Haunani Kahalewai

Biography

Haunani Kahalewai (February 19, 1929 – March 2, 1982) was a singer and entertainer known as the "First Lady of Song in Hawai‘i". Her distinctive contralto voice spanned three octaves. She was featured on dozens of recordings and headlined the Polynesian Revue at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Kahalewai was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1996.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Hawaii Calls: Greatest Hits

  1960

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  Webley Edwards Presents Island Paradise

  1959

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  Hawaii Calls: Fire Goddess

  1958

Credited work

70 releases · 14 albums · active 1956–1993

• Performance · 113
• Other credits · 22

Studios: The Beach At Waikiki · Fortunate Sun Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Webley Edwards
• The Brothers Cazimero
• Haunani
• The Hawaii Calls Orchestra And Chorus
• Various

Around the web

• Wikipedia