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Blue Hawaii (song)

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A-side
  
"Sweet Leilani"

Format
  
78 rpm

Genre
  
Pop standards

Released
  
1937

Recorded
  
February 22, 1937

Label
  
Decca Records

"Blue Hawaii" is a popular song written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger 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."

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.

Recordings

  • Bing Crosby - Decca 1175 (1937)
  • Billy Vaughn - Dot Records 45-15879 (1957)
  • Frank Sinatra - Come Fly with Me (1958)
  • Andy Williams - Two Time Winners (1959)
  • George Greeley - Warner Bros. Records WS-1366 (1960)
  • Jane Morgan - Jane Morgan Sings More Golden Hits Kapp Records KL-1275 (1961)
  • Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961)
  • Willie Nelson - Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
  • Suburban Rhythm - Suburban Rhythm (1997)
  • David Byrne - Big Love: Hymnal (2008)

    • References

    Blue Hawaii (song) Wikipedia
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