Ray Kinney

AOn a cocoanut island
BPretty red hibiscus

Label: Decca
Catalogue number: 811
Genre: Hawaiian
Condition: Good
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #21617

Ray Kinney was a Hawaiian guitarist and one of the early pioneers of the instrument in commercial recording. This Decca 811 pressing of "On a Cocoanut Island" and "Pretty Red Hibiscus" documents Hawaiian-guitar repertoire from the 1920s-1930s Hawaiian-music craze.

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ATo you, sweetheart
BPretty red hibiscus

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