Sol Hoopii
Sol Ho'opi'i (1902-1953) was perhaps the most famous Hawaiian steel guitari… Read Full Bio ↴Sol Ho'opi'i (1902-1953) was perhaps the most famous Hawaiian steel guitarist of the twentieth century. The youngest of twenty-one children from Honolulu, Hawaii, he came to the mainland in 1919 as a stowaway on an ocean liner to San Francisco, California, and later began recording in Los Angeles.

Sol Ho'opi'i's Novelty Trio often mixed jazz and blues with traditional Hawaiian music. The distinctively rhythmic slide techniques he invented later influenced country music steel guitarists.

He appeared in a few movies, such as Waikiki Wedding (1937) with Bing Crosby and some Charlie Chan films. He joined the crusade of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in 1938, and from then on made few music recordings until his death on 16th November 1953 in Seattle.
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Sol Hoopii Lyrics


Farewell Blues Sadness just makes me sigh, I've come to say goodbye, Altho'…
Hula Girl All the time in the tropical clime Where they do the…
I Like You I ain't neva had nobody show me all the things…
Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Lepe Ula Ula Lepe ′ula'ula lepe o ka moa Ke hua kūlina ′ai a…



Oh! Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
St. Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
The Lei Vendor In Honolulu whene′er a ship is sailing You'll find lei vendo…


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