Blue Hawaii (song)

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"Blue Hawaii"
Single by Bing Crosby
A-side "Sweet Leilani"
Released 1937
Format 78 rpm
Recorded February 22, 1937[1]
Genre Pop standards
Label Decca Records
Writer(s) Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
With Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians

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Not to be confused with Till mitt eget Blue Hawaii.

"Blue Hawaii" is a popular song written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger for the 1937 Paramount Pictures film Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Crosby recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was released in 1937[2] as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani."

The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart for twenty consecutive weeks.

Recordings

References

  1. ↑ Decca 1000 - 1500 Numerical Listing 1175
  2. ↑ Songs from the Year 1937

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