"For those that yearn to be part of the Island Life
this will be an invitation to sail or jet Westward"
It's a great record for fans of exotica and lounge. Enjoy Great Standards with an Hawaiian Touch.
Showing posts with label Leo Addeo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leo Addeo. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Leo Addeo Great Standards with an Hawaiian Touch Camden Records 1962 ...
For your listening pleasure I bring you another album from Leo Addeo. This time he takes some popular tunes from the time (1962!) and gives them the tropical treatment.
It's a great record for fans of exotica and lounge. Enjoy Great Standards with an Hawaiian Touch.
It's a great record for fans of exotica and lounge. Enjoy Great Standards with an Hawaiian Touch.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Leo Addeo More Hawaii in Hi-Fi RCA Records 1960...
Here's another classic slab of wax from Leo Addeo and his Orchestra. This was the second installment following his first effort Hawaii in Hi-Fi in 1959.
I'm not sure what the Hula Maiden is looking for on the sleeve ... but I can kick back, listen to this and hope it's me! ;0)
A1 The Sheik of Araby
A2 Isle of Paradise
A3 Near You
A4 Song of India
A5 Harbor Lights
B1 Third Man Theme
B2 Moon of Manakoora
B3 To You, Sweetheart, Aloha
B4 Song of the Islands
B5 Red Sails in the Sunset
Enjoy Leo Addeo's More Hawaii in Hi-Fi.
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A1 The Sheik of Araby
A2 Isle of Paradise
A3 Near You
A4 Song of India
A5 Harbor Lights
B1 Third Man Theme
B2 Moon of Manakoora
B3 To You, Sweetheart, Aloha
B4 Song of the Islands
B5 Red Sails in the Sunset
Enjoy Leo Addeo's More Hawaii in Hi-Fi.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Leo Addeo and His Orchestra - Hawaii's Greatest Hits...
For your listening pleasure from the Secret Island Today I have for you Leo Addeo and his Orchestra performing Hawaii's Greatest Hits in RCA records back in 1971.
Leo Addeo was one of RCA's key house arrangers for most of the 1950s and 1960s. An Italian American from Brooklyn, Addeo's specialty was Hawaiian music. He studied violin as a child, but switched to clarinet and saxophone in his teens when he noticed these instruments were in greater demand for local dance bands. He gradually moved from performing to arranging, working with Gene Krupa, Larry Clinton, and Frankie Carle.
Hugo Winterhalter hired Addeo as an orchestrator and brought him along when he moved to RCA in the early 1950s. Addeo was a steady producer for RCA, backing vocalists such as Vaughan Monroe and Don Cherry, arranging and conducting on numerous credited and uncredited instrumentals, and writing an occasional song.
This album features some nice versions of exotica staples alongside some painfully catchy quirky stuff. Come on sing along everyone "One paddle, two paddle, threes paddles..."
Enjoy Hawaii's Greatest Hits.
Leo Addeo was one of RCA's key house arrangers for most of the 1950s and 1960s. An Italian American from Brooklyn, Addeo's specialty was Hawaiian music. He studied violin as a child, but switched to clarinet and saxophone in his teens when he noticed these instruments were in greater demand for local dance bands. He gradually moved from performing to arranging, working with Gene Krupa, Larry Clinton, and Frankie Carle.
Hugo Winterhalter hired Addeo as an orchestrator and brought him along when he moved to RCA in the early 1950s. Addeo was a steady producer for RCA, backing vocalists such as Vaughan Monroe and Don Cherry, arranging and conducting on numerous credited and uncredited instrumentals, and writing an occasional song.
This album features some nice versions of exotica staples alongside some painfully catchy quirky stuff. Come on sing along everyone "One paddle, two paddle, threes paddles..."
Enjoy Hawaii's Greatest Hits.
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