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Basil Henriques
Lokahi
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 07/29/2007 : 12:41:13 AM
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Pakile Henriques |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 03:00:30 AM
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3. Top Row, Image 3 - Not known as much for his musicianship as for his comedy, he was a police officer by day and entertainer by night. It was his band that appeared in the opening sequence of "Hawaii Five-O" each week. (Remember those slow-motion hips dancing to Tahitian drums?)
Well that's a HUGE hint. It has to be Sterling Mossman.
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"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
USA
580 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 04:26:58 AM
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Originally posted by markwitz
3. Top Row, Image 3 - Not known as much for his musicianship as for his comedy, he was a police officer by day and entertainer by night. It was his band that appeared in the opening sequence of "Hawaii Five-O" each week. (Remember those slow-motion hips dancing to Tahitian drums?)
Well that's a HUGE hint. It has to be Sterling Mossman.
Indeed! And that pic is from one of my prized possessions: The souvenir booklet from the Hawaii Pavillion of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Sterling Mossman and his gang were responsible for the entertainment in that pavillion. |
Join me for the history of Hawaiian music and its musicians at Ho`olohe Hou at www.hoolohehou.org. |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 04:35:06 AM
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So, Mark, for a self-professed Hawaiian music neophyte, how did you get so many of these? And just how many records have you collected so far?
Records That I have collected so far from people you have highlighted on your "Ho'olohe Hou" Podcasts, starting from Episode 9 and working backwords are:
Linda Dela Cruz/Hukalani Girls 2
Bill Kaiwa 5
Nina Keali'iwahamana 1
The Sons of Hawai'i 10
Pua Almeida 1
Bill Ali'iloa Lincolin 1
Hawaii Calls 3
Gabby and Atta Isaacs 1
Gabby Albums 6
Emma Veary 3
Makapu'u Sand Band 1
Kapena 2
Tony Conjugacion 1
Kapono Beamer 1
The Hilo Hawaiians 3
Hui Ohana 7
Genoa Keawe 3
Iwalani Kahalewai 2
Leina'ala Haili 2
The Brothers Cazimero 5
Marlene Sai 2
Lena Machado 1
Barney Isaacs 1
Andy Cummings 1
Kui Lee 1
Kahauanu Lake Trio 3
The Ho'opi'i Brothers 3
The list above is just Artists that you have referenced. I have lots of others from the more modern era, of course. Close to 300 albums/cds/cassettes so far. I'm transferring all the albums and cassettes to cd. Collecting Hawaiian Music has become my all consuming passion. Do you have some duplicates you want to get rid of? |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 04:54:56 AM
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Originally posted by hwnmusiclives
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Originally posted by markwitz
3. Top Row, Image 3 - Not known as much for his musicianship as for his comedy, he was a police officer by day and entertainer by night. It was his band that appeared in the opening sequence of "Hawaii Five-O" each week. (Remember those slow-motion hips dancing to Tahitian drums?)
Well that's a HUGE hint. It has to be Sterling Mossman.
Indeed! And that pic is from one of my prized possessions: The souvenir booklet from the Hawaii Pavillion of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Sterling Mossman and his gang were responsible for the entertainment in that pavillion.
Here is the story on those hips.
Newswatch
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Tuesday, November 5, 1996
Helen Kuoha-Torco, below, received $150 for her dancing as a member of Sterling Mossman's Barefoot Bar Gang. Above, her famous hips. Today she is a college professor.
Photo by George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
‘Five-O’ dancer steps forward
Even if the trail grows cold after a quarter-century, those dedicated sleuths from "Hawaii Five-O" never give up. You never know when there will be a lucky break.
The suspect this time was identified only as a pair of swinging hips during the credit sequence of the long-running TV series. It's a brief flash of a Tahitian number, with appreciative bar patrons leering on. Hubba hubba, as McGarrett might not say. The identity of the dancer remained a mystery all these years. Those hips were sealed.
Until recently, when a relative of a friend of Helen Kuoha-Torco's daughter claimed to be the dancer. Wrong, thought Kuoha-Torco, I KNOW that's incorrect.
She came clean under questioning. Yes, those hips belong to Kuoha-Torco.
Kuoha-Torco, who's now a professor of business technology at Windward Community College, was a featured dancer with Sterling Mossman's Barefoot Bar Gang during the 1960s. It's the Barefoot Bar Gang playing the Tahitian number and "Ain't No Big Thing" during the scene.
While filming "Cocoon," the pilot film for "Hawaii Five-O," the Outrigger Canoe Club was dressed to resemble the notorious Barefoot Bar, which was too small to accommodate both patrons and a camera crew.
For her part, Kuoha-Torco got $150. She was 25 years old at the time, and her dancing was featured in other "Five-O" episodes.
Would we recognize those hips today? "Well, I've had six children since then," she said, diplomatically.
Kuoha-Torco attended the "Five-O" reunion in Hawaii last weekend, and Rose Freeman, widow of "Five-O" creator Leonard Freeman," recognized her immediately.
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"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 04:57:54 AM
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Originally posted by markwitz
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Originally posted by hwnmusiclives
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Originally posted by markwitz
3. Top Row, Image 3 - Not known as much for his musicianship as for his comedy, he was a police officer by day and entertainer by night. It was his band that appeared in the opening sequence of "Hawaii Five-O" each week. (Remember those slow-motion hips dancing to Tahitian drums?)
Well that's a HUGE hint. It has to be Sterling Mossman.
Indeed! And that pic is from one of my prized possessions: The souvenir booklet from the Hawaii Pavillion of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Sterling Mossman and his gang were responsible for the entertainment in that pavillion.
Here is the story on those hips.
Newswatch
By Star-Bulletin Staff
Tuesday, November 5, 1996
Helen Kuoha-Torco, below, received $150 for her dancing as a member of Sterling Mossman's Barefoot Bar Gang. Above, her famous hips. Today she is a college professor.
Photo by George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
‘Five-O’ dancer steps forward
Even if the trail grows cold after a quarter-century, those dedicated sleuths from "Hawaii Five-O" never give up. You never know when there will be a lucky break.
The suspect this time was identified only as a pair of swinging hips during the credit sequence of the long-running TV series. It's a brief flash of a Tahitian number, with appreciative bar patrons leering on. Hubba hubba, as McGarrett might not say. The identity of the dancer remained a mystery all these years. Those hips were sealed.
Until recently, when a relative of a friend of Helen Kuoha-Torco's daughter claimed to be the dancer. Wrong, thought Kuoha-Torco, I KNOW that's incorrect.
She came clean under questioning. Yes, those hips belong to Kuoha-Torco.
Kuoha-Torco, who's now a professor of business technology at Windward Community College, was a featured dancer with Sterling Mossman's Barefoot Bar Gang during the 1960s. It's the Barefoot Bar Gang playing the Tahitian number and "Ain't No Big Thing" during the scene.
While filming "Cocoon," the pilot film for "Hawaii Five-O," the Outrigger Canoe Club was dressed to resemble the notorious Barefoot Bar, which was too small to accommodate both patrons and a camera crew.
For her part, Kuoha-Torco got $150. She was 25 years old at the time, and her dancing was featured in other "Five-O" episodes.
Would we recognize those hips today? "Well, I've had six children since then," she said, diplomatically.
Kuoha-Torco attended the "Five-O" reunion in Hawaii last weekend, and Rose Freeman, widow of "Five-O" creator Leonard Freeman," recognized her immediately.
Sorry, but I couldn't get the photos to transfer. Here is the link.
http://starbulletin.com/96/11/05/news/briefs.html |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 05:12:47 AM
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top row Number 1
Then it has to be Bill Ali'iloa Lincolin
And bottom row Number 5
Nina? If that is her, her hair is lighter than in the other photos of her that I have seen |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
Edited by - markwitz on 07/29/2007 05:19:05 AM |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 05:44:18 AM
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| I've got the first season of Hawai`i 5-0. Funny how McGarret always walks on the beach with dress shoes and a suit and jacket. The others know mo' bettah. That one about the cocoons was really very good. The wrong Dan-o. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
USA
580 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 06:12:31 AM
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Originally posted by markwitz
top row Number 1
Then it has to be Bill Ali'iloa Lincolin
And bottom row Number 5
Nina? If that is her, her hair is lighter than in the other photos of her that I have seen
Case closed. Nice work!
Yes, it is Nina from a Honolulu Magazine cover of about 15 years ago. Her hair is shorter - and lighter - now than on those LP covers of (ahem!) a few years ago. |
Join me for the history of Hawaiian music and its musicians at Ho`olohe Hou at www.hoolohehou.org. |
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