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Hawaiian Music
Do you like Classical music? What about Hawaiian music?
In Tacoma, Washington in 1916, people preferred Hawaiian music to Classical music “ten to one.” The popular songs included “She Sang Aloha to Me,” “Pretty Baby,” and “I Left Her on the Beach at Honolulu.”
In 1898, the American music recording industry was developing, and Hawaiian music became popular in the U.S. and throughout the world. Ads about Hawaiian music records appeared in American newspapers in the first quarter of the 1900s.
- Alice Kim
Hawaiian Music
Rock Island Argus, April 11, 1917, P. 8
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053934/1917-04-11/ed-...
Hawaii Digital Newspaper Project
Hawaiian Music
Do you like Classical music? What about Hawaiian music?
In Tacoma, Washington in 1916, people preferred Hawaiian music to Classical music “ten to one.” The popular songs included “She Sang Aloha to Me,” “Pretty Baby,” and “I Left Her on the Beach at Honolulu.”
In 1898, the American music recording industry was developing, and Hawaiian music became popular in the U.S. and throughout the world. Ads about Hawaiian music records appeared in American newspapers in the first quarter of the 1900s.
- Alice Kim
Hawaiian Music
Rock Island Argus, April 11, 1917, P. 8
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053934/1917-04-11/ed-...
Hawaii Digital Newspaper Project