17 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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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 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 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
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
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
Johnny Wade performing 'Kiss by Lake Catani' and 'When Hawaii Calls' on Columbia DO3297, a British pressing from the late 1940s–early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DO3297 Hawaiian
King Nawahi's Hawaiians performing Hawaiian vocal numbers on Columbia. Nawahi was a Hawaiian musician recorded in the early acoustic era; UK copies of Hawaiian sides on the DB series are relatively scarce.AI summary
Columbia DB248 Hawaiian
Mannie Klein, a virtuoso swing trumpet player, recorded with Hawaiian-inflected titles on Columbia FB-series around the mid-1930s, blending jazz swing with tropical styling.AI summary
Columbia FB2015 Hawaiian
Mannie Klein's swing group recorded Hawaiian-flavoured instrumental numbers 'Dreamy Hawaiian Moon' and 'Moonlight in Waikiki' for Columbia; Klein was a respected jazz trumpeter of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2015 Hawaiian
A Maori Hawaiian ensemble recorded two German-language songs (oddly billed as Hawaiian music) for Columbia in the 1930s–40s, likely for the German-speaking market.AI summary
Columbia DCW24 Hawaiian
The Moana Orchestra, featuring vocalist Vaughn de Leath, recorded 'Aloha Oe Blues' and 'On the Shores of Honolulu' for Columbia; both are Hawaiian-inflected popular songs of the 1920s, and de Leath was a popular female vocalist of the era.AI summary
Columbia 14093 Hawaiian
Harry Reser recorded 'Swanee Shore' and '(Vorhees) Dawning', two instrumental pieces, for Columbia; Reser was the pre-eminent Hawaiian steel guitarist of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4873 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi performing two Hawaiian songs on Columbia, likely from the 1920s: 'Kilohana' and 'Na Molokama'. The 1786-D catalogue number places this as part of Columbia's Hawaiian series. Hoopi was one of the earliest Hawaiian recording artists and his sides are sought by collectors of early Hawaiian music and world recordings.AI summary
Columbia 1786-D Hawaiian