Post #46666 by Kailuageoff on Thu, Aug 7, 2003 3:18 PM

The explanation makes more sense when you consider Charles E. King, who wrote alot of the early songs, was one quarter Hawaiian.
Jack and Harry Owens also wrote some of the standards, but they were white guys. Harry wrote Sweet Leilani, for example, and Jack wrote the Hukilau Song.

[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2003-08-07 15:20 ]