Luau 400, New York City, NY (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

S SoBeTiki Tiki Socialite Miami Beach, Florida Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 127	S SoBeTiki Posted posted on Fri, Jul 6, 2018 9:48 AM Based on the below bio, I am surprised Hal Aloma does not have his own thread here. I found some great footage from the 40's of Hal playing and singing with Lani McIntire and Polynesian dancers. https://youtu.be/tg-rI8ZWGwM On 2017-10-13 08:43, Dustycajun wrote: Wendy, The album is covered briefly in a few old threads on TC. Here is a little bio information on Hal Aloma: Harold David Alama began his career with his brother Sam Alama at the Alexander Young and Moana hotels. He went to New York with Lani McIntire and played at the Hotel Lexington's Hawaiian Room for nearly four years. He played at New York's Luau 400 for seven years and joined Tommy Dorsey's band for several years. He moved into television with Arthur Godfrey, Perry Como and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and To Tell the Truth. He toured extensively and was the band leader at the Polynesian Village for the grand opening of Disney World. He appears with Tommy Dorsey in the MGM film Ship Ahoy. Looks like he started at the Hawaiian Room before 7 years at the Luau 400. And while we are on the Luau 400, here are some photos of a more modern menu I spotted on ebay a while back. DC

Based on the below bio, I am surprised Hal Aloma does not have his own thread here. I found some great footage from the 40's of Hal playing and singing with Lani McIntire and Polynesian dancers.

https://youtu.be/tg-rI8ZWGwM

On 2017-10-13 08:43, Dustycajun wrote:
Wendy,

The album is covered briefly in a few old threads on TC. Here is a little bio information on Hal Aloma:

Harold David Alama began his career with his brother Sam Alama at the Alexander Young and Moana hotels. He went to New York with Lani McIntire and played at the Hotel Lexington's Hawaiian Room for nearly four years. He played at New York's Luau 400 for seven years and joined Tommy Dorsey's band for several years. He moved into television with Arthur Godfrey, Perry Como and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and To Tell the Truth. He toured extensively and was the band leader at the Polynesian Village for the grand opening of Disney World. He appears with Tommy Dorsey in the MGM film Ship Ahoy.

Looks like he started at the Hawaiian Room before 7 years at the Luau 400.

And while we are on the Luau 400, here are some photos of a more modern menu I spotted on ebay a while back.

DC

Post #788357 by SoBeTiki on Fri, Jul 6, 2018 9:48 AM