Sonny Cunha

Biography

Sonny Cunha, full name Albert Richard Cunha (October 1, 1879 – January 23, 1933) was an American composer, bandleader, pianist, singer, politician and entrepreneur. He was the first to popularize hapa haole music, a type of Hawaiian music with influences from popular music and with lyrics that are a combination of English and Hawaiian (or wholly English).

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Lure Of Paradise

  1959

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  Hukilau Hulas

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  Hawaii In Hi-Fi

  1958

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  Alfred Apaka's Greatest Hits

  1967

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  The Best Of Alfred Apaka

  1960

Credited work

135 releases · 33 albums · active 1951–2024

• Performance · 148
• Other credits · 4

Studios: Mobius Music · Webster Hall · Channel Classics Studio · Studio Kahala

Frequent collaborators

• Alfred Apaka
• Various
• Danny Stewart And His Islanders
• David Kelii
• Leo Addeo And His Orchestra
• R. Crumb And The Cheap Suit Serenaders
• "The Charles ""Kaipo"" Miller Serenaders"
• The Kilima Hawaiians

Around the web

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