"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]
| "Blue Hawaii" | |
|---|---|
| SinglebyBing Crosby with Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians | |
| A-side | "Sweet Leilani" |
| Released | 1937 |
| Recorded | February 22, 1937[1] |
| Genre | Traditional pop |
| Label | Decca Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger |
| With Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians | |
| "Blue Hawaii" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SinglebyBilly 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 | |||
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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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