and Nona Beamer's two sons, Keola and Kapono Beamer.

Couldn't find "Ke Kali Nei" by Helen Desha Beamer & Sam Kapu, Sr., but:

Ke Kali Nei Au by Mahi Beamer, grandson of Helen Kapuailohia Desha Beamer (2004)

Ke Kali Nei Au by the Makaha Sons

Ke Kali Nei Au by Maunalua (2000)

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He Aloha Mele (Iva Kinimaka on his 1979 album "Just Singing It All")

"Easy to sing, and perfect for hula, it is one of the most memorable hapa-haole songs written since Hawaii became a state in 1959." In his obituary, it was observed that wherever he went, he'd be called on to sing to his signature tune, which was written for his daughter. "The next thing that would follow is that he'd ask me to come up and dance," daughter Dr. Chamonix Carinamele Kinimaka, MD, said "I used to get so nervous when I was a little girl. But I really grew to cherish that. It was just a really special thing that we had." Mr. Kinimaka passed away at the age of 76, August 2, 2016. In his obituary, it was noted "Aloha attire is requested. Leis and loose flowers are welcome."

Island entertainer Iva Kinimaka dies at 76 by Jim Mendoza, Hawaii News Now, Honolulu, August 3, 2016

Waikiki entertainer Iva Kinimaka dies at 76 by John Berger, Honolulu Star Advertiser, August 4, 2016.

Obituary for Iva Kinimaka, Oahu Mortuary

He Aloha Mele by Iva Kinimaka

He Aloha Mele by Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho

He Aloha Mele by The Peter Moon Band from their album "Mālie" (1980)

He Aloha Mele by Bolo from his album "'ekahi" (2014)

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Holoholo Ka’a (The Joyride Hula) (Clarence William Kalea Kinney 1879-1942), c. 1900)

Originally credited to John Almeida, who said that it was written by Clarence Kinney and given to John as payment for a debt.

A comic hula by the songwriter who is said to have created the pineapple design on the ukulele in 1914 (Noelani Mahoe, "Ho‘āhu ‘Ana O Nā Mele,").

Holoholo Ka`a by John Kameaaloha Almeida

Holoholo Ka`a by Darlene Ahuna

Holoholo Ka`a by Robert Cazimero from his album "Hula

Holoholo Ka'a by William Kahaiali'i (Willie K) from "Awihilima: Reflections

Holoholo Ka'a by Amy Hanaiali'i

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The Hukilau Song (Jack Owens, 1948)
Written and recorded by Jack Owens after attending a luau in Laie, Hawaii. A hukilau is an ancient Hawaiian fishing method in which a large net is laid in the ocean with lengthy ropes extending to the beach tied to each end. Long leaves, or lau in Hawaiian, which are bound along the length of the ropes, flutter in the water and help scare the fish into the net as the community pulls (huki in Hawaiian) the ropes, gradually bringing the net to shore.
In 1865, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased a 6,000-acre plantation in Laie, Oahu, and constructed a chapel in 1881, which accidentally burned down in 1940. The church wanted to start rebuilding it in 1948 and decided to start a hukilau as a fundraising activity for the new chapel. This was the beginning of the Laie Hukilau, which inspired this song.

It has been extensively covered by other artists. Steve Fidel, The Hukilau: A legacy of Laie from The Deseret, Oct 29, 2009; The Hukilau Song, Wikipedia; Ali'i Luau & La'ie Hukilau, the Polynesian Cultural Center; Also see "Facets Model of The Huikilau Song."

The Hukilau Song by Jack Owens with The Halihinis (1948) (MP3 from the Internet Archive)

The Hukilau Song by Andy Bright and The Moana Hawaiians  featuring Dan Kanilau and The Waikiki Girls Trio (MP3 from the Internet Archive)

The Hukilau Song by Alfred Apaka with Danny Stewart's Hawaiians (1950) (MP3 from the Internet Archive)

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I Ali’i No O’e (You Are A Chief) (Traditional)

I Ali'i No Oe by Amy Hanaiali'i

I Ali'i No 'Oe by Genoa Keawe from "Hana Hou!," Vol. 1

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Island Style (John Cruz, 1990s) (C)

Island Style (F)

Island Style by John Cruz from "Acoustic Soul" (1997)

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Kalapana Way (The Brown Boys)

Kalapana Way by The Brown Boys

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Kipahulu (Carl Hoku Rasmussen, Trans.) (C)

Kipahulu (F)

"Kipahulu" honors the southern tip of Maui, most frequently referred to as "the Hana side". (Kuahiwi nani ʻoe - A mountain of beauty you are)

Kipahulu by John Grover

Kipahulu by Leokane Pryor

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Ku’u Home O Kahalu’u (Jerry Santos, 1970s)

"Olomona's lyrics addressed the changes that urbanization brought, not only to the rural terrain, but to rural ways of life as well. Loss of innocence was the human equivalent of nature's retreat before the city sprawl. The relationship between the land and the child, expressed in the first selection as Keiki o ka 'āina, is given greater force in this song as nature's loss is seen, on the personal level, as loss of happiness, freedom, even identity." (Jon Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio)

Ku'u Home O kahalu'a by Olomana, "Like A Seabird In The Wind" (1976)

Ku'u Home O Kahalua by Don Ho, "The Legend Collection"

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Lahainaluna (Kuiokalani ("Kui") Lee) (C)

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Lahainaluna by Kui Lee

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Little Brown Gal (Johnny Noble, Lee Wood & Don McDiarmid, 1935)

Little Brown Gal by Ray Kinney

Little Brown Gal by Charles Kaipo

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Little Grass Shack (Johnny Noble, William Cogswell, & Tommy Harrison, 1933)

Full title: "My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii"

My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii by Ray Conniff and the Singers

My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii by Dorothy Lamour and the Crew Chiefs

Little Grass Shack / Little Brown Girl Medley

(Often performed with the songs reversed)

Little Grass Shack / Little Brown Girl by "A Bunch of Coconuts" at the Tiki Terrace on May 27, 2010.

Little Brown Girl / Little Grass Shack by Jesse Tinsley, 2009

Little Brown Girl / Little Grass Shack by The Hula La's performing at the 2013 Cabarrus SilverArts Follies competition in Mt. Pleasant, NC on May 18, 2013

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Lovely Hula Hands (R. Alex Anderson, 1939)

Watching a hula dancer at a party, the composer heard someone say "Aren't her hands lovely". This was the inspiration for his most popular composition written in 1939, that was later identified with hula artist, Aggie Auld.
Lovely Hula Hands, HuaPala.org

Lovely Hula Hands by George Ka'inapau with the Royal Hawaiian Serenaders

Lovely Hula Hands by by Alfred Apaka

Lovely Hula Hands by Don Ho from "The Legend Collection"

Lovely Hula Hands by Marty Robbins from his 1963 "Hawaii's Calling Me"

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One Paddle, Two Paddle (Kui Lee)

One Paddle, Two Paddle by Don Ho

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Pakala (Malani Bilyeu)

Pakala by Malanai Bilyeu from "Water Songs"

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Pearly Shells

Pearly Shells (Pupu A ʻO ʻEwa) is an old Hawaiian song. The English lyrics were written by Webley Edwards and Leon Pober.

See historical note below.

Pearly Shells by Don Ho with Glen Campbell on the Ukulele (1969)

Pearly Shells by Ray Conniff and the Singers

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Pearly Shells / Ka’ahupahau (Keali’l Reichel)

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Pipi Kiwi Nui (The Bull’s Big Horn) (Willie K)

Pipi Kiwi Nui by William Kahaiali'i (Willie K)

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Pu’a Mana (Charles Kekua Farden & Imagard Aluli, 1937)

Irmgard Keali'iwahinealohanohokahaopuamana Farden Aluli (October 7, 1911 – October 4, 2001) was a Hawaiian composer who wrote over 200 songs; she was considered a haku mele, or maker of songs and is considered the most prolific woman composer of Hawaii since Queen Lili'uokalani. She is the fourth person to be honored twice for a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) and was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1998. The group "Puamana" she founded in the 1960s continues under the leadership of her daughter and granddaughters. Her father was Charles Kekua Farden, who provided the words to the tune composed by Irmgard.
Irmgard Farden Aluli, Wikipedia.

Pua Mana by Na Leo from "Romantic Waikiki"

Puamana by Christy Leina'ala Lassiter from "Le'ale'a"

Puamana by Denis Pavao from "Ka Leo Ki'eki'e"

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Pu’a Mana / Seabreeze (Charles Kekua Farden, Irmgard Aluli, Keola & Kapono Beamer)

Seabreeze (Puamana) by Keola & Kapono Beamer from "Honolulu City Lights"

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Princess Pu-pu-lay (Has Plenty Papaya) (Harry Owens, 1939)

Princess Poo-poo-lay Has Plenty Papaya by Harry Owens & His Royal Hawaiians from "Happy Hour In Hawaii"

Princess Poo-poo-lay Has Plenty Papaya by Naughty Abbie with Hawaiian Orchestra from "Hawaiian Hot Hula," Vol. 1

Princess Poo-poo-lay (Has Plenty Papaya) by Teresa Brewer from "Aloha" (1961)

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Quicksilver Morning (Malani Bilyeu)

Quicksilver Morning by Malani Bilyeu with Alvin Levi on guitar, Lopaka Colon on percussion, and John Cruz on harmonica at the Mana Mele Festival at Makers and Tasters in Kaka'ako on April 22, 2016

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Red Sails in the Sunset (Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams & Wilhelm Grosz)

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Song of Old Hawaii by Gordon Beecher & John Noble (1938)

Song of Old Hawaii by Charles Kaipo

Song of Old Hawaii by Hawaii Calls

Song of Old Hawaii by Kaleo Naea of Kaua'i

Song of Old Hawaii by Bing Crosby

Song of Old Hawaii by Andy Williams

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Sweet Singing Bamboo (Maddy K. Lam)

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Tiny Bubbles (Leon Pober, 1966)

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Waimanalo Blues (Liko Martin & Thor Wold, 1974)

Waimanalo Blues by Don Ho, "The Legend Collection"

Waimanalo Blues by Country Comfort

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White Sandy Beach of Hawaii (Duc Huy)

White Sandy Beach of Hawaii by Israel ("Iz") Kamakawiwo'ole

White Sandy Beach of Hawaii by Israel ("Iz") Kamakawiwo'ole

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Keep Your Eyes on the Hands (Tony Todaro & Liko Johnston)

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I Miss You My Hawaii (Kenneth Makuakane)

I Miss You, My Hawai'i by Kenneth Makuakane

I Miss You My Hawai'i by Kenneth Makuakane

I Miss You My Hawai'i by Kenneth Makuakane from his CD "Anthology II"

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Sweet and Slow (Fats Waller)

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Ten Feet Away (Seals, Sherrill & Barnes)

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Love and Honesty (Wade Canbern)

Love and Honesty by The Hawaiian Style Band (Bryan Kessler, Wade Cambern & Robi Kahakalau)

Love and Honesty by Katie & Her Dad

Love and Honesty by Princess Halakahiki

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Poli’ahu (Frank Kawa’ikapu’okalani Hewett)

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Beautiful Kaua’i

Beautiful Kauai by Nathan Aweau

Beautiful Kauai by Don Ho

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Blue Hawaii (Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger, 1937)

Written for the 1937 Paramount Pictures film "Waikiki Wedding," starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Crosby recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was released in 1937 as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani." This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay. The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart for twenty consecutive weeks. "Blue Hawaii" was the first of three Elvis films to be shot in Hawaii, followed by "Girls! Girls! Girls!" in 1962 and "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" in 1965. Blue Hawaii, Wikipedia

Blue Hawaii by Bing Crosby (1937)

Blue Hawaii by Elvis Presley (1961)

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Days Of My Youth (Kui Lee)

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I’ll Remember You (Kui Lee, 1964)
"l'll Remember You" is a song written by in 1964 by Kui Lee, a singer-songwriter and the 1960s golden boy artist of Hawaii. Many top artists including Elvis Presley, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett, Herb Alpert, and Tommy Sands in the 1968 "Hawaii Five-O" episode "No Blue Skies". Perhaps the most famous version was by his friend Don Ho, who was an aspiring singer at Honey's Nightclub, where Lee worked as a doorman and which was owned by Don Ho's mother.
After a visit to Honey's Nightclub, Nancy Sinatra reported Don's great connection with his audience to her dad, Frank, who had just started his own music label. In April, 1965, he recorded Don Ho and his musicians playing "Tiny Bubbles" and "I'll Remember You." Recording Kui's songs made Don a star, and it was from Don's on-stage patter that most people learned of Kui Lee. Onstage, Don gave Kui full credit for creating island music for a new generation.
Several years later, Don Ho was performing in Waikiki as the headliner of Duke's in the International Market Place. It was the hottest entertainment at the best prices in town, and often went on long after the club was scheduled to close.
Dukes was close to Fort Derussy, and for many U.S. military personnel bound for or returning from the Vietnam War, Hawaii was their staging ground, and also the location for a two-week leave in mid-tour where spouses would often visit. The lure of Hawaii's best entertainers and all one could drink for $5, made Duke's legendary.
Don often closed the "Suck 'em Up" show by performing the song "I'll Remember You". For those service personnel about to be sent back into war and their wives soon to be thousands of miles away, this song resonated with many. Elvis Presley had an affinity for the Islands and gave the song a broader audience in a stunning benefit concert in Honolulu in 1973, "Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite," that catapulted the song's popularity. Within the next few years, the song had been recorded by several well-known singers of the period.
Kui Lee was a prolific composer, writing many songs popular in Hawaii. Knowing of a late-diagnosed terminal illness, this song was written & dedicated to his wife and three young daughters. Kui passed within a couple years of penning "I'll Remember You" at the young age of 34 years. I Will Remember You, Wikipedia; Kui Lee, Wikipedia.

I'll Remember You by Kui Lee from his album "The Extraordinary Kui Lee"

I'll Remember You by Don Ho

I'll Remember You by Elvis Presley from the 1973 "Aloha from Hawaii" concert which raised $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund, which had been created shortly before the concert by Hawaii veteran newspaper columnist Eddie Sherman, to fund the cancer research going on at the University of Hawaii.

I'll Remember You by Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau from a 1988 TV special with the Makaha Sons featuring Israel Kamakawiwo`ole.

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Kawena (Chino Montero)

Kawena by Chino Montero

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Opihi Man (Craig Kamahele, Ka’au, Crater Boys)

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg & Bob Thiele, George David Weiss)

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Surfin’ USA (Brian Wilson & Chuck Berry)

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To You Sweetheart Aloha (Harry Owens)

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You Ku’uipo (Willie Kahai’ali’i) (C)

You Ku’uipo (Willie Kahai’ali’i) (G)

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Hawai’ian Sup’paman (Del Beazley)

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Lover of Mine (Gaylord Ho’omali’a)

Lover of Mine by Israel (Iz) Kamakawiwo'ole

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E Huli Makou (David Chung)

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Molokai Slide (Tad Suckling)

The Story of the Mololai Slide, Version 1

The Story of Mololai Slide, Version 2 (with difficult background noise at the beginning)

Moloka'i Slide by Ehukai

Moloka'i Slide by George Kahumoku, Jr.

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Fish and Poi (Jack Pitman & Bob Magoon, Jr., 1953) ("Mama don't scold me, I no go work today")

Fish And Poi by Andy Bright and The Moana Hawaiians featuring Jules Keiliikuihonua Ah See (MP3 recording from the Internet Archive)

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Take Me Home Country Road (John Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, ca. 1970) (Key of C)

Take Me Home Country Road (Key of G)

Take Me Home, Country Roads by Israel (Iz) Kamakawiwoʻole

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Hanalei Moon (Bob Nelson, 1974)

Robert Edward Lin Nelson was a Hawaiian songwriter, composer, pianist, and singer.
In 1976 "Hanalei Moon" received the award for Best New Song at the first Nani Awards, the predecessor to the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. In 1978 he was nominated for Best Composer, and his song "Maui Waltz" was nominated for Best Song, at the very first Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. "Hanalei Moon" and "Maui Waltz" are among the most popular songs in Hawaii.
A staunch defender of the copyrights and royalties of Hawaiian songwriters and composers, he served on advisory boards at ASCAP for two decades. In 2013 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts. Bob Nelson (songwriter), Wikipedia

Hanalei Moon by Bob Nelson

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Anthem To Musubi (Ke'Ahi (Eric Rozet), 2015)

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Anthem to Musubi (G)

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Mahalo Nui (Key of C)

Mahalo Nui (Key of G)

Mahalo Nui (Key of F)

(Words by Harold Roes; Music by Carol Roes and Lloyd Stone, 1956)

A "Mele Keiki" (children's Hawaiian song) used to help teach the hula. Over the years, she conducted numerous workshops for teachers on how her songs should be presented, including pronunciation of the Hawaiian lyrics, the music, and gestures or dance motions. For some years it was the traditional closing song of the Kailua Madrigal Singers.

Mahalo Nui by Bill Aliiloa Lincoln (Bill Lincoln, Lei Cypriano, Eddie Pang)

Mahalo Nui by Leeward (LCC) Kanikapila Singers, 2011 LCC Spring Concert

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Hawaiian Eyes (Jon Osorio & Randy Borden, 1981)

Winner of the 1981 Na Hoku Hanohano Award Song of the Year. Jon & Randy have been described as "a legendary contemporary Hawaiian duo," and were part of the “Hawaiian Renaissance” in local music scene in the 1970s and early 1980s. Jon Osorio, PhD, is dean of the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and received a lifetime achievement award in 2019 for his contributions to Hawaiʻi’s music and recording industry by the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts. Randy Kamuela Borden died at the age of 45 in October, 1997; he was born on Molokai. Hawaiian Eyes, Nā Mea Hawaiʻi; Lifetime achievement award for Hawaiʻinuiākea Dean Osorio, University of Hawaii News, October 28 2019; Randy Borden, Hawaiian Athlete, Singer, The Seattle Times (Nov 1 1997).

Hawaiian Eyes by Jon & Randy from their album "Hawaiian Eyes" (1981)

Hawaiian Eyes by Nā Leo · Nā Leo Pilimehana

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Hula Heaven (Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin, 1937)

Originally one of several songs written for the 1937 Paramount movie "Waikiki Wedding," starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Shirley Ross, and Martha Raye. Other songs included Harry Owens' "Sweet Leilani" and original compositions by Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger, and Don Hartman, namely, "Blue Hawaii," "Sweet Is the Word for You," and "Nani O Nā Pua." See: "Movies and Hawaiian Music" by George Kanahele from "Ha'ilono Mele," The Hawaiian Music Foundation, Vol. IV, Number 6 (June 1978), pp. 4-7.

"In A Little Hula Heaven" got a facelift when the lyrics were slightly altered by Teresa Bright and recorded under the title "Hula Heaven." Teresa, a native-Hawaiian entertainer, has received a Na Hoku Honohano Award three times, 1988, 1991, and 2009. Teresa Bright, Wikipedia.

Hula Heaven by Teresa Bright from her album "Self Portrait" (1990)

In A Little Hula Heaven by Bing Crosby with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra from the movie "Waikiki Wedding" (1937)

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I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone  (Johnny Noble, Treve Bluett, & Walter Donaldson, 1938)

I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone by Sol K. Bright (Solomon Kekipi Bright, Sr.) and his Hollywaiians (1939)

I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone by Ian Whitcomb and The Bungalow Boys (2003)

I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone by Casey MacGiill & Orville Johnson from their album "Hawaii of My Dreams" (2014)

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May Day Is Lei Day In Hawaii (Ruth and Leonard "Red" Hawk, ca. 1927-1929)
Complete lyrics: May Day is Lei Day in Hawai'i

It was writer and poet Don Blanding who first suggested that a holiday should be dedicated to the Hawaiian tradition of making and wearing lei. And it was writer Grace Tower Warren who came up with the idea that the holiday should coincide with May Day. And so since the first Lei Day on May 1, 1928, Hawaii has continued the annual celebration.

The importance of the lei to the Hawaiian culture is that it is meant to represent the unspoken expression of aloha. The meaning of aloha can be interpreted in various ways including farewell, greeting, love, hope, joy, and other sentiments. The idea is that although the lei lasts only a while, the thought lasts forever. Each island has its own color and flower, its own way of celebrating the holiday, and different native vegetation that makes up the lei. When presented, the mana (spirit) of the lei maker is said to pass to its wearer.

Oahu hosts the state’s largest Lei Day event. No matter which day of the week May 1 falls on, the Lei Day Celebration takes place at Queen Kapiolani Park in Waikiki. The annual event features some of the most beautiful leis in the world, hula performances, demonstrations, craft and food vendors, and excellent live music by some of Hawaii’s top performers. Although the public celebration was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, residents were urged to celebrate the day at their homes and display leis from front porches or mailboxes.

Each year, the Lei Royalty preside over the festivities. They are selected based on their lei making skills, hula proficiency, and Hawaiian language fluency. During the Lei Court Selection Event on Saturday, March 7, 2020, Jordan Kung Keonaonahiwahiwa‘okapuakenikeni‘iwili‘iameka‘u‘ilaha‘oleokalani Salis, was crowned as the 92nd Lei King, the first King in the nearly century-long tradition of the Lei Court! O‘ahu native Salis explained that his Hawaiian name means “the fond fragrance of the puakenikeni blossom that embraces the beauty of the Heavens”.

Sources:
May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii, Hawaii.com

Lei Day, Wikipedia

Celebrate Lei Day by showing gratitude to our first responders
The City & County of Honolulu, March 9, 2020

How May Day became Lei Day in Hawaii, Hawaii Magazine

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii by King Benny Nawahi's Hawaiians (June 2nd, 1930)

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii by The Halekulani Girls (Alice Fredlund, Iwalani Kahalewai and Noenoe Chai) from the LP "Dreams Of Old Hawai'i" (1977)

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii Day by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees Staff.

2013 May Day Hawaii at Kapiolani Park video from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Telona & Telila dancing for May Day to the tune of "May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii"

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii, 21 ladies perform the hula for the Lei Queen Contest 2010, Lei Aloha Festival in Tokyo

"Aloha" - Henry Kapono Shares A Positive Message and sings “May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii” (May 2, 2020)

Beach Walks with Rox, #70, 2006 Lei Day celebration video including dancers from Kapiʻolani Park. Song: "Aia La `o Pele" by Kamakele Bulla Ka`iliwai" from the album "Na Hulukupuna."

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Pidgin Engkish Hula (Charles E. King, 1933)

Although early Chinese immigrants to Hawai'i spoke Hawaiian to a degree, it is likely that Chinese and Hawaiian people developed a Pidgin Hawaiian when Portuguese workers arrived in the 1870s. Because these immigrants learned a little Hawaiian, a Pidgin Hawaiian language developed to allow for intercultural communication, especially on the plantations. This evolved into a kind of Hawai‘i Creole, when the second generation of plantation workers were born and when Japanese children began to attend public schools in the 1880s, because of the need for a common language.

Source: Social Relations on Plantations: The Origins of Pidgin, Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2009, 2010, citing Kent Sakoda & Jeff Siegel, Pidgin Grammar: An introduction to the Creole Language of Hawai‘i (Bess Press, 2003).

Pidgin Engkish Hula by Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Quartet (1935)

Pidgin Engkish Hula by Hilo Hattie and the Royal Hawaiian (Hotel) Girls Glee Club (1937)

Pidgin Engkish Hula by the Mākaha Sons of Niʻihau (Retro Video)

Pidgin Engkish Hula by Alvin And The Chipmonks (David Seville) (1960)

Pidgin Engkish Hula by The Surfers (with an introduction together with a spoken translation)

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Ukulele Lady (Gus Kahn & Richard A. Whiting, 1925) (C)

Ukulele Lady (Gus Kahn & Richard A. Whiting, 1925) (F)

A popular standard, the song was first made famous by Vaughn De Leath in 1925 and recorded by a number of artists since then.

Ukulele Lady by Vaughn De Leath (1925), popular star on the radio in the 1920s. She invented the "crooning" style of singing, and was an accomplished ukulele player.

Ukulele Lady by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra with vocals by the Southern Fall Colored Quartet (1925); lengthy instrumental introduction.

Ukulele Lady by Lee Morse (1925)

Ukulele Lady by by Kermit the Frog (playing the ukulele) and Miss Piggy in the second season of The Muppet Show, Episode 15.

Ukulele Lady by Arlo Guthrie on his 1972 album "Hobo's Lullaby"

Ukulele Lady by Bette Midler, first performed live in the 1997 TV special "Diva Las Vegas" as a tribute to her native Hawaii. Midler later recorded the song for her album "Bathhouse Betty."

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Hawaii  (Brian Wilson & Mike Love, 1963)

Recorded in July 1963, it is one of the first Beach Boys songs that Hal Blaine played on. The single didn't chart in the US but reached the Australian Top Ten during the Beach Boys' tour of Australia in February 1964. Hawaii (Beach Boys song), Wikipedia.

Hawaii by The Beach Boys from their 1963 album "Surfer Girl"

Hawaii by The Beach Boys in a live appearance in San Francisco, 1963

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Honolulu City Lights  (Keola Beamer, early 1970s) (C)

Honolulu City Lights  (Keola Beamer, early 1970s) (G)

Keola and Kapono Beamer were part of the “Hawaiian Renaissance” in local music scene beginning in the 1970s. The "Honolulu City Lights" album won several of the Hawaiian music industry's Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in 1979, among them for Best Contemporary Hawaiian Album, and both the song and the album went on to become among the most popular and most played works of contemporary Hawaiian music. Richard and Karen Carpenter were vacationing in Hawaii in 1977 when they heard "Honolulu City Lights." The 1978 recording was not released until 1986, three years after Karen's death. Honolulu City Lights, Wikipedia.

It was named #1 in the June, 2004, Honolulu Magazine article The 50 Greatest Hawai‘i Albums of All Time. Authors Ronna Bolante and Michael Keany wrote: "Few albums have become so completely integrated into the consciousness of local culture as Keola and Kapono Beamer’s 'Honolulu City Lights.' In the 26 years since its release, its songs have become the soundtrack to Hawai‘i."

Honolulu City Lights by Keola and Kapono Beamer from their album "Honolulu City Lights" (1979)

Honolulu City Lights by the Carpenters (1986) from their album "Lovelines" (1989)

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Honolulu Lulu (Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Lou Adler, 1963)

Honolulu Lulu by Jan And Dean (1990 stereo remaster)

Honolulu Lulu by Jan And Dean, a live performance in 1987.

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Manuela Boy (Johnny Noble, 1937), with frequent additional verses. (C)

And see: Manuela Boy - Notes on the Lyrics

Manuela Boy by Hilo Hattie (Kalala Haili) and the Royal Hawaiian Girls Glee Club (Recorded 1937; Released 1938)

Manuela Boy by Atta Isaacs & Gabby Pahinui from the album "Two Slack Key Guitars" (2008)

Manuela Boy by Ledward Kaapana, live at Don Quixote's in Felton, California, September 28, 2010

Manuela Boy by Lito Arkangel (2017)

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Margarita (C)

Margarita (G)

(Louis Prima & Sonny Skylar, copyright Aug, 21, 1946; previously registered under the title "Mama mia," Louis Prima & Harry Revel, Feb. 23, 1946)

No recordings found.

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My Hula Girl (Randy Lorenzo, 1996) (C)

My Hula Girl by Randy Lorenzo (1996) (C)

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North Shore Serenade (Nalani Jenkins, 2005) (C)

North Shore Serenade (Nalani Jenkins, 2005) (F)

North Shore Serenade (Nalani Jenkins, 2005) (G)

North Shore Serenade by Na Leo Pilimehana

North Shore Serenade by Na Leo

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On The Beach At Waikiki (Or The Golden Hula) (G. H. Stover & Henry Kailimai, 1916) (C)

On The Beach At Waikiki (Or The Golden Hula) (G. H. Stover & Henry Kailimai, 1916) (G)

A best selling Hawaiian song, it earned the composer and publisher $50,000 in royalties.

On The Beach At Waikiki by Helen Louise and Frank Ferera (Instrumental, 1915)

On The Beach At Waikiki by Tau Moe, Rose Moe and Lani Moe (followed by "Out on the Beach at Waikiki" by Charles Kaipo)

On The Beach At Waikiki by the Four Hawaiians (four Danes who do a pretty good job (1960)

On The Beach At Waikiki by Weldon Kekauoha

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Someone to Lava (Raphael Martins, ca. 2014) (C)

Someone To Lava (Raphael Martins) from Pixar's short film "Lava"

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Sweet Lady of Waiahole (Bruddah Waltah, ca. early 1990s) (C)

Sweet Lady of Waiahole (Bruddah Waltah, ca. early 1990s) (F)

The woman who inspired this song was Fujiko Shimabukuro, born in Kohala, Hawai‘i on March 18, 1914. The family moved to Okinawa when she was 3 and returned to Hawai‘i at 18. She married Koji Matayoshi and lived in Kahalu‘u, where they had eight children, five daughters and three sons. They eventually moved from Kahalu‘u to Waiāhole, where her husband and her husband’s father started farming a 10-acre plot of land that was leased to them by the McCandless family. After her husband died, Fujiko needed a way to support her children, so every day, she would gather all her fruits in a wheelbarrow and wheel them down to sell on Kamehameha Highway. Source: "Sweet Lady of Waiāhole" by Lisa Yamada-Son, FluxHawaii.com (May 7, 2012)

Sweet Lady of Waiahole (Bruddah Waltah)

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Waikiki (Andrew Kealoha Cummings, 1938)

One of the most enduring and popular of the 'place name' songs and regarded by some as the greatest Hapa Haole song of them all. Andy Cummings, a respected and well-loved composer and musician, had a severe attack of homesickness and wrote this song while in Lansing, Michigan on tour with The Paradise Islands revue. "It was a cold and foggy night in November 1938 and we were walking back to our hotel from the theatre. I thought of Waikiki with its rolling surf, warm sunshine, palm trees, and…"  Waikiki, Huapala.org; Waikiki, Squareone.org, citing Tony Todaro, The Golden Years of Hawaiian Entertainment (Tony Todaro Pub., 1974)

Waikiki by Andy Cummings & his Hawaiian Serenaders (David Nalu, Gabby Pahinui, Joe Diamond, Ralph Alapa'i, 1946)

Waikiki by Na Leo Pilimehana from their first album "Local Boys"

Waikiki by the Brothers Cazimero