Helen Desha Beamer

Biography

Helen Kapuailohia Desha Beamer (September 8, 1882 – September 25, 1952) was a musician, composer of songs in the Hawaiian language, hula dancer and coloratura soprano of Hawaiian ancestry. Her descendants have also become accomplished artists in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 1928, her duet of "Ke Kali Nei Au" with Sam Kapu Sr. on Columbia Records was the first commercial recording of the Charles E. King composition. She was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1995.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Hawaiian Sunset

  1958

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  Escape To Paradise

  1983

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  More Authentic Island Songs By Mahi

  1960

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  Hawaiian Village Nights - A Memorial Album

  1958

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  Sandii's Hawai'i

  1996

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  Cast Your Fate To The Wind, The Exotic Sounds Of Arthur Lyman

  1965

Credited work

206 releases · 49 albums · active 1955–2024

• Performance · 315
• Other credits · 8

Studios: Sounds Of Hawaii · Pulse Recording Studio · The Kaiser Aluminum Dome · The New Studio Hawai'i, Iwilei, Honolulu

Frequent collaborators

• Mahi Beamer
• Various
• Arthur Lyman
• Alfred Apaka
• Keola Beamer
• Sam Kapu (2)
• The Gene Rains Group
• Keola & Kapono Beamer

Around the web

• Wikipedia