1260:"My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" was originally written as a parody of the chorus of "Back in Hackensack, New Jersey", composed in 1924 by Dan A. Russo and Art L. Biner. The opening lines of the chorus are, "I wanna go back to a black little shack, back in Hackensack, New Jersey, I wanna see all the gals and pals that I used to know". The chord structure is nearly identical, the melody slightly altered. Other verses in "Hackensack", with completely different chord structures and melodies, have no corollaries in "My Little Grass Shack".
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compatriots on the beach at
Honaunau," says The Kona Historical Society. It was introduced to mainland audiences via Ted Fio Rito's radio remote broadcast, his recording was a number one hit, and numerous recordings followed. It was used in a number of films during the 1930s, particularly
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ballroom concerts). Fio Rito had been doing radio remotes since 1924 when he was co-leader of a band with Dan Russo (coincidentally, a co-writer of "Back in
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Hawaiian place names and phrases in the song: "What does it mean? What are connies and weenies? How do ka-chewbas sway? Where is the beach at Holdem Sow? How do homesick Highland boys get to this place, and is a Fishin' Foy any relation to the late
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magazine listed it as number 41 in a 2007 article, "50 Greatest Songs of Hawaii". It has been heard in many movies and television shows and has been covered dozens of times. The title is sometimes shortened to "My Little Grass Shack" or "Little Grass Shack".
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rests, and still he was not satisfied. There was something he wanted to do to it, but it would not come. And then, quite suddenly it did... 'Honey dear,' he grinned at , as he turned from the piano, his eyes shining. 'It's done, and it's good, isn't it?'"
1227:(March 8, 1987): In the premiere episode of the short-lived series, in the "Bay of Pigswatch" skit, David Hoggselhoff sings a couple of lines of "My Little Grass Shack" for Andy and Randy Pig before he collapses upon the entrance of Spamela Hamderson.
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music. Noble had already heard the song but rejected it because of its similarity to "Hackensack" and because "everyone seemed to have claimed writing it." Harrison persisted and Noble relented upon the recommendation of
566:"My Little Grass Shack" exemplifies these trends. Written for a tourist event, it possessed enduring appeal to tourists. "Everyone wanted to head to Hawaii, take up life in a grass shack, and hang out with their
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guitar company to make ukuleles and cash in on the craze. Hawaiian music also became incredibly popular as a result. Ukes were mass-produced in the thousands — Harmony sold 500,000 in 1931 alone."
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who were not allowed to write letters home instead sent photographs of themselves in front of the gift shop to let their families know where they were.
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caricatures of Hawaiʻi as a place of grass shacks, white sandy beaches, lovely hula maidens, and happy dancing natives."
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go swimming by," refers to the reef triggerfish, Hawaii's state fish, by its long
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322:arrangement
306:Los Angeles
273:sheet music
169:Composition
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1273:Ray Kinney
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979:soundtrack
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809:radio show
718:variations
643:made from
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604:Kealakekua
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1282:In 1950,
1078:, bitch".
971:442nd RCT
955:saxophone
951:Andy Iona
924:Billy Lee
893:Lisa Loeb
855:Hank Snow
781:Roy Smeck
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702:resolving
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463:in 1915.
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262:Honolulu
207:Honolulu
161:Honolulu
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627:wahines
561:Harmony
526:records
426:English
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375:ukulele
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583:Lyrics
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348:charts
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245:lyrics
241:melody
219:parody
142:Hawaii
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