[78-L] Hawaiian Trio on Canadian radio

Donna Halper dlh at donnahalper.com
Fri Aug 28 09:54:08 PDT 2009


At 12:30 PM 8/28/2009, Mal wrote:

>The only two Hawaiians I know of that were living in Canada c. 1922 and
>recording were Ben Hokea and Al Nani. And they recorded mostly for HMV
>in Montreal. They did tests (rejected) for Victor in NYC in 1919, though.

I do have access to this database for another few days, and while 
it's not the greatest, it does let me read old issues of the Toronto 
Star going as far back as 1894.  If there is anyone you'd like me to 
search for, it would be my pleasure.    




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