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Hilo HattieDescription
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Hilo Hattie (born Clarissa Haili, October 28, 1901 – December 12, 1979) was a Hawaiian singer, hula dancer, actress and comedian of Native Hawaiian ancestry.[1]
The Don McDiarmid Sr-Johnny Noble song When Hilo Hattie Does the Hilo Hop[5] became her signature tune. McDiarmid intended the 1935 song to be danced by the typical beautifully smooth hula dancer. But in 1936, while the band was performing as shipboard entertainment on a cruise to Portland, Oregon,[4] the dancer meant to perform it fell ill. Hilo Hattie, who claimed to have never had a hula lesson in her life,[4] ran with it as a comedy piece, and it became a huge success in its time. Clara legally changed her name to Hilo Hattie, when she performed her second signature song, The Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai, in the movie Song of the Islands. From 1939, Hilo Hattie was a favorite[6] among the military.
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