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Friday, May 25, 2018
1937 OSCAR-WINNING SONG: Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby (with Lani McIntire...
Here's Bing Crosby with the Academy Award-winning song "Sweet Leilani," along with Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians.
The song would become the theme song for its' composer, bandleader Harry Owens.
The song was included in the Paramount picture "Waikiki Wedding."
Recorded in Los Angeles on February 23, 1937 and released on Decca #1175.
Aloha!
Labels:
Bing Crosby,
Decca Records,
Movie Music
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