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Blue Hawaii

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Words & Music: Lee Robin/ Ralph Rainger
Night and you
And blue Hawaii
The night is heavenly
And you are heaven to me

Lovely you
And blue Hawaii
With all this loveliness
There should be love

Come with me
While the moon is on the sea,
The night is young
And so are we, so are we

Dreams come true
In blue Hawaii
And mine could all come true
This magic night of nights with you
Recorded: 1961/03/22, first released on Blue Hawaii
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old shep (profile/ contact) wrote on Apr 9, 2011report abuse
Loved the song, album and film.
derekd (profile/ contact) wrote on Apr 9, 2011report abuse
Blue Hawaii the song was great, the film when released was a monster hit & the single released of the album CHFIL would remain an Elvis standard for the rest of his career and beyond. Between 1960 & 1962 Elvis commanded the music & film charts and rightly so. With GI Blues & Blue Hawaii Elvis proved he could do a big musical. In hindsite he should stop here and returned to live & tv shows instead of waiting until 1968.
dgirl (profile/ contact) wrote on Apr 9, 2011report abuse
It is a good song & performance. Yes music had changed, but not that much. With songs like He's A Rebel, Tossin & Turning, The Wanderer, Quarter To Three, Hit The Road Jack, and others, there were still plenty of good rock songs high on the charts. I Feel So Bad was maybe too sophisticated for AM radio back then, but still it reached #5. Back to this song. Yes it is good, but the album? Too much blandness. It didnt have to be 1958 and King Creole, but these songs all sounded the same to me as opposed to KC or even GI Blues. His voice was at its best and was starting to get the 'movie' songs.
Deano1 (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 18, 2010report abuse
Elvis is outstanding on the title track to his 8th movie. In 1961, rock and roll had changed from what it had been in 1958 and popular music had a much softer feel. Earlier in that year, Elvis was almost rejected by the music buying pubic with his brilliant rendition of R & B infused "I Feel So Bad". That was followed by "Little Sister" being overtaken on the charts by it's softer flipside "His Latest Flame". This song and the soundtrack LP filled with beautiful ballads fit right in with the times.
Steve V (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 21, 2009report abuse
Elvis does Bing Crosby. The tide was certainly turning in 1961 with Elvis becoming the all around family entertainer. Nice song I guess because of Elvis in great voice , but also the beginning of the Hollywood years when Elvis lost his credibility with the rock and roll masses and critics in general.

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