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Samoa police brass band marching in Apia to flag raising ceremony. The band marches every morning Mondays - Fridays in Samoa. With the introduction of Christianity, especially after the arrival of LMS missionaries in 1830, the music of Samoa was greatly influenced by Western evangelical hymnody and popular music, particularly North American popular music.
Let me Hear You Whisper is a popular Samoan song that has been covered by a multitude of artists that include Jo Stafford, Nephi Hannemann, the Samoan Surf Riders, Fatu, and many others. The song is a staple in Samoan music and has great popularity in the Pacific. The title in Samoan is "Tele i’a o le sami".
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
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The Five Stars is a family pop band who has recorded many albums of well known and original Samoan and pacific songs. The reference of "Five Stars" in the band's name denotes the five stars on the national flag of Samoa. [1]
J Boog (USA) is a reggae performer of Samoan descent based in Hawaii. [8] Chris Boomer is a reggae artists from Guam. [9] Polynesian heritage artists feature in pop music culture including Dinah Jane (USA) of Fifth Harmony. Some Polynesian islands have developed a cassette industry, most notably Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. [citation needed]
One of the popular bands was The Samoan Surfriders. Evolving out of a rock & roll band Rudy & The Crystals who had recorded a song in the Surf genre , "Surf City", [ 33 ] the band was made up of German-Samoan brothers Rudy and Hugo Spemann, Eddie Eves and Horst Stunzner.
In 1995, she released five singles with Papa Pacific and Warner Music. In 2004, she moved to Samoa and established her own record label, focusing on traditional Samoan music. The same year, she was a founding member of the Pacific Island Music Awards in New Zealand. She also founded the Samoan Music Awards in 2010. [2]