The Hukilau Song Explained

The Hukilau Song
Cover:	The Hukilau Song.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Jack Owens
Released:	1948
Recorded:	1948
Genre:	Hawaiian Luau Music
Label:	Lombardo Music

"The Hukilau Song" is a song written by Jack Owens in 1948 after attending a luau in Laie, Hawaii.^[1]

Covers

The song has been recorded many times by a variety of artists.

• Alfred Apaka
• Ab Orchestra
• Ray Conniff
• Bing Crosby — Return to Paradise Islands (1963)
• Book 'em Danno
• Cruis'n Peidl
• Disney Sing-Along Songs
• Josh Dobrin and The All Saints Gangsters
• Nate Gibson and the Gashouse Gang
• The Hit Crew
• Don Ho
• Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack
• Big Pineapple
• Webley Edwards
• Annette Funicello
• Amy Gilliom & Willie K
• Hawaiian Escape
• George Kahumoku, Jr.
• Gerrit & de Kokosnoten
  • Lester Lanin Sam Makia
• Marcy Marxer
• The Mauna Loa Islanders
• New Hawaiian Band
• The Ol Leadvocals Band
  • Mel Peterson Tiny Tim
• Ukulele Magic

In popular culture

• The song was featured in the American television show South Park in the episode "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?"
• The song was featured in the American television show Hey Arnold! in the episode "Casa Paradiso"
• The song inspired a line in the Sublime song "Freeway Time in LA County Jail" which reads "And I'm back on the reef/where I throw my net out into the sea/all the fine hinas come swimming to me"
• Alf sang the chorus in the episode “It’s My Party” (Season 4, Episode 14) of ALF (TV series)
• Various versions of the song feature in the resort music loop heard around Disney's Polynesian Village Resort at Walt Disney World.

See also

• Hukilau

External links

• Lyrics at www.huapala.org
• Ali'i Luau & La'ie Hukilau - a commentary on the connection between the Hukilau Song and the Polynesian Cultural Center

Notes and References

1. Daniel (2007). "Jack Owens - The Cruising Crooner" RogerOwensPeanutman.com (accessed June 11, 2007)