Blue Hawaii (song)

"Blue Hawaii"
"Blue Hawaii"
Single by Billy Vaughn
from the album Blue Hawaii
B-side	"Tico Tico"
Released	November 1958
Recorded	1958
Genre	Easy listening
Length	2:02
Label	Dot
Songwriter(s)	Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Billy Vaughn singles chronology

"Blue Hawaii"
"Blue Hawaii"
Single by Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians
A-side	"Sweet Leilani"
Released	1937
Recorded	February 22, 1937
Genre	Traditional pop
Label	Decca Records
Songwriter(s)	Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
	With Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians

Last updated February 25, 2025

"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 ^[2] as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani". This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay ^[3]

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.

Other recordings

Al Bowlly – HMV BD-440 (1937)
Bing Crosby – Decca 1175 (1937).^[4] Crosby also recorded the song for the album Bing: A Musical Autobiography in 1954.
Patti Page – Page 3 – A Collection of Her Most Famous Songs (1957 album)^[5]
Billy Vaughn – Dot Records 45-15879 (1958): This recording peaked at No.37 on the US Hot 100.^[6]
Frank Sinatra – Come Fly with Me (1958)
Andy Williams – Two Time Winners (1959) and To You Sweetheart, Aloha (1959)
George Greeley – Warner Bros. Records WS-1366 (1960)
Wayne King – Songs of the Islands – Decca DL 74023 (1960)
Jane Morgan – Jane Morgan Sings More Golden Hits Kapp Records KL-1275 (1961)
Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii (1961)
Pat Boone with Shirley Boone – I Love You Truly (1962)
Don Ho - Hawaii's Greatest Hits (1970)
Willie Nelson – Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Suburban Rhythm – Suburban Rhythm (1997)
David Byrne – Big Love: Hymnal (2008)

References

↑ Decca 1000 - 1500 Numerical Listing 1175
↑ Songs from the Year 1937
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 106. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
↑ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955–2012. Record Research. p. 882.

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[1] Decca 1000 - 1500 Numerical Listing 1175

[2] Songs from the Year 1937

[3] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 106. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[4] "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 9, 2017.

[5] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017.

[6] Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955–2012. Record Research. p. 882.

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Discography
1920s	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Louise"
1930s	"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Can't Escape from You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "Never in a Million Years" "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)
1940s	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "It's Always You" "New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby) "Dolores" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman) "Easter Parade" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin) "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin) "Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters) "Poinciana" "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters) "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters) "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" "Amor" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters) "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "Symphony" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Sioux City Sue" "South America, Take It Away" "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters) "Galway Bay "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Far Away Places" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train"
1950s	"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby) "Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (with Grace Kelly) "Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong) "Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)
1970s	"That's What Life Is All About"
1980s	"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)