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"Puka In The Pali" Hilo Hattie
Here is another request received at Territorial Airwaves: ["Thank you for sharing wisdom and great music.
One day while listening to the Territorial Airwaves radio show, I heard the most fun song---the words included "Put the puka in the Pali".
Can you give me information about the song, singer, and recording?
My husband enjoyed the story about the song and would love to hear it too!
Thank you Sandra Carlson, Mililani, O'ahu, Hawaii" ] Mahalo for your nice thoughts & your request, Sandra.
Andy Cummings composed the legendary hapa haole classic tune, "Waikiki". But Andy also wrote many songs promoting civic projects. In 1947, Frank Judd (1915 – 1976), of the Honolulu Junior Chamber of Commerce petitioned Andy to write a song to promote the construction of the first vehicular traffic tunnel through the Ko’olau mountains. Andy was asked to come up with a tune that would help increase public opinion in favor of the stalled tunnel project.
Andy’s song, Puka In the Pali, urged Hawai’i’s constituents to choose between Kalihi, Manoa, or Nu’uanu, to aid the windward O’ahu residents’ commute to Honolulu via tunnel. The song boosted the campaign towards success, and in 1957, the Nu’uanu Pali tunnel was completed. When it was time to record the dittie, Andy enlisted his pal, Hilo Hattie, recently returned to Hawaii from her latest tour, to sing in front of Andy & his Hawaiian Serenaders. The 1st tunnel eventually went through in Nu'uanu, followed three decades later by the tunnel through Kalihi. So far, the public has blocked all attempts of a tunnel through Manoa. (Want to learn more about Andy Cummings? Check out the compact disc in our Territorial Store, "Andy Cummings, the Wandering Troubadour".)
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Released on: 06-05-2009
Artist/Compiled by: Hilo Hattie with Andy Cummings & his Hawaiian Serenaders
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