1939 HITS ARCHIVE: Hawaiian War Chant - Tommy Dorsey

Hawaiian War Chant (Pa-hu-wa-hu-wai) (Noble-Leleiohaku) by Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Originally composed in Hawaii in the 1860s (as a song about love, not war) by Prince Leleiohoku, the retitled tune became best-known to U.S. record buyers via both this driving Dean Kincaide arrangement and the later Spike Jones novelty (see the 1946 Archive). THE 1939 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1939 (some were recorded in 1938). . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: @the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf