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A Maile For Your Hair
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Poster: P. Imaizumi Email: paniolop@yahoo.com Subject: A Maile For Your Hair |
Posted on 10/17/04 at 9:45am |
Who composed A Maile Lei For Your Hair? and Where is he today. Thank You. |
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Poster: Maebelle Librando Email: imuamaui@msn.com Subject: ukulele keys to song |
Posted on 2/21/05 at 11:45am |
| Aloha, Anyone have the keys to A Maile Lei for Your Hair. I have the words, and my keys, but I don't thing some of the keys are correct. Mahalo.. |
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Poster: Ginny Stone Email: harryginny@hotmail.com Subject: chords |
Posted on 5/25/05 at 8:59pm |
| Does your start with Fchord over A, Bflat chord over MAI, then C7chord over LE? |
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Poster: Ginny Stone Email: harryginny@hotmail.com Subject: Composer |
Posted on 5/25/05 at 8:47pm |
| My music says "Norman Kaye (ASCAP)" It was published in 1963 Hope this helps |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@imbris.com Subject: "A Maile Lei for your Hair" |
Posted on 6/3/05 at 8:28pm |
| I enjoyed this song and did some research. The song, by Norman Kaye, was recorded by The Mary Kaye Trio, made up of his wife, Mary Ka'aihue Kaye and other musicians over the years. The trio made most of their career in Las Vegas, sometimes given credit for inventing the "lounge act". They also worked on soundtrack recordings and occasionally made Hawaiian albums. I believe the Kaye's are still living and occasionally performing in Las Vegas. Check out www.marykayetrio.com Jesse Tinsley |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@imbris.com Subject: "Maile Lei for your Hair" |
Posted on 6/3/05 at 8:35pm |
| I play it this way: A Maile Lei for Your Hair - by Norman Kaye G Am A maile lei for your hair, D7 G Am has a special meaning. D7 Bm Am It is sweet aloha, D7 G made with loving care. G Am From mountains kissing the blue, D7 G Am near the ridge of heaven. D7 Bm Am I have brought this maile, D7 G a maile lei for you. Bridge: C D7 Bm Em Maile, fashioned by the sun, A D7 Beauty, just for you my lovely one. G Am A maile lei for your hair, D7 G Am is a crown of glory. D7 Bm Am It's the sweetest story, D7 G of my love for you. Jesse Tinsley |
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Poster: Auntie Maria Email: auntie@mele.com Subject: A Maile Lei For Your Hair |
Posted on 6/5/05 at 7:41am |
| Norman Kaye may own the printed publishing rights, but the song's lyrics and music were composed by Norman Kane: http://www.squareone.org/Hapa/a1.html |
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Poster: punohu Email: punohu@yahoo.net Subject: a maile lei for your hair |
Posted on 6/12/05 at 12:47pm |
| this is also a kauai based song. isnt eyerything?...laffs. it is sung sweetly, and with soul, something that an instrument chord note cannot teach you. you sing it slowly, sweetly and with feeling if a woman, or with pride, with a rich voice, as a man seeing a woman whom you adore, if a man. this is the sole of hawaiian music be it auana or kahiko. much aloha, punohu |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@adelphia.net Subject: A Maile Lei for Your Hair |
Posted on 6/13/05 at 8:12pm |
| Aloha e Punohu, I sing this song often. Can you tell me why or how the maile became the lei associated with romantic love? Is there a significance to collecting the maile yourself as opposed to buying your ipo a maile lei? Mahalo nui loa, Jesse Tinsley |
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Poster: Joe Basebase Email: JEBasebase@aol.com Subject: A Maile Lei For Your Hair |
Posted on 6/17/05 at 9:48am |
| (D7) G Bm Am D7 G Bm A maile lei for your hair, has a special meaning Am D7 Bm Am D7 G Bm Am D7 Of a sweet aloha, made with loving care. (D7) G Bm From mountains kissing the blue, Am D7 G Bm Am near the ridge of heaven Am D7 Bm Am D7 G Dm G7 I have brought this maile, maile lei for you C D7 G Maile, fashioned by the sun A7 Am D7 Beauty, just for you my lovely one (D7) G Bm Am D7 G Bm Am A maile lei for your hair, is a crown of glory Am D7 Bm Am D7 Dm E7 it's the sweetest story, of my love for you Am Am D7 G Maile.... maile lei for you. |
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Poster: Melody Email: oceanmagic@yahoo.com Subject: A Maile Lei |
Posted on 8/26/05 at 11:06pm |
I searched for the original words and music to this beautiful song. I could not find anyone who carries it or can even order it. It is definitely worth finding the real thing. I have had to sing it A Capella many times as I no longer am in possession of the sheet music. It is a sweet, slow, and meaningful love song. It remains my favorite. Please pass along any tips on finding vocal/piano/guitar sheet or recordings. Thanks sincerely, Melody |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@adelphia.net Subject: Slight correction |
Posted on 10/24/05 at 8:04pm |
Slight correction: Norman Kaye was Mary Ka'aihue's brother. The two and Frank Ross, as the Mary Kaye Trio, pioneered the "lounge act" by offering to sing in the bar (a new concept then) from 1 a.m to 6 a.m. At that time casinos closed at midnight. They were so successful in keeping patrons in the house in the wee hours that all the casinos went 24-hours. Jesse Tinsley |
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Poster: Makalena Shibata Email: gihula@aol.com Subject: A Maile Lei for Your Hair |
Posted on 2/14/06 at 4:42am |
Melody you said you were unable to find any CDs with A Maile Lei for Your Hair. Here are two that you should be able to get at Borders: Karen Kaleolani Keawehawai`i on Songs Of Old Hawaii Vol 1 and Nathan Aweau on E Apo Mai are two CDs that carry Maile Lei for Hair. Nathan Aweau's version is a more contemporary version. Karen's version keeps to the original version of the song. Bunny Brown's Hilo Hawaiians vinyl Bunny Brown's Hilo Hawaiians was released as a CD a few years ago. I like their version as well, but not sure if you can still get their CD. |
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Poster: Scott Email: jetskitek@aol.com Subject: maile lei composer whereabouts |
Posted on 9/16/06 at 8:35am |
Norman Kaye wrote and composed "A Maile lei for your hair" He is alive and living in Las Vegas. Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. Scott in Vegas |
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Poster: Kanoe Email: caztwin@aol.com Subject: Maile Lei |
Posted on 11/2/06 at 1:16pm |
Welina mai ia kakou, The maile grows very high upon our mountains where it is cool. It is a vine-like bush that an untrained eye would not recognize as being the precious maile. It is precious indeed, and just as cherished whether bought at a lei stand or made by hand. In the old days, a guava stick, scored so as to make a nutcracker-like instrument was used to twist, or break the "skin" at the lowest point of the vine then pulled off or stripped from the bush. Like pruning a plant, this helps the bush to grow and therefore as stewards, you never over strip or take young liko vines. Only when the skin is broken, does it reveal it's beautiful scent. The lengths are then wound, and carefully tied together to make this precious lei. Imagine someone climbing the lush depths of Panaewa on the Big Island, or the ridges of Kaua'i or Ka'ala on the West end of 'Oahu. Then imagine that person stripping these carefully, the special time spent, communing with our nature aumakua, meditating on a loved one when fashioning this gift. Imagine even now, how much more precious a maile lei is considering that it has been harvested with careless abuse by others, and that what is more often sold IS NOT from our islands. Auwe! Uwe! And in case you wonder when a song or chant became romantic ... the answer to that is always and for all time. Our relationship with nature promotes writing in metaphors. Thus a thing of beauty is a ailona, an embodyment of spirit and emotions. Mahalo, Kanoemaile |
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Poster: John Norman Kaye Email: mktrio@usa.com Subject: A MAILE LEI FOR YOUR HAIR |
Posted on 11/12/06 at 4:43am |
My father, Norman Kaye, wrote A MAILE LEI FOR YOUR HAIR for my mother. He is alive and well living in Las Vegas. He is 84 years old and never recieved a dime for that song. I am a record company owner looking to retrieve the license to that song and find out who has been recieving the royalties to get my father paid. I believe you can hear his original rendition at www.mperia.com and search for Mary Kaye Trio. You can read about The Mary Kaye Trio at www.lvhps.org and search for Mary Kaye. Also their is information about him at www.marykayetrio.com and www.normankaye.com |
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Poster: Auntie Maria Email: auntie@mele.com Subject: A MAILE LEI FOR YOUR HAIR |
Posted on 11/14/06 at 10:25am |
There are two websites to check for composer info -- The Harry Fox Agency, and ASCAP/BMI Harry Fox had nothing for this song, but ASCAP/BMI had your dad's name (no contact info though). You might want to contact them -- there could be a big royalty check looking for an owner! http://www.ascap.com/ |
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