SirSings1952 - Hawaiian Wedding Song
SirSings1952
Nov 10, 2024 07:43pm
<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Hawaiian Wedding Song</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" originally entitled; </span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"Ke Kali Nei Au"</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (Waiting There for Thee) was adapted from a 1926 love song written by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._King" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Charles E. King</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and originally recorded by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Desha_Beamer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Helen Desha Beamer</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in its original (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hawaiian language</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">) version but re-written by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hoffman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Al Hoffman</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Manning" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dick Manning</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and renamed as "Hawaiian Wedding Song". The song was recorded by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bing Crosby</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Williams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Andy Williams</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elvis Presley</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</span></p>