This great-value 49-track 2CD collection comprises recordings made by Owens with his Royal Hawaiians

Harry Owens was a cornetist, bandleader and composer who became indelibly associated with the music of Hawaii when he was musical director of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki in 1934, with his orchestra becoming among the foremost exponents of melodies and styles inspired by the Hawaiian islands and culture over the next 20 years and more. This great-value 49-track 2CD collection comprises recordings made by Owens with his Royal Hawaiians during the primary era of his career when he established his reputation composing and performing music in the Hawaiian idiom. It comprises selected A and B sides of his releases on Decca through the latter half of the 1930s, and then from his releases on Capitol and Columbia during the 1940s, along with selected tracks from his early albums for those labels in the '40s and '50s, 'Hawaiian Melodies', 'Voice Of The Trade Winds' and 'Polynesian Holiday'. It features his classic compositions 'Sweet Leilani', 'Song Of The Islands', 'Cocoanut Grove', 'Voice Of The Trade Winds' and more, and includes a recording with Bing Crosby form the '30s. For lovers of this style of music, it's an absolute must, and it's an evocative showcase for his unique approach to composing and arranging, capturing the imagery and atmosphere of Hawaii in the islands' music.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Down Where The Trade Winds Blow
• Dancing Under The Stars
• King's Serenade
• O-Ke-Le-Ma-Lu-Na
• Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wa
• Ua Like Noa Like
• Na 'Lii
• Oni Oni (The Wiggle)
• Tomi Tomi
• Beneath A Banyan Tree
• Dreamy Hawaiian Moon
• Sweet Hawaiian Chimes
• Song Of The Islands
• Aloha Oe
• Hawaiian Paradise
• Sing A Hula Song
• Little Angel
• Ukelele Lady
• Song Of The Sea
• Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight
• Calling All Lovers
• Tomai Ho Eu Eu
• Princess Poo Poo-Ly Has Plenty Papaya
• Poi My Boy Will Make A Man Of You

Disc 2:

• Purple Hills Of Hawaii
• Cocoanut Grove
• Maui Girl
• The Laughing Song
• Down On Ami Ami Oni Ini Isle
• Sweet Leilani
• To You, Sweetheart, Aloha
• My Isle Of Golden Dreams
• Poi, My Boy
• Huapala
• Song Of The Sunset
• Menahune Lullaby
• Voice Of The Trade Winds
• Cool Head, Main Thing
• Sing Me A Song Of The Islands
• Princess Poo-Poo-Ly
• You Like No A Like
• Aloha Oe
• Tradewind
• Bora Bora
• Moraea
• Come Back To Raratonga
• Hawaii My Island
• Polynesian Holiday
• Iaoroana

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Run Time: 143 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/10/23

UPC: 824046345921