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To You Sweetheart, Aloha
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
To You Sweetheart, Aloha · This album was released in the late summer of 1959 on Cadence Records and was the fourth that Andy Williams made for that label. The theme is Hawaiian, fitting the admission of Hawaii as the fiftieth state of the United States. The Hawaiian Wedding Song had already been a single in 1958 and stayed on the chart for twenty weeks, with number eleven as its highest position. The hit was already on his previous album Two Time Winners and was not re-recorded. Blue Hawaii and Sweet Leilani, however, he did record again for this record.
Archie Bleyer, the head of Cadence and leader of the orchestra, did not opt for traditional Hawaiian instruments or musicians from the islands. He had an ordinary orchestra play arrangements in Hawaiian style. What counted, wrote an AllMusic reviewer, were the singer's warm performances, which made the album a romantic touchstone. Billboard called it a tasteful, quiet package of familiar Hawaiian themes.
Listening
Track list
- 1To You Sweetheart, Aloha2:52Apple Music ↗
- 2Blue Hawaii1:00Apple Music ↗
- 3I'll Weave a Lei of Stars for You2:19Apple Music ↗
- 4Sweet Leilani2:34Apple Music ↗
- 5The Moon of Manakoora2:49Apple Music ↗
- 6Song of the Islands2:28Apple Music ↗
- 7A Song of Old Hawaii2:20Apple Music ↗
- 8Love SOng of Kalua2:31Apple Music ↗
- 9Beyond the Reef2:22Apple Music ↗
- 10Ka-Lu-A3:05Apple Music ↗
- 11Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee)2:34Apple Music ↗
- 12The Hawaiian Wedding Son ( Ke Kali Nei Au)2:28Apple Music ↗
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