Experience a “Sing-Along with Mele Fong” class as Mele on ukulele and husband Rich on u-bass led students in playing the Medley Tiny Bubbles/Pearly Shells with Hum Ding-Ah Strum as the song lyrics and ukulele chords were projected on the large screen at Kaunoa Senior Center for adults 55 and better on Maui. We sang the medley twice and learned the stories behind the songs in keeping with Hawaiian oral history traditions. Hawaiian singer Don Ho made these two songs popular with audience participation in the 1960s.
Tiny Bubbles was written by Leon Pober in 1966. The song and album also title Tiny Bubbles peaked at the Billboard Hot 100 chart that same year.
Pearly Shells was written by Webley Edwards and Leon Pober between 1962 to 1964. According to Harry Soria, Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame Archivist, the song Pearly Shells was created when Webley Edwards, host of the world-famous radio show Hawaii Calls put English words to the melody of an older Hawaiian language song Pupu A O Ewa. Edwards collaborated with Leon Pober, using the melody line from the popular song. The composer of the original song is unknown, although it was composed as part of a fundraising campaign for Kahikuokalani Church in Pearl City which King Kalakaua helped build. At the time, pearl oysters were discovered at Puuloa, the Hawaiian name for Pearl Harbor. The harbor was protected by the shark goddess, Kaahupahau. Pearly Shells is one of the few Hawaiian songs sung successfully in English, although the reference to the shark goddess in the original song got lost in translation.
This medley was part of the “Sing-Along Hawaiian Party Songs” one-hour class on January 30, 2023, with 17 students signed up.
CLICK ON THE TIMESTAMP BELOW TO JUMP TO THE SONG to learn the story behind it, sing, and play along as we sing the medley twice.
Timestamp:
Story behind the song: 0:15
Medley: Tiny Bubbles/Pearly Shells (with intro): 2:00
Song second time around (without intro): 6:08
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