MELE KALIKIMAKA

Created on 19/01/2017
Latest update on 09/03/2024

Artist: George Kainapau with Sam Koki & his Paradise Islanders
Author: Robert Alex Anderson
Label: Decca
Year: 1950

Means Merry Christmas in Hawaiian.

Covers:

1950:

Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

1953:

Arthur Godfrey

1967:

Don Ho

1978:

Beach Boys [as Kona Coast; a recording as Mele Kalikimaka (due for a Xmas album) was shelved]

2004:

Chris Isaak

2006:

Bette Midler [born in Hawaii]

2007:

KT Tunstall

2016:

She & Him

2016:

Kacey Musgraves

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