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
- Huehue (Hawaiian Hula)
- St. Louis Blues
- Hawaiian Hula
- The Memphis Blues
- Farewell Blues
- Like-No-Like
- Honolulu Blues
- Sunkist Hawaii
- Someday Sweetheart
- Aloha Oe
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- Strange Isles Medley
- Waialae
- Happy Heinie March
- Drowsy Waters (Wailana)
- Hawaiian Hula Blues
- Moani Ke Ala
- Wang Wang Blues
- Palolo Hula
- Minnehaha
- Lepe Ulaula
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Sweet Hawaiian Dreams
- The Rosary
- Old Black Joe
- Sunkist Hawai'i
- Hue Hue, Hue Hue (Hawai'ian Hula)
- Hawai'ian Hula Blues
- Hue Hue, Hue Hue
- Stack O'Lee Blues
- Sweet Hawai'ian Dreams
- Farewell Blues (Gennett)
- St Louis Blues
- Stack O' Lee Blues
- Huehue
- Wai'alae
- Strange Ilses Medley
- Farewell Blues (Banner)
- Old Black Joe (Gennett)
- Memphis Blues
- Old Black Joe (Victor)
- Hawaiian Hula (Huehue)
- Moani Ke 'ala
- Hawaiian Solitude
- Drowsy Waters
- 10 St. Louis Blues
- St. Louis Blues - Sam Ku West
- 1St. Louis Blues
- The Wang Wang Blues
- Wai`Alae
- Farewell Blues 2
- Old Black Joe 2
- 08 - Wang Wang Blues - Sam Ku West Harmony Boys
- Wangwang Blues
- Old Black Joe (2)
- 14 - Hawaiian Hula
- Huehue Hawaiian Hula
- HUEHUE (HAWAIIN HULA)
- Louis Blues
- Hawaiian Hula Blues #2
- Wang-Wang Blues
- Aloha 'Oe
- Sweet Georgia Brown (1927)
- hawaiian hula
- Farewell Blues (2)
- Honolulu Stomp
- like no like
- Wan Wang Blues (1928)
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