The Hukilau Song
| "The Hukilau Song" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Jack Owens | |
| Released | 1948 |
| Recorded | 1948 |
| Genre | Hawaiian Luau Music |
| Label | |
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Owens |
"The Hukilau Song" is a song written by Jack Owens in 1948 after attending a luau in Laie, Hawaii.[1]
Covers[]
The song has been recorded many times by a variety of artists.
- Alfred Apaka
- Ab Orchestra
- Ray Conniff
- Bing Crosby — Return to Paradise Islands (1963)
- Book 'em Danno
- Cruis'n Peidl
- Disney Sing-Along Songs
- Josh Dobrin and The All Saints Gangsters
- Nate Gibson and the Gashouse Gang
- The Hit Crew
- Don Ho (
Listen (help·info)) - Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack
- Big Pineapple (Listen (help·info))
- Webley Edwards
- Annette Funicello
- Amy Gilliom & Willie K
- Hawaiian Escape
- George Kahumoku, Jr.
- Gerrit & de Kokosnoten
- Lester Lanin
- Sam Makia
- Marcy Marxer
- The Mauna Loa Islanders
- New Hawaiian Band
- Mel Peterson
- Tiny Tim
- Ukulele Magic
In popular culture[]
- The song was featured in the American television show South Park in the episode "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?"
- The song was featured in the American television show Hey Arnold! in the episode "Casa Paradiso"
- The song inspired a line in the Sublime song "Freeway Time in LA County Jail" which reads "And I'm back on the reef/where I throw my net out into the sea/all the fine hinas come swimming to me"
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Daniel (2007). "Jack Owens - The Cruising Crooner" RogerOwensPeanutman.com (accessed June 11, 2007)
External links[]
- Lyrics at www.huapala.org
- Ali'i Luau & La'ie Hukilau - a commentary on the connection between the Hukilau Song and the Polynesian Cultural Center
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- 1948 songs
- Hawaiian music
- Songs written by Jack Owens (singer-songwriter)
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