Ana Lani

Ray Kinney and His Orchestra play the song, while the Aloha Maids, clad in sarongs and leis, gesture gracefully.

It's one of more than two thousand "soundies" produced between 1939 and 1947, meant to be played on a device called a Mills Panoram. For seven years they could be found in bars, night clubs, and other places where people would gather. Think of them as music videos, available for viewing at a dime a song.

It seems to be a song sung in Hawaiian, but the young Maids seem to be making random gestures. This of it as Hawaiian Swing, with steel guitar the main instrument. It's pleasant without being great.

Just watched this Soundie on YouTube. It features Ray Kinney and His Orchestra performing the title song with some lyrics sung by him and his male singers while some female dancers known as The Aloha Maids perform some traditional Hawaiian moves. This was quite entertaining to watch for the 3 minutes it was running...