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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 most common is the diatonic Richter-tuned with ten air passages and twenty reeds, often called the blues harp. A harmonica reed is a flat, elongated spring typically made of brass, stainless steel, or bronze, which is secured at one end over a slot that serves as an airway. When the free end is made to vibrate by the player's air, it ...
The Hawaiian phrase in the line "I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I used to know" means "men and women". The line, "Where the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a go swimming by," refers to the reef triggerfish, Hawaii's state fish, by its long Hawaiian name. Poi is a Hawaiian food staple made from taro root.
' half foreign ' in Hawaiian) is a genre of Hawaiian music which utilizes primarily English lyrics with themes and instruments attributed to Hawaii, such as the ukulele and steel guitar. Although it has its beginnings in the early 20th century with influences from traditional Hawaiian music and American ragtime , the term "hapa haole" now ...
Hawaiian Music and Musicians. University Press of Hawaii. pp. 350–360. ISBN 0-8248-0578-X. Indie blog, 2008: "Country music musicians were drawn to Hawaiian music when they first heard the Hawaiian steel guitar at the San Francisco Pan Pacific Exposition in 1915. Soon, artists such as Hoot Gibson and Jimmie Davis were recording with Hawaiians.
Solomon Hoʻopiʻi Kaʻaiʻai (/ ˌ h oʊ oʊ ˈ p iː i / hoh-oh-PEE-ee Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˌhoʔoˈpiʔi]; 1902 – November 16, 1953) was a Native Hawaiian lap steel guitarist. A virtuoso, he was one of the most famous original Hawaiian steel guitarists, along with Joseph Kekuku, Frank Ferera, Sam Ku West and "King" Bennie Nawahi.
Harpoon, a band that featured on the 1974 soundtrack of Little Malcolm; Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, rock band; Kid Harpoon (born 1982), English singer; Harpoon, a 2005 album by Larkin Grimm; Harpoon (Jebediah song), 1998 "Harpoon" (Knife Party and Pegboard Nerds song), 2018 "Harpoon", a song by Brecker Brothers from the 1994 album Out of the Loop
Raiatea Helm is an internationally touring Hawaiian singer who has won has been nominated for the Grammys. [6] Kalani Pe'a is a popular Hawaiian singer songwriter who has also won two Grammys. His music is traditional style Hawaiian songs, and include four-part-harmony oli aloha (greeting chants of appreciation) as well as contemporary Hawaiian ...