1968 Hawaii Music Ads - Don Ho and more!

Here's a nice selection of advertisements from a 1968 issue of Billboard magazine featuring a number of Hawaii acts.

The Aliis :down:

Wonder where the photo was taken? Looks like a tiki over the two guys' shoulders.

Danny Kaleikini :down:

Don Ho records :down:

Don Ho's tv special Hawaii-Ho :down:

Hawaiian Recording and Publishing :down:

Don Ho at Duke Kahanamoku's :down:

Now you know where the Allii's photo was taken!

Society of Seven at Duke Kahanamoku's :down:

The Surfers :down:

Surfside Hawaii :down:

Webley Edwards' Top 10 albums :down:

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[ Edited by: Mo-Eye 2009-11-11 23:44 ]

...the forthcoming Polynesian Musical "Thank Heaven For The Heathen" !!!

...the new Hawaiian Pop Group "The Potted Palm" !!?

:lol: Priceless!

I thought those were parodies, until I found this ad:

An earlier incarnation of The Village People? Hawaii was one wild and crazy place in '68 !!!

I saw that Stark Naked ad, but didn't post it, because... well... it kind of scares me a little...

It seems like a desperate attempt of Hawaiian pop culture trying to be "with it" in the late 60s, and not being relegated to the old folks culture, i.e. Hapa Haole and Exotica. As the article states, Hawaiian performer Kui Lee managed to bridge the generation gap, but after his premature death, they were searching for someone like him, and didn't really succeed. Hawaiian pop either remained local, or tourist oriented.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-11-12 12:39 ]

On 2009-11-12 11:53, bigbrotiki wrote:
...the forthcoming Polynesian Musical "Thank Heaven For The Heathen" !!!

...the new Hawaiian Pop Group "The Potted Palm" !!?

:lol: Priceless!

I thought those were parodies, until I found this ad:

An earlier incarnation of The Village People? Hawaii was one wild and crazy place in '68 !!!

There is actually a website on these guys...

http://www.stark-naked.com/