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GENOA KEAWE
AMONG MY HAWAIIAN SOUVENIRS
An original 49th State records release from 1956
NOT AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
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ALBUM REVIEWS - BELOW
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<Original Liner Notes are presented
with the current release>
THE ORIGINAL 1956 LINER NOTES
Genoa Keawe and Hawaiian music are synonymous. She has ruled the radio
lanes
and television waves of Hawaii all the ten years she has been
singing in public.
Her pleasant personality, innate modesty, pleasing
smile, her love for people,
and her native style soprano voice have
endeared her to all Hawaii.
So popular is her singing that Genoa Keawe
and Her Hula Maids have t
he unique record of performing in the same night
club on continuous engagement t
hree and four years on a stretch...... |
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<From the current liner
notes...>
Here now firmly in the 21st Century it is natural to look back
over the millennium
that was the 20th Century and compile lists
of the best and brightest and most
significant people of the previous 100
years. When it comes to Hawaiian music,
Genoa Keawe is unquestionably one
of those all-time greats.
Her name alone evokes images of Hawaiian music
performed in the traditional style.
Genoa Keawe inspired several
generations of Hawaiian entertainers and more
than anyone else kept the
tradition of female Hawaiian falsetto singing alive.....
<Much more annotation with album>
Everyone’s favorite
Aunty passed away on February 25, 2008 at
her home in Papakolea. She was 89.
Genoa Keawe may be gone but she will never be forgotten.
Now, it’s time to go back in time and enjoy Genoa singing 12 classic
Hawaiian and
hapa-haole standards including her debut recording of “Among
My Hawaiian Souvenirs”.
This is the original “49th State”
recording made in 1956.
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SONG LISTING - AMONG MY HAWAIIAN SOUVENIRS
<click underlined titles for audio clip>
NOT AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
AMONG MY HAWAIIAN SOUVENIRS
MAILE SWING
BEAUTIFUL KAHANA w/Gary Aiko
E MAMA E
LEI ALOHA LEI MAKAMAE w/ Gary Aiko
MY YELLOW GINGER LEI
KAMALANI KEAUKAHA
KE KALI NEI AU w/ Gary Aiko
(HAWAIIAN WEDDING SONG)
OLD PLANTATION
MELEANA E
KALAMAULA
ALOHA OE
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REVIEWS
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AMONG MY HAWAIIAN SOUVENIRS
FAME REVIEW
JOHN BERGER - HONOLULU STAR
BULLETIN
"Among My Hawaiian Souvenirs"
Genoa Keawe
(HanaOla)
No one does reissues of out-of-print Hawaiian records better than Michael
Cord's HanaOla Records organization. Keawe made these recordings in 1956,
for instance, but the sound quality is excellent. The liner notes include
the original annotation along
with five pages of up-to-the-minute background information.
The songs are Hawaiian and hapa-haole standards -- those that were new
back in
1956 have since achieved that status -- and Keawe makes each of
them her own.
Who could have anticipated then that she'd still be singing them 50 years
later?
Aside from the beauty of these timeless performances, it's also
interesting to hear how
Keawe holds a single pure note for extended periods on "E Mama E" and "Kalamaula."
These recordings show that she was using that technique years before
"'Alika" became her signature number.
Keawe's three duets with her son, Gary Aiko, are exquisite as well.
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