| Hawaii
Calls®,
Inc.(HCI) is a diversified private corporation, held by Don McDiarmid
Jr.,
and based in Aiea, Hawaii. In the 1950s, Don McDiarmid Jr. incorporated
his newly formed company as Hula Records®, Inc. Hula Records®
had
been a sole proprietorship record label since 1947 under Don McDiarmid
Sr.
Hula Records®, Inc. (now Hawaii Calls®, Inc., d/b/a Hula Records®) offers the oldest and largest catalog of Hawaiian music in the Hawaiian music industry. It is the backbone of Hawaii Calls®, Inc. It also has wholly owned subsidiaries, Kona-Kai Distributing Co., Ahi Paka®, and Travel-Lite®. They manufacture and distribute Hawaiian and international resort gifts and golf accessories. Hawaii Calls, Inc. traces its origin to July 3, 1935 when the first Hawaii Calls radio program was broadcast from the Moana Hotel on the beach at Waikiki. Hawaii Calls, created and hosted by Island radio pioneer Webley Edwards, successfully showcased top Hawaiian music and artists. In its heyday, the show was heard on over 600 radio stations in North America and scores of other stations in Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America Africa and on Armed Forces Radio throughout the world. Over
the years,
Hawaii Calls made a number of songs world famous, including Lovely Hula
Hands, Beyond the Reef, Little Brown Gal and The Hawaiian Wedding
Song. Sweet Leilani, which made its debut in a 1936 broadcast, became
the
only Hawaiian song to win an Academy Award after Bing Crosby's powerful
but gentle rendition from the movie Waikiki Wedding thrilled people
throughout
the world.
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