MELE KALIKIMAKA
Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about MELE KALIKIMAKA!
Mele Kalikimaka – For Kauai OnlineBy Léo Azambuja: By Léo Azambuja Related
Mele Kalikimaka – For Kauai OnlineBy Léo Azambuja: By Léo Azambuja
R. Alex Anderson-Mele Kalikimaka: 1894-1995 The man who brought us “Mele Kalikimaka” and “Lovely Hula Hands” Interview circa 1994 (HMHFM)”Very few Hawaiian composers can claim as many “popula…
Mele Kalikimaka: Robert Alexander (Alex or Any) Anderson wrote around 200-songs, “He has a fond story for nearly every melody he’s composed.” Of ‘Mele Kalikimaka’ he noted, “‘My stenographer at Vonn Hamm-Young tol…
Mele Kalikimaka: Robert Alexander (Alex or Any) Anderson wrote around 200-songs, “He has a fond story for nearly every melody he’s composed.” Of ‘Mele Kalikimaka’ he noted, “‘My stenographer at Vonn Hamm-Young tol…
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase Mele Kalikimaka, meaning “Merry Christmas”. one of the earliest recordings of this song was by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters in 1950 . bob greene says he’s been singing “there’s no original melody” ever since . he says the song was a hit with Bing Crosby, who played it for him . greene: the earliest record of Mele Kalikimaka in print is from 1904, in the Hawaiian language newspaper Ka Nupepa Kuokoa . the family still receives revenues from all over the world every year from his songs Album. Album. album. albums album. album album.