Honor Bound
The Hawaii Shochiku Orchestra

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Part Two Of The Hawaii Shochiku Orchestra’s Musical Story

HAWAII MUSIC AWARD WINNER - World Music Album of Year!
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21 original hits recorded in Hawaii circa 1947 – 1950’s. The only orchestra of the period to introduce original compositions & cause a sensation in the Islands. Many of them went on to become hits in Japan & Japanese enclaves throughout the world. This was an extraordinary feat at the time. This is part two of the Hawaii Shochiku Orchestra’s musical story. A perfect retrospective! It celebrates the music of Americans of Japanese Ancestry.

SONGS
Wakare no Isochodori (Parting Song)
Oshidori Gasa (Lover's Song)
Bungawan Solo (The River Solo Flows)
Hana Uranai (Fortune-telling Flower)
Aikoku no Hana (Flower of Our Country)
Ame no Hi Romance (Rainy-Day Romance)
Asatoya Yunta (Song of Asatoya)
Habu no Minato (The Port of Minato)
Hamabe no Uta (Song of the Seashore)
Setsunaki Omoide (Painful Memories)
Suiteita noni (I Love You, But I Couldn't Say So)
Kimi Matsu Hana (The Flower That Waits For You)
Koi wa Basha ni Notte (Love is Riding a Horse-Drawn Carriage)
Yoi no Wakare (Evening Parting)
Yuki no Sensen (Snow on the Battlefront)
Ryoshu (The Loneliness of a Traveler)
Tokyo no Sora Awoi Sora (Tokyo Sky, Blue Sky)
Ato Oi Gasa (Chasing After Love)
Omoide no Hankachi (Handkerchief Full of Memories)
Yokina Chinta (Cheerful Chinta)
Uraru wo Koete (Getting Over the Ural Mountains)