"Blue Hawaii" | ||
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Single by Bing Crosby | ||
A-side | "Sweet Leilani" | |
Released | 1937 | |
Format | 78 rpm | |
Recorded | February 22, 1937 | |
Genre | Pop standards | |
Label | Decca Records | |
Writer(s) | Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger | |
With Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians
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"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 as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani."
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.