- Blue Hawaii (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Blue Hawaii
Type = Soundtrack
Longtype =
Artist =Elvis Presley
Released = October 1, 1961
Recorded = 1961
Genre =Rock and roll
Length =
Label = RCA (RCA LSP-2426)
Producer =Steve Sholes
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wnfqxqe5ldae link]
Last album = "Something for Everybody "
(1961)
This album = "Blue Hawaii"
(1961)
Next album = "Pot Luck"
(1962)"Blue Hawaii", the soundtrack album to the film "
Blue Hawaii " was recorded fromMarch 21 -23, 1961 at Radio Recorders inHollywood, California , and was released in October.Recording musicians
*
Elvis Presley - vocals
*The Surfers - background vocals
*The Jordanaires - background vocals
*Hank Garland ,Tiny Timbrell - guitar
*Bernie Lewis - steel guitar
*Bob Moore - bass
*Floyd Cramer , Dudley Brooks - piano
*D.J. Fontana , Bernie Mattinson,Hal Blaine - drums
*Boots Randolph - saxophone
*George Field - harmonica
*Fred Tavares,Alvino Rey - ukuleleTracks
Side 1
#"Blue Hawaii" - (
Leo Robin &Ralph Rainger )
#"Almost Always True " - (Ben Weisman & Fred Wise)
#"Aloha Oe" - (Queen Lili'uokalani )
#"No More" - (Don Robertson & Hal Blair)
#"Can't Help Falling in Love " - (George Weiss,Hugo Peretti ,Luigi Creatore )
#"Rock-A-Hula Baby " - (Ben Weisman , Fred Wise,Dolores Fuller )
#"Moonlight Swim" - (Ben Weisman &Sylvia Dee )Side 2
#"Ku-u-i-po" ("Hawaiian Sweetheart") - (George Weiss,
Hugo Peretti ,Luigi Creatore )
#"Ito Eats" - (Sid Tepper &Roy C. Bennett )
#"Slicin' Sand" - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
#"Hawaiian Sunset" - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
#"Beach Boy Blues" - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
#"Island Of Love" - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
#"Hawaiian Wedding Song " - (Al Hoffman ,Dick Manning , Charles King)Chart positions
succession box
before = "Judy at Carnegie Hall " byJudy Garland
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album (mono)
years =December 11 1961 -May 4 1962
after = "West Side Story (soundtrack) "
byLeonard Bernstein andStephen Sondheim succession box
before = "Stereo 35/MM" by Enoch Light & the Light Brigade
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album (stereo)
years =December 11 1961 -January 12 1962
after = "Holiday Sing Along with Mitch" byMitch Miller
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