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Ed Kenney
12+ albums
Broadway
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Edward Kamanaloha Kenney, Jr. (Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 8, 1933 - October 5, 2018) was an American singer and actor best known for the role of "Wang Ta" in the original Broadway production of Flower Drum Song. Ed Kenney was born in Honolulu, Oahu to a Hawaiian-Chinese mother and a Swedish-Irish father. He was married to Judy Bailey. He lived on the island of Kaua‘i. Kenney was formerly married to hula dancer Beverly Noa and is the father of Honolulu restaurateur, Edward Kenney, III. Kenney and Noa headlined shows at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and the Halekulani Hotel for years. They reunited for a Honolulu television show on KGMB-TV in the 1980s. Discography Albums Solo Exotic Sounds of the Spice Island (Columbia, 1960) My Hawai‘i (Columbia, 1962) (later reissued with a different cover on a Columbia budget label, Harmony) Ed Kenney's Hawaii (ABC/Paramount, 1962) (later reissued with a different cover by Decca, 196?) Somewhere in Hawai‘i (Waikiki, 1964) Waikiki (Decca, 1966) Royal Hawaiian Luau (Decca, 1967) An Island (Lehua, 1977) Included Hawaii's Favorite Christmas Songs - Vol 2 (1999) Hawaii's Sunset Melodies (1996) Hawaii's Golden Treasures (1996) Hawaii's Favorite Christmas Songs (1993) Flower Drum Song: 1958 Original Broadway Cast (1958) Singles "Numbah One Day of Christmas" the Hawaiian Pidgin version of The Twelve Days of Christmas Co-wrote this with Eaton "Bob" Magoon, Jr. (13 Daughters composer) and Gordon Phelps. Stage credits Broadway 13 Daughters as Mana,
top songs
albums
An Island
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Flower Drum Song (1959 Studio Cast Recording)
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Flower Drum Song
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Flower Drum Song (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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The Rum Diary
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Flower Drum Song - Original Broadway Cast Recording 1958
The Exotic Sounds Of The Spice Islands
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Hawai'i's Favorite Christmas Songs
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Hawaii Tiki Luau
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Music to Watch Girls Go By
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Moonlight Serenade of Heavenly Islands
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Memories of Hawaii Volume 4