Sam Ku West

About the artist

Sam Ku West (1907-1930) was an American steel guitar player from Honolulu, Hawaii he died in Neuilly sur Seine near Paris, France. West first performed professionally as a member of Irene West's touring band, adding the "West" surname to his birth name, Sam Ku, Jr.. After playing in Singapore in 1926, Prince George of England gave him the name "the Kreisler of the steel guitar". He also played concert harp live, though he never recorded with it.

Top songs

  1. Huehue (Hawaiian Hula)
  2. St. Louis Blues
  3. Hawaiian Hula
  4. The Memphis Blues
  5. Farewell Blues
  6. Like-No-Like
  7. Honolulu Blues
  8. Sunkist Hawaii
  9. Someday Sweetheart
  10. Aloha Oe
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  1. Strange Isles Medley
  2. Waialae
  3. Happy Heinie March
  4. Drowsy Waters (Wailana)
  5. Hawaiian Hula Blues
  6. Moani Ke Ala
  7. Wang Wang Blues
  8. Palolo Hula
  9. Minnehaha
  10. Lepe Ulaula
  11. Sweet Georgia Brown
  12. Sweet Hawaiian Dreams
  13. The Rosary
  14. Old Black Joe
  15. Sunkist Hawai'i
  16. Hue Hue, Hue Hue (Hawai'ian Hula)
  17. Hawai'ian Hula Blues
  18. Hue Hue, Hue Hue
  19. Stack O'Lee Blues
  20. Sweet Hawai'ian Dreams
  21. Farewell Blues (Gennett)
  22. St Louis Blues
  23. Stack O' Lee Blues
  24. Huehue
  25. Wai'alae
  26. Strange Ilses Medley
  27. Farewell Blues (Banner)
  28. Old Black Joe (Gennett)
  29. Memphis Blues
  30. Old Black Joe (Victor)
  31. Hawaiian Hula (Huehue)
  32. Moani Ke 'ala
  33. Hawaiian Solitude
  34. Drowsy Waters
  35. 10 St. Louis Blues
  36. St. Louis Blues - Sam Ku West
  37. 1St. Louis Blues
  38. The Wang Wang Blues
  39. Wai`Alae
  40. Farewell Blues 2
  41. Old Black Joe 2
  42. 08 - Wang Wang Blues - Sam Ku West Harmony Boys
  43. Wangwang Blues
  44. Old Black Joe (2)
  45. 14 - Hawaiian Hula
  46. Huehue Hawaiian Hula
  47. HUEHUE (HAWAIIN HULA)
  48. Louis Blues
  49. Hawaiian Hula Blues #2
  50. Wang-Wang Blues
  51. Aloha 'Oe
  52. Sweet Georgia Brown (1927)
  53. hawaiian hula
  54. Farewell Blues (2)
  55. Honolulu Stomp
  56. like no like
  57. Wan Wang Blues (1928)

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