During the first quarter of the twentieth century, Hawaiian music achieved remarkable popularity. In 1916, for example, Americans bought more Hawaiian records than any other sort. This popularity ended, but the music changed along with that of mainland USA. By the 1950s Hawaiian music had become the sloshy soundtrack for Elvis films. But during its heyday of the 1920s and 30s it was musically as hot as Louis Armstrong, as crazy as The Marx Brothers and as cool as Fred Astaire. The Hula Bluebi... See more >