One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian music, Harry Owens arrived in the islands in 1934 and became quickly enamored with the local scene. Owens had been a straight trumpet player in Los Angeles dance bands (at the Ambassador Hotel Cocoanut Grove and for Vincent Rose). His previous experience as a leader dated back to 1926, when he fronted a ...
Wrote the Academy award winning song "Sweet Leilani"
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Aloha
2015/I
writer: "An Island Melody"
American Masters
2007
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Cat's Meow
2001
writer: "Linger A While" 1922
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
TV Movie documentary music: "Blue Shadows and White Gardenias"
The Lawrence Welk Show
1970
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Petticoat Junction
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1967 music - 1 episode, 1967
The Edsel Show
1957
TV Special writer: "Sweet Leilani" - uncredited
The Nat King Cole Show
1957
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
writer: "Sweet Leilani" - uncredited
Tahiti Nights
1944
writer: "Huapala", "Garden in Tahiti", "Luana"
The Magnificent Dope
1942
music: "Down on Ami Ami Oni Oni Isle" - uncredited
Song of the Islands
1942
lyrics: "Home on the Range" 1904 - uncredited / music: "Down on Ami Ami Oni Oni Isle" 1942, "Sing Me a Song of the Islands" 1942, "Maluna Malolo Mawaena Hawaiian Drinking Song" 1942, "What's Buzzin' Cousin?" 1942, "O'Brien Has Gone Hawaiian" 1942, "Blue Shadows and White Gardenias" 1942
"Hawaii Calls", "Down Where the Trade Winds Blows"
Pacific Paradise
1937
Short writer: "O-Ko-Le Ma-Lu-Na", "Hawaiian Paradise", "If Your Aloha Means I Love You", "The Original Oni Oni The Wiggle Dance", "To You Sweetheart, Aloha"
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
writer: "Hawaiian Hospitality"
Waikiki Wedding
1937
writer: "Sweet Leilani"
King of Jazz
1930
lyrics: "Linger Awhile" - uncredited
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
1957
TV Series
Harry Owens
Rhythm Masters
1949
Short
Harry Owens
Waikiki Melody
1945
Short
Bandleader
Tahiti Nights
1944
Harry Owens (as Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians)
Lake Placid Serenade
1944
Orchestra Leader
Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians
1944
Short
Orchestra Leader Harry Owens
Hat Check Honey
1944
Harry Owens (as Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians)
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