Aolani Lopez
Hawaiian music during world war 2
How was Hawaiian music changed due to the bomb at Pearl Harbor during world war 2?
Central question
Hawaiian sunset
By: Sammy Kaye (1941)
The attack also made it socially acceptable to express these emotions in ways that took on not just connotations of nationalism and patriotism, but also of race.
Even the sheet music evokes beauty, love, peace.
It's heaven in Hawaii
By: Johnny Noble (1941)
Johnny Noble made a career out of promoting Hawaiian-themed music to the American mainland in the 1920s and 1930s. His song, "It's Heaven in Hawaii," also released in 1941, would be one of the very last of its kind: his other songs following would change back to happiness rather than depression
Cowards over pearl harbor
By: Denver Darling (1942)
Darling's melancholy country song is unusual in that is somewhat devoid of anger,Rather, the narrator is saddened how the attack has spread the war to the rest of the world.
We always remember pearl harbor
By:Johnny Noble (1941)
After pearl harbor everyone knew, the place was quickly immortalized in the battle cry,"remember pearl harbor" within days songs appeared invoking the name.An advertisement in the December 17 issue of the show business journal variety proclaimed,"America will never forget..We always Remember Pearl Harbor...
Remember hawai
By: Bing Crosby (1942)
"Remember Hawaii", gave much more nostalgic in nature.Its relative obscurity today is perhaps indicative of a failure to realize at the time that things had changed.