146 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The 49th State Hawaiians recorded "That's What the Lei Said" and "Na Maile" for a small label under catalogue 49thstate117. The label information is incomplete, but the band name suggests Hawaiian music from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
49th State 117 Hawaiian
Alfred Apaca performs two Hawaiian songs on Bell Records: 'Na Molokama' and 'To You Sweetheart Aloha', from a small British label.AI summary
Bell 235 Hawaiian
The Alfred Apaka Hawaiians, recorded two Hawaiian numbers, "Aloha nui loa dear" and "Waipio", for the Bell label, a budget British imprint.AI summary
Bell LKS238 Hawaiian
Alice Leslie singing 'Hawaiian Blues' and a duet with H. Clark on Clax, a small British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Claxtonola 40077 Hawaiian
Alkealoha Perry & His Singing Sea Surfers recorded 'Pueo' and 'Twilight in Hawaii' for the Aloha label, a small Hawaiian or west-coast American label. The ensemble and label suggest novelty Hawaiian music from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Aloha Hawaiian
Andy Iona, a Hawaiian musician, performing 'Hawaiian Drinking song' and 'Hawaiian war song' on Columbia 35524.AI summary
Columbia 35524 Hawaiian
Andy Iona, a Hawaiian guitarist and vocalist, on Columbia with Hawaiian songs 'Sweet Gardenia Lei' and 'Island Serenade'. Columbia's Hawaiian series was substantial but largely forgotten.AI summary
Columbia 35844 Hawaiian
Andy Iona, a Hawaiian musician and singer, performing two Hawaiian songs on Columbia. Iona was active in the Hawaiian music market in the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Columbia 36336 Hawaiian
Andy Iona was a Hawaiian musician and guitarist of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his slack-key guitar style and contribution to Hawaiian music in the pre-war era. This Regal pressing of 'Hula Rockabye' and 'He Iniki' captures Hawaiian acoustic guitar and vocal traditions.AI summary
Regal G24713 Hawaiian
Andy Iona, 'Indebted to You' and 'Carefree', on Brunswick 02683; Iona was a Hawaiian vocalist and guitarist popular in the 1940s and 1950s, when Hawaiian music retained a commercial presence in popular record catalogues.AI summary
Brunswick 02683 Hawaiian
Andy Iona performing Hawaiian and Samoan-themed music on Columbia's FB series, popular light entertainment records of the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Columbia FB1316 Hawaiian
Andy Iona was a Hawaiian guitarist and vocalist of the 1930s–40s who recorded for Decca; this pressing pairs "South Sea Lullabies" and "Kailua", both typical of the Hawaiian vocal and guitar idiom popular in Britain during the swing era.AI summary
Decca 3394 Hawaiian
Andy Iona recorded 'Falling in love with you' and 'I'm getting sentimental over you' for Brunswick. Iona was a Hawaiian-influenced musician popular in the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 02703 Hawaiian
Andy Iona was a Hawaiian guitarist and vocalist popular in the 1930s and 1940s; this Columbia side carries the island-music style that made Hawaiian music fashionable in North America and Britain.AI summary
Columbia 35843 Hawaiian
Andy Iona, a Hawaiian musician, performing two Hawaiian vocal pieces on Columbia. Iona was active in Hawaiian music recording in the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Columbia 35845 Hawaiian
Andy Iona, a Hawaiian guitarist and ukulele player, recorded "This night" and "Honolulu Eyes" for Columbia 36394 in the 1930s. A specialist in the Hawaiian guitar repertoire of the era.AI summary
Columbia 36394 Hawaiian
An unnamed performer singing 'Valencia' on side A and a Hawaiian guitar performance of 'London' on side B on Bell, a British budget label, catalogue 357.AI summary
Bell 357 Hawaiian
Augie Goupil recorded 'Manue' and 'Tau Here' for Decca (2255), likely Hawaiian or exotica material given the titles. Goupil's discography is difficult to trace.AI summary
Decca 2255 Hawaiian
Bing Crosby performing Hawaiian songs 'Aloha Oe' and 'Song of the Islands' on Brunswick 02320, a 1930s American pressing.AI summary
Brunswick 02320 Hawaiian
Clara Inter on Bell Records LKS248, performing Hawaiian titles 'Kohala march' and 'Hula town'. Bell was a small British imprint.AI summary
Bell LKS248 Hawaiian
Clara Inter performing two Hawaiian novelty songs on Decca in the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Decca 3430 Hawaiian
Dick McIntire, a Hawaiian musician, performing two Hawaiian guitar and ukulele pieces on Decca. McIntire was active in the Hawaiian music scene of the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Decca 2270 Hawaiian
Eddie Lund on Tah catalogue 102, Hawaiian or tropical-themed vocal material. Tah was an obscure British label, possibly specialising in exotic or ethnic material.AI summary
Tahiti 102 Hawaiian
Eddie Lund performing two Tahitian songs for Tah, an obscure label. This is an obscure regional recording from an unidentified artist.AI summary
Tahiti 7/2 Hawaiian
Edgar Adeler's Hawaiian Players on St, a small British label, performing Hawaiian instrumental music in the early 1900s.AI summary
Sterno 551 Hawaiian
Edwin Sawtelle on Bell Records performing Hawaiian-style vocals, 'Beautiful Kahana' and 'Blue lei'; likely a British recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Bell LKS21 Hawaiian
Felix Mendelssohn and the Hawaiian Serenaders recorded these two songs for Columbia. The group name is likely that of a house ensemble or bandleader; 'La Cumparsa Cubanas' is a Cuban melody, and this is a World Music/Latin novelty recording of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2783 Hawaiian
Ferera & Franchini performing Hawaiian music on Imperial 1207, a British pressing. The duo were known performers of Hawaiian guitar music in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Imperial 1207 Hawaiian
Ferera & Franchini, Hawaiian string duo, on Imperial 1246, performing "Kawaha" and "Pua Mohala"; Hawaiian guitar and ukulele were hugely popular in 1920s–30s Britain, and Imperial issued many such sides.AI summary
Imperial 1246 Hawaiian
Ferera & Franchini, the pioneering Hawaiian guitar duo, in collaboration with a dance band on Winner, performing a European folk title and novelty; an interesting mix of Hawaiian and continental music from the 1920s.AI summary
Winner 4101 Hawaiian
Ferera and Francini, a celebrated Hawaiian duo, performing two Hawaiian novelty numbers on Imperial label 1223: 'Honolulu Rag' and 'Ciribiribin' (a famous Italian novelty tune arranged in Hawaiian style).AI summary
Imperial 1223 Hawaiian
Ferera and Franchini were a celebrated Hawaiian steel-guitar duo of the 1920s–30s, and this Pathé pressing pairs two pieces typical of their repertoire: "Rio Nights Waltz" and "Dreamy Paradise". Hawaiian guitar was hugely popular in Britain during this period.AI summary
Pathé 1532 Hawaiian
Ferera and Franchini, the pioneering Hawaiian guitar duo, with Hilo March and Honolulu Bay on Paramount 33065.AI summary
Paramount 33065 Hawaiian
Ferera's Hawaiian Serenaders recorded "Annie Laurie" and "Old Black Joe" for the Imperial label in the 1920s. These are Hawaiian arrangements of traditional songs.AI summary
Imperial 1167 Hawaiian
Ferera's Hawaiian Serenaders perform Irish folk material—"The Wearing of the Green" and "Come Back to Erin"—on Imperial in their Hawaiian-inflected style.AI summary
Imperial 1188 Hawaiian
Ferrachini's Hawaiian Band performing 'Moonlight in the Colorado' and 'The Kings Horses' on Broadcast Records. Broadcast was a secondary British label; these are Hawaiian-steel-guitar novelties common in the 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 3018 Hawaiian
Ferrachini's Hawaiian Band recorded two sentimental ballads with Hawaiian arrangement for Broadcast Records, a small British label; Hawaiian dance-band sides on minor labels are often scarce.AI summary
Broadcast 3058 Hawaiian
Ferrari & Franchini, an Hawaiian guitar duo, recorded 'Alaka Land' and 'Hawaiian Twilight' on Tow, an obscure British label.AI summary
Tower 176 Hawaiian
Ferera and Franchini were an early Hawaiian guitar duo who helped popularise the steel guitar; here they play Hawaiian Daisies and Under the South Sea Palms on Vocalion X9519.AI summary
Vocalion X9519 Hawaiian
Frances Langford with When Hilo Hattie Does the Hilo Hop and Kuu Ipo on Decca 46.AI summary
Decca 46 Hawaiian
Frances Langford with White Ginger Blossoms and In Waikiki on Decca 90.AI summary
Decca 90 Hawaiian
Frances Langford, an American vocalist and film actress, recorded Hawaiian-themed material 'White Blossoms of Tahni' and 'Tropical Magic' for Brunswick, catalogue 03322.AI summary
Brunswick 03322 Hawaiian
Frank Ferera, the Hawaiian guitarist and one of the earliest recording artists in the Hawaiian music tradition, recorded 'Sonny boy' and 'Sweet lei lehua' for Victor Talking Machine (VT).AI summary
VT 1782 Hawaiian
Frank Ferera was a pioneering Hawaiian guitarist and one of the first musicians to record Hawaiian music commercially in America. This Columbia 3746 pressing of "In the Heart of Hawaii" and "The St. Louis Blues" documents early Hawaiian-guitar repertoire, recorded as Hawaiian music was entering the American mainstream in the 1910s and 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3746 Hawaiian
Frank Ferera was a Hawaiian slide-guitar virtuoso of the 1920s and 1930s; this Regal side captures him in two instrumental hawaiian numbers.AI summary
Regal G8769 Hawaiian
Frank Ferera's Hawaiians, a prolific Hawaiian group of the 1920s and 1930s, recorded "When your Hair has turned to Silver" and "I'm alone because I love you" for Imperial Records.AI summary
Imperial 2462 Hawaiian
Genoa Keawe, the great Hawaiian falsetto singer, with 'Lovely Ginger Lei' and a medley of hulas on 49th State, the Honolulu label of the 1940s and 50s. 49th State records seldom turn up in Britain.AI summary
49th State 200 Hawaiian
Genoa Keawe, the great Hawaiian falsetto singer, with 'Keahi' and 'A 'oia', on 49th State, the Honolulu label of the 1940s and 50s. 49th State records seldom turn up in Britain.AI summary
49th State 182 Hawaiian