HAPA HAOLE HULA GIRL

Created on 08/08/2002
Latest update on 18/12/2023

Artist: Sonny Cunha
Author: Albert Cunha
Year: 1909

As (My Honolulu) Hula Girl the oldest Hawaiian song in English (Hapa Haole song). Cunha was more than a composer, pianist, singer and bandleader; he was also a politician and business man.

Covers:

1932:

Kalama's Quartet

1934:

Sol Hoopii [definitive version as Hula Girl]

1978:

Robert Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders [idem]

2000:

Those Metal Boys With Their Metal Toys

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