Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby

Sweet Leilani
Written by: Harry Owens
Comments: From the 1937 movie Waikiki Wedding starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and Shirley Ross. The song won the Oscar for Best Song in 1937.

 

Sweet Leilani Lyrics

Sweet Leilani
Heavenly flower
Nature fashioned roses kissed with dew
And then she placed them in a bower
It was the start of you

Sweet Leilani
Heavenly flower
I dreamed of paradise for two
You are my paradise completed
You are my dream come true

Sweet Leilani
Heavenly flower
Tropic skies are jealous as they shine
I think they're jealous of your blue eyes
Jealous hecause you're mine

Sweet Leilani Singers

1. Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino March 1937 First recording on February 19, 1937.
2. Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians (billboard Sheet-Music) March 1937 First release.

3. Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton March 24, 1937 4. Ray Kinney and His Coral Islanders with The Mullen Sisters May 1947 5. Ames Brothers 1951 6. Rosemary Clooney and Harry James 1952 7. Hal Aloma November 2, 1953 8. Malihini Hawaiians 1953 9. Elton Britt January 1954 10. Eddie Fisher with Axel Stordahl's Orchestra and Chorus 1955 11. The King Sisters with the Music of Alvino Rey March 1957 12. Marty Robbins December 30, 1957 13. Jack La Delle 1958 14. Andy Williams May 1959 15. Ed Kenney - Luther Henderson and His Orchestra 1959 16. Sam Cooke April 1960 17. Alfred Apaka and The Hawaiian Village Serenaders 1960 18. The Platters December 13, 1962 19. George de Fretes and His Royal Hawaiian Minstrels 1962 20. The Ray Charles Singers 1962 21. Pat Boone February 1963 22. Burl Ives August 1965 23. The Andrews Sisters 1965 24. Tennessee Ernie Ford February 2, 1967 25. Ray Conniff and The Singers 1967 26. Art & Dotty Todd 1980 27. Chris Isaak October 8, 1996 28. Elvis Presley December 1999 (Released more than 10 years after its recording) 29. Simone & Her Hawaiian Jazz Band August 18, 2010


You May Also Like Bing Crosby:
* There's a Gold Mine in the Sky (1937)
* Too Marvelous for Words (1937)
* I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams (1938)
* My Reverie (1938)
* Deep Purple (1939)


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* Too Marvelous for Words - Bing Crosby (1937)
* My Reverie - Bing Crosby (1938)
* Heart and Soul - Bea Wain (1938)


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