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If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Ray Kinney & His Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors
Author: Johnny Noble/Don McDiarmid Sr.
Year: 1936
Authors were members of Harrie Owens' orchestra at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Considered unfit for recording by their bandleader. Full title: When Hilo Hattie Does The Hilo Hop. Or how the hula-hoop existed in the thirties and came from Hawaii (thanks to all these hipshaking hula hula girls).
Covers:
Clara Inter [member of the Royal Hawaiian Girls' Glee Club; proved Harrie Owens wrong by turning this song into a worldwide success; making her the Hilo Hattie in person]
Tau Moe Family [as When Hilo Hattie Does The Hilo Hop]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)