Looking for Hapa Haole CD's

I know there's a few threads around here of good Exotica music however, I'm interested in finding out the name some of your favorite Hapa Haole CD's are around here. I'd like to get a good list together of some "must haves" for my collection. Suggestions?

Pop,

Buy the CD's of all the tunes we play at your party next weekend!

Support your local artists first, but after that go to:
http://www.hawaiian-music.com/catalogue/index.html
They have some good old stuff (including Hawaii Calls) mixed in with the new. I don't buy Hawaiian CD's, however, since I have about 200 lps and plan to convert the best ones to CD -- Of course thatwill happen after I write my tiki novel, move to Tahiti, open a rum joint and take up black velvet painting.

some of my favorites...
Michelle Kiba's CD
http://www.mp3.com/michelle_kiba

Anything by Alfred Apaka, you can find his CD's on Amazon

and of course there is my CD, "Hapa Hapa Haole"
http://www.mp3.com/tiki_king
Cheers!
T.K.

One of my favorites is Sam Makia, and amazon shows a used cd here. I have not heard this, but I bet it's good. Anything by Alfred Apaka is also excellent.

My all time favorite for tourist music (not sure what hapa haole means) is "Hukilau Hula's". Its a comp of various artists and all the Hawaiian standards that everyone knows. I listen to this disc frequently

Tower Records has sound bites of ALL the songs here

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1031104&cc=USD

Ironically, I was talking to Bong about this CD yesterday. There are two Volumes to Hukilau Hula's. However, I noticed the Volume 2 has many (not all) of the tracks in volume 1. I'm wondering if they are there because they are done by a different artist (I didn't check). I have heard good things about this CD though...

"Duke Kahanamoku presents A Beachboy Party" with the Waikiki Beach Boys

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00002EQ7W/qid%3D1060287314/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-5747663-9800028

There are some songs in English and they are not all about island themes, there's some tin pan alley kind of songs. All are played with uke and lap steel instuments so even if the are not about Hawaii, they sound like they are. There are also songs in Hawaiian. I love it.

[ Edited by: floratina on 2003-08-08 22:43 ]

Hey PolyPop,
What classifies as Hapa Haole?
Is it Hawaiian music that is done by anyone who is not Hawaiian? Or is it more of the slack key guitar, falseto, hula songs?

There is a Hawaiian group named Hapa.

MT,
The words 'hapa haole' stand for 'half white', which is the way Hawaiians describe the marriage between their traditional music and that of many musicians from the mainland. In the early to middle part of the 1900's, Hapa Haole music sang about life on exotic Hawaii as interpreted by mainland visitors (which interestingly enough, is not unlike the notion of Polynesian Pop). Many of the songs were in the movies at that time and helped put Hawaii on the map.

Some popular Hapa Haole tunes you may recognize include:

Hukilau
My Little Grass Shack
Lovely Hula Hands
Little Brown Gal
Blue Hawaii

Webley Edwards' radio show Hawaii Calls was chock full of Hapa Haole tunes. You can still find records of his radio show and compilations of those tunes at thrift stores today.

Here's a webpage with some info on Hapa Haole music as well as the lyrics to many of the songs:

http://www.squareone.org/Hapa/

One of my favorite Hapa Haole bands -- The Maikai Gents!

**Poly-Pop ***

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-08-07 14:41 ]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "hapa" means "half and "haole" means "foreign" (or actually, I think now it means "Whitey". It refers to songs with english lyrics and Hawaiian instrumentation.

Hey Pop, you posted whilst I was typing.

"Hapa" litterally means half, but can also be used as "almost" or "kind of like"
Haole is a non islander, and is sometimes used as a deragatory term usually for white tourists. "hapa Haole" was a term coined to describe music which was derived from traditional Hawaian songs, but with english lyrics, or "hawaiian style" songs written by non hawaiians, usually with mixed hawaiian and english lyrics.

On 2003-08-07 14:40, floratina wrote:
Hey Pop, you posted whilst I was typing.

Yeah, me too!

We were like the kids in school when asked a question we all new the answer to:

Teacher: "Can anyone tell me what Hapa Haole means?"

*Students with hand raised high in the air -- *
Floratina: "Oooh, pick me"
Tiki King: "I know, I know"
Poly Pop: "Me, Me, Me"

:lol:

**Poly-Pop ***

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-08-07 14:47 ]

I have never heard the term. I always thought that the genra was refered to as exotica.
Or is that a completely different genra?
What would you consider:
Do Ho
Arthur Lyman
Martin Denny
Hilo Hattie
Alfred Apaka

On 2003-08-07 14:48, MTKahuna wrote:

What would you consider:
Do Ho
Arthur Lyman
Martin Denny
Hilo Hattie
Alfred Apaka

Do Ho - Hapa Haole
Arthur Lyman - Exotica
Martin Denny - Exotica
Hilo Hattie - Hapa Haole
Alfred Apaka - Hapa Haole

On 2003-08-07 14:48, MTKahuna wrote:

Or is that a completely different genra?

Yes, Exotica is different.

**Poly-Pop ***

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-08-07 14:56 ]

Ahhh....
I see said da visually impaired man.

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 ]

Probably every "Hawaiian" song you know is Hapa Haole. If it has lyrics, it likely is. Some of the more traditional ones get in the mix too. But if it has English lyrics, it's Hapa Haole.

Exotica is instrumental lounge music that has a exotic sound and often some connection like the cover, song title or home land of the performer.

Then there is Tahitian music, which is my newer favorite for it's fast beats and energy.

By the way, my Exotica/Hapa Haole/Tahitian station on Live365 is gone. There was no interest. I may bringit back closer to Hukilau next year for a few months, but it's just not being listened to. Too quiet and slow I guess.

About 10-12 years ago we would sit in a restaurant called the "El Crab Catcher" on Kaanapali Beach (Where "Hula Grill" now is) and listen to a Two Man group called "Hapa". It was one Haole and one Local Boy. They played there about every night, and we were sooo sick of listening to them, when they won a handfull of Na Hokuhanohano Awards (Hawaiian Grammies). Then they started playing larger venues and charging money to see them. I think they put out a few well received albums before splitting up.

If you're interested in a Hawaiian Album I'd recommend Kelii Reichel's "Kawaipunahele". It's Hawaii's all time number one selling album for a good reason. (check out who did the graphics) I know it's available at tropicaldisc.com

Mauitiki, We just saw Hapa play out here last week in Santa Cruz. I didn't know much about them or their music. They were super talented and the hula was beautiful. However, it was not really the style of Hawaiian music that I am into. From what I gather, it is still one original guy from way back along with a couple new guys.
I have The Hawaii CD from the "Best of International" series. It's really good. I think the distributor is "Madacy"

Chongolio

Pop, just come out to LaMariana and you'll get all da Hapa Haole and traditional music you want live at da piano bar.

aloha

Did anyone mention this CD...

Vintage Hawiian Treasures: Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics, Volume 1

I picked it up from a Borders on Maui during my honeymoon and it's great--old recordings from 78s remastered. You can get it from the manufacturer here:

http://www.cordinternational.com/hapa_haole.htm

Swanky, was this now-defunct channel different than your Swank Pad broadcast? If so, I didn't even know about it. I would have tuned in for sure.

One of my favourite CDs is the re-issue of Les Paul and Mary Ford's "LOVERS' LUAU", with Hapa Haole songs, but all done instrumental (guitar) with 50s background choruses, very lilting, dreamy "mood" music.

And then there was Paul Page, my hero...

This promises to be a fine specimen of hapa haole:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=13393&forum=11&7

Should be fine crooning, hot Hawaiian steeling, mad ukeing, moody upright bassing, and jazzy guitaring.

-Weird Unc

Here's some of my fave compilation disks, nearly all 1920s to 1950s vintage stuff. Most are sung in Hawaiian, so I don't know if that disqualifies them as HH:

Legends of Falsetto
History of Hawaiian Steel Guitar
Vol. 6-Vintage Hawaiian Treasures
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
Blue Hawaii (not the movie soundtrack, prolly the closest to HH you are looking for. I mean, Bing Crosby is on it!) (http://tinyurl.com/6yr89)

Don't forget this :
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=13221&forum=11&0

That's the ultimate Hapa Haole compilation, 4 CD's...

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