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Blue Hawaii (song)

"Blue Hawaii"
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

"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.


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