We pick up our review of hapa-haole music where we left off last week, with the risque tune, "Princess Pupule," sung by Auntie Naughty Abbie. Then we are carried away to the islands by the long-running radio show, "Hawai'i Calls." You can hear the waves rolling right up to the microphone! The show finished out with a number of entertainers that were featured on Hawai'i Calls across the years, including Clara Inter (Hilo Hatiie), Benny Kalama and Alfred Apaka.
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Today's "class" begins with Sonny Cunha, the father of hapa-haole music, and includes the very first hapa-haole song, played on an original Edison Amberola. We move on to one of the most popular hapa-haole songs (and winner of the 10th Annual Academy Award for Best Song -- do you know what song it is? Listen in to find out!) and share cuts played by the legends of early hapa-haole music, like Tau Moe, Andy Iona, and John K. Almeida. But we've only gotten halfway. Tune in next week for Part 2 (and the rest of "The Princess's" song...) -- Hawai'i will be "Call"ing.
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The first Hawaiians arrived by water craft - huge double-hulled outriggers. Today's Hawaiian culture includes watercraft of all sorts, and this week, we're floating on a raft of songs about some of them: paddleboards, canoes, and steamerships.
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