Blue Hawaii (song)

For other uses, see Blue Hawaii (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Till mitt eget Blue Hawaii.

"Blue Hawaii"
Single by Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians
A-side	"Sweet Leilani"
Released	1937
Recorded	February 22, 1937[1]
Genre	Traditional pop
Label	Decca Records
Songwriter(s)	Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
With Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians

"Blue Hawaii"
Single by Billy Vaughn
from the album Blue Hawaii
B-side	"Tico Tico"
Released	November 1958
Recorded	1958
Genre	Easy listening
Length	2:02
Label	Dot
Songwriter(s)	Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Billy Vaughn singles chronology
"Cimarron" (1958) "Blue Hawaii" (1958) "Hawaiian War Chant" (1959)

"Blue Hawaii" is a popular song written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger for the 1937 Paramount Pictures film Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Crosby recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was released in 1937^[2] as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani". This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay ^[3]

The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart for twenty consecutive weeks.

Other recordings

• Al Bowlly – (1937)
• Bing Crosby – Decca 1175 (1937).^[4] Crosby also recorded the song for the album Bing: A Musical Autobiography in 1954.
• Patti Page – Page 3 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs (1957 album)^[5]
• Billy Vaughn – Dot Records 45-15879 (1958): This recording peaked at No.37 on the US Hot 100.^[6]
• Frank Sinatra – Come Fly with Me (1958)
• Andy Williams – Two Time Winners (1959) and To You Sweetheart, Aloha (1959)
• George Greeley – Warner Bros. Records WS-1366 (1960)
• Jane Morgan – Jane Morgan Sings More Golden Hits Kapp Records KL-1275 (1961)
• Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii (1961)
• Pat Boone with Shirley Boone – I Love You Truly (1962)
• Willie Nelson – Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
• Suburban Rhythm – Suburban Rhythm (1997)
• David Byrne – Big Love: Hymnal (2008)

References

1. Decca 1000 - 1500 Numerical Listing 1175
2. Songs from the Year 1937
3. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 106. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
4. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
5. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955–2012. Record Research. p. 882.