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This song may refer to England owning the Lusitania. [23] Unlike most other Native Hawaiian songs, it is written without the beautiful imagery of nature. Instead, it describes the use of explosives and torpedoes. This is warfare without warriors in hand-to-hand combat, with the concept of "civilians" redefined by wholesale destruction of places.
Played by the Royal Hawaiian Band in San Francisco August 1883 and became very popular." The first known recording of the song was released by Berliner Gramophone in 1898 . [ 5 ] A catalogue issued by Columbia Records in 1901 mentioned two wax cylinders labeled "Vocal Solos in Hawaiian", containing some of the earlier recordings of " Aloha ʻOe ...
"Thank You Very Much", a song from Kevin Ayers' 1992 album Still Life with Guitar "Thank You Very Much", a song from the 1970 musical film Scrooge "Thank U Very Much" (The Scaffold song) , 1967
Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II (1854–1877), was a poet and composer of many Hawaiian mele (songs), [1] mostly love songs. He was the youngest of the Na Lani ʻEhā ("Royal Four"), which included his sisters Queen Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917) and Princess Miriam Likelike (1851–1887) and his brother King David Kalākaua (1836–1891).
Peʻa illustrated and published five Hawaiian language children stories. [12] Peʻa is a fluent Hawaiian language speaker. [13] He departed his position as a Hawaiian resource coordinator at Kamehameha Schools in 2017 to pursue his career in music full-time. [14] Kalani Pe'a & Allan B. Cool Grammys 2019 Backstage Microsoft Theatre
Robert Alexander Anderson (often given as R. Alex Anderson) (June 6, 1894 – May 30, 1995) [1] was an American composer who was born and lived most of his life in Hawaii, writing many popular Hawaiian songs within the hapa haole genre including "Lovely Hula Hands" (1940) and "Mele Kalikimaka" (1949), the latter the best known Hawaiian Christmas song.
The song later became Hawaii's anthem and state song "Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī" (Hawaii's Own). Kalākaua appointed him as head of the Royal Hawaiian Band, a position he held for 43 years. He formed a close collaboration with Liliʻuokalani, and wrote the music to many of her songs. Berger became a historian for traditional Hawaiian music of his day.
[14] [15] 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. [16] In 1978 "Hanalei Moon" and "Maui Waltz" were among the top 15 most-popular songs in Hawaii. [17] In 1980, he released an album of 13 of his songs titled Bob Nelson & Friends.