Coco Charleston Hawaï tribute - To You Sweetheart, Aloha!

My farewell dance (dedicated to all the beautiful people I love but life separated me from) and tribute to the Hawaïan culture and the Hula dance... Converting pain into beauty and love...

Dancer: Coco Charleston (Vintage Jazz Club, Coco&Co)
Camera: Alexander Verkhovsky

"Ka-Lu-A" originated in the 1921 musical Good Morning, Dearie and reached number three on the charts the following year as a duet between Elsie Baker (who was credited as Edna Brown) and Elliott Shaw. "Aloha ‘Oe (Farewell to Thee)" charted for one week at number 10 as an instrumental recording by Ferera's Hawaiian Instrumental Quintet in 1924.

"Song of the Islands" first charted as an instrumental recording by Wayne King & His Orchestra that peaked at number 12 in 1930, and then as a vocal performance by Bing Crosby in 1936 that got as high as number 14. Crosby's recording of "The Moon of Manakoora" debuted on the charts in February 1938 and eventually made it to number 10, and a rendition of the song by Ray Noble & His Orchestra with Tony Martin on vocal came onto the charts that March and reached number 15.

Dick Todd entered the charts with "To You Sweetheart, Aloha" in 1940 and got as high as number 10. Crosby's recording of "Beyond the Reef" reached number 26 on Billboard magazine's list of the Most Played Juke Box Records in 1950. And as of the release of To You Sweetheart, Aloha, "A Song of Old Hawaii" had already been recorded by Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Tony Martin.

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