| Artist = [[Bing Crosby]] with [[Lani McIntyre]] and His Hawaiians
| Album =
| Album =
| A-side = "[[Sweet Leilani]]"
| A-side = "[[Sweet Leilani]]"
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| Misc = [[Lani McIntyre|'''With''' Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians]]
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'''"Blue Hawaii"''' is a [[popular music|popular]] song written by [[Leo Robin]] and [[Ralph Rainger]] for the 1937 [[Paramount Pictures]] film ''[[Waikiki Wedding]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Shirley Ross]]. Crosby recorded a version with backing by [[Lani McIntyre|Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians]], which was released in [[1937 in music|1937]]<ref>[http://tsort.info/music/yr1937.htm Songs from the Year 1937]</ref> as the B-side of "[[Sweet Leilani]]." This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay <ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=106}}</ref>
'''"Blue Hawaii"''' is a [[popular music|popular]] song written by [[Leo Robin]] and [[Ralph Rainger]] for the 1937 [[Paramount Pictures]] film ''[[Waikiki Wedding]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Shirley Ross]]. Crosby recorded a version with backing by [[Lani McIntyre]] and His Hawaiians, which was released in [[1937 in music|1937]]<ref>[http://tsort.info/music/yr1937.htm Songs from the Year 1937]</ref> as the B-side of "[[Sweet Leilani]]." This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay <ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=106}}</ref>
The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 [[Blue Hawaii|Elvis Presley film]], the [[Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of which stayed at #1 on the [[Billboard 200|album chart]] for twenty consecutive weeks.
The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 [[Blue Hawaii|Elvis Presley film]], the [[Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of which stayed at #1 on the [[Billboard 200|album chart]] for twenty consecutive weeks.
The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart for twenty consecutive weeks.
