Honolulu Baby
| "Honolulu Baby" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Ty Parvis | |
| Released | 1933 |
| Songwriter | Marvin Hatley |
"Honolulu Baby" is a 1933 song written by Marvin Hatley for the Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert.[1][2]
Film appearances
[edit]In Sons of the Desert, Ty Parvis performed the song, with Oliver Hardy performing it again later in the film.[3][4]
"Honolulu Baby" features, in both vocal and instrumental versions, in numerous subsequent films that were also produced by Hal Roach Studios, producers of the 1930s Laurel & Hardy films. This includes several short films in Roach's Our Gang (The Little Rascals) series, including a performance by one of the amateur kids' talent show acts in the 1935 Our Gang short Beginner's Luck.
Later versions
[edit]The song has been covered by the Weintraub Syncopators,[5] Anton LaVey on Satan Takes a Holiday,[6] and Kaʻau Crater Boys on Friends of the Ocean.[7] Sheffield Wednesday supporters have adapted the melody as a football chant.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Honolulu Baby Lyrics". International Lyrics Playground. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ Gehring, Wes D. (February 2, 2007). Film Clowns of the Depression: Twelve Defining Comic Performances. McFarland. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-78642-892-2.
- ↑ Bayly, Ernie (1975). The Talking Machine Review. E. Bayly. p. 713.
- ↑ "Honolulu Baby 1934". Archive.org.
- ↑ "Weintraubs Syncopators – Honolulu Baby 1932". Archive.org.
- ↑ "Anton LaVey – Satan Takes a Holiday 1995". Discogs.com. 1995.
- ↑ "CD – Friends of the Ocean". Sebo do Messias.
- ↑ "Terrace Chants – Sheffield Wednesday". terracechants.me.uk.