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Arthur Godfrey
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Poster: David Lubin Email: Alohaid@web tv.net Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 1/9/01 at 8:22pm |
| For years I have been interested in this dynamic individual. When I was a child, his shows from Hawaii helped ignite my perpetual passion for the subject. Has anyone Written on the subject of Arthur Godfrey's impact on Hawaiian mmusic? I sure would like to communicate with others who remember, as I do. |
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Poster: Marjorie Scott Subject: Godfrey |
Posted on 1/16/01 at 10:48am |
| Arthur Godfrey was responsible for re-igniting the interest in playing 'ukulele on the mainland. The first to do that was Sonny Cunha, when he went from Hawai'i to Yale, taking his 'ukulele with him Sonny Cunha is in the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. CBS Radio in NY may have info for you on Godfrey, as this was the network that carried his show for many years. |
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Poster: Charli Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 1/23/01 at 12:25pm |
| As a child I remeber something akin to the first Live with Regis and kathy Lee only it was Arthur Godfrey and as I remember a different hostess each week, I believe Julius LaRosa was on one of the shows we listened to This was days and years before T.V. I remember the fun we had listening to Him and his deep resonant voice. Thanks for calling me back to my childhhood. When we get older sometimes we forget we ever were children, yet those were the best days of our lives! Cheers/Chalri |
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Poster: Ed Anderson Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 8/26/02 at 9:09am |
| Godfrey featured a Hawaiian woman on his show, but I forgot her name. |
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Poster: Janice Maddox Subject: Hawaiian woman/women |
Posted on 9/7/02 at 10:42am |
| There was a hula dancer called Moana (stage name) & a middle aged woman called Hilo Hattie (I think). Wasn't the show called "Hawaii Calls"? |
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Poster: Jon Subject: My Little Grass Shack |
Posted on 5/3/03 at 3:01pm |
| Arthur Godfrey occationally sang a song starting out with,"I want to go back to my little grass shack in (some place) Hawaii". Does anyone remember the lyrics to that song. I need to know. Thanks. |
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Poster: Auntie Maria Email: auntie@mele.com Subject: "My Little Grass Shack" |
Posted on 5/8/03 at 11:01am |
| There is a website dedicated to providing lyrics to the hapa-haole (mostly English) songs: http://www.squareone.org/Hapa ...and here's the link for "Little Grass Shack": http://www.squareone.org/Hapa/m1.html -- auntie maria HAWAIIAN MUSIC ISLAND -- mele.com |
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Poster: David Lubin Email: alohaid@webtv.net Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 11/1/03 at 10:12pm |
I have a very large collection of Hawaiian records. My problem is that I know longer have the room I once had to store them. I'm sure other people have the same problem. There's probably more Hawaiian records in California than there is in Hawaii. I would like to donate them. If there was a Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame here in San Diego, for example, I would gladly donate my collection to it. That way, I could be sure they're getting a good home, and be listened to by myself and others who love Hawaiian music. Do you have any thoughts on this subject or suggestions. |
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Poster: Teresa Email: tjohns1@woh.rr.com Subject: Hawian women |
Posted on 11/14/03 at 5:10pm |
Hi My name is Teresa I know the name of the hawian women on the Auther Godfrey show it is Haleloke Kahauolopua. I am a care giver to her. She still loves to sing. Thought you'd like to know |
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Poster: steve delury Email: sdelury@hotmail.com Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 12/17/03 at 10:13am |
Hi John! In reply to your question. The little grass shack is in Kealakakua Hawaii, which is on the big Island of Hawaii. I have a version of this song done by a group from Maui. They are a Husband and wife team who sings at one of the Hotels there. They are known as Herb and Dee. They make great music and made a tape many years ago which eventually became a cd. I still play it when I want a touch of the islands. Any more info if any, I will gladly supply. Regards, Steve DeLury Sacramento Calif. |
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Poster: Vivian Email: grannyvbb@aol.com Subject: find out please for me |
Posted on 5/14/05 at 9:46am |
| Hi, Forever and a day now I have tried to find out anything about Lou Ann Sims who also appeared on the Arthur Godfrey show during the same time the Hawaian lady you care for did. Also appearing on there was someone by the name of Jeanetter, Frank, Marian Marlow. Ask your friend, the one you care for is she knows what ever happened to Lou Ann Sims. Thank you. |
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Poster: lee seats Email: seats62@yahoo.com Subject: king midget |
Posted on 8/10/05 at 3:16am |
does anyone remember the show which auther Godfrey talks about his king midget on the farm in leesburg and I would be interested in a copy of that show if be some chance it was available thank you Lee |
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Poster: Joe Email: jdpenna@carr.org Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 8/17/05 at 10:24am |
I too was a fan of Godfrey. My wife and I just returned from a vacation in Waikiki for the third year in a row, and I am puzzled why we didn't see any mention of him. I asked a store owner about him and she pointed us to the Waikiki Moana on Kapalioni (she told us that is the hotel where he had his TV show). We visited the museum on their 2nd floor, but found no mention of Mr. Godfrey. There seems to be little published about him. The female singer alluded to in one of the messages posted above was, I believe, Janet Davis. I was very young when his show was on TV, but my mother watched him religiously, and I still remember some of those shows, generally. My mother remembered Arthur being in the pool as he was broadcasting his show from the (Waikiki Moana?). As he rose from the water, his trunks slipped off. I think he went back down into the water just in time.. |
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Poster: June Sims Email: theoceanbug1@aol.com Subject: Lou Ann Sims |
Posted on 9/12/05 at 12:46pm |
This is my Aunt who has passed away and I am looking for albums to purchase. |
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Poster: T.P. Stark Email: starky2u@tnni.net Subject: Lou Ann Sims |
Posted on 9/19/06 at 4:30pm |
I to used to watch the Arthur Godfrey show. I was a little too young for Lou Ann Sims, but not young enough to have an awful crush on her. If I am not mistaken, I think she appeared one winter for the winter carnival in Old Forge, NY. Oh how I wanted to approach her and tell her how much I appreciated her, but I was too small, and got pushed out of the way by others. From then on, all I could do was look at her on the TV set we had. I have often wondered where she is now, and how life has treated her. |
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Poster: Linda Westbrook Email: Kanani58@aol.com Subject: Authur Godfrey's wife |
Posted on 9/27/06 at 4:05am |
I have heard that Arthur Godfrey's wife is in Indiana and there is a Hawaiian music festival there every year, does anyone have any information on his wife, and also the festival? Thank you, Linda Westbrook Detroit, MI |
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Poster: Auntie Maria Email: auntie@mele.com Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 10/22/06 at 4:55am |
I haven't heard of any Hawaiian music festival in Indiana, but the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association holds an annual convention in Joliet IL every October. You can find details on their website: http://www.hsga.org/new_design/conventions1.htm Aloha, auntie maria Hawaiian Music Island - MELE.COM |
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Poster: LouAnne Greenwald Email: louanneg@sbcglobal.net Subject: louanneg@sbcglobal.net |
Posted on 3/7/07 at 8:27pm |
Hi Vivian, I was actually name after Louann Sims (though I opted for a slightly different spelling). I would be really intersted in learning about her history and if she is still living. Do you have any information? Thanks! LouAnne |
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Poster: fred howsare Email: fred howsare@yahoo.com Subject: lou ann sims |
Posted on 5/26/07 at 8:20am |
to: june sims......5/26/07 have/had autographed pic of lou ann holding kittens sent to me WITH A NOTE when I wAS 4 YEARS OLD.....MY MOM WROTE HER USING MY DIRECT WORDS TO A/GAS i HAD A CRUSH ON HER FROM A/G SHOW...WE LIVED IN 3 ROOM COUNTRY "HOUSE" AND i WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE HEATED HER HOUSE WITH THE OVEN DOOR OPEN LIKE WE DID WHEN IT GOT COLD IN NORTH FL AND ASKED HER IF WE COULD GET MARRIED WHEN I GREW UP....iHAD AN ENLARGED HEART/NO CURE THEN BUT COMPLETE 6 MONTHS OF LIVING IN BED...NO ACTIVITY AT ALL.....CRIED WHEN MY AUNT TOLD ME SHE GOT MARRIED. i THOUGHT SHE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LADY IN THE WHOLE WORLD......HOW / WHEN DID SHE DIE....ANY INFO APPRECIATED......FH. |
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Poster: chet bessey Email: romanbessey@yahoo.com Subject: arthur godfrey & friends |
Posted on 6/25/07 at 3:42pm |
would like any information on arther godfrey & friends. like to know what they are doing now ages. thank you. |
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Poster: Lou Ann Nicula Email: louannnicula@yahoo.com Subject: Lou Ann Sims |
Posted on 8/4/07 at 3:31pm |
I was named after Lou Ann Sims some 54 years ago. I would be very interested in getting any information, recordings, photos that anyone would like to share. Research has left me clueless except for the fact that she appeared on Godfreys show which my parents had already told me. Please let me hear from anyone that might be able to share information about my namesake. |
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Poster: John G Subject: Lou Ann Simms |
Posted on 8/11/07 at 11:39am |
Try spelling Lou Ann's last name as "Simms," and you will find numerous references to her when you Google her name. One reference states that "In her subsequent life, she became a private but passionate Hollywood-area supporter of the victims of substance abuse, one motivated by her own struggles with alcohol. While still active in that social welfare role, the former television and recording celebrity died of pancreatic cancer on September 21, 2003." Good luck! |
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Poster: Charles (Chuck) Wilbur Email: chwilbur@verizon.net Subject: More about Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 8/21/07 at 7:03pm |
Arthur Godfrey loved the quiet island of Maui, especially the far N.E.corner where the road ended at Hana. There one found Hasegawa's General Store, which Arthur sang about.Hasegawa's carried EVERYTHING - great, because there wasn't another store for many miles west along the ONLY road, a very winding, difficult drive, and NO road to the east. There in the tiny town of Hana was a small chapel. Charles Lindberg and his wife, Ann Murrow Lindberg are buried in the churchyard,in the seclusion Lindberg sought after the kidnapping and death of their only child. Arthur piloted small aircraft. Godfrey was a strong advocate of vasectomies,an operation which prevents a man from fathering (another)child. This was back when there was fear of overpopulation of the earth. He set an example by getting a vasectomy himself. He appeared at events promoting vasectomies wearing a lapel pin in the form of the male sign (a circle with an arrow up and to the right)with a break in the circle signify ing that the wearer could not father a child. |
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Poster: gail vallee Email: cardinal1@cfl.rr.com Subject: Arthur Godfrey & Friends |
Posted on 9/12/07 at 11:33am |
Hello, I dearly loved this show and watched it every time it was on. I too wonder what happened to all those lovely people, Frank Parker, Marian Marlow, Janet Davis and any of the others that appeared there. I did hear that LouAnn Simms has died and that the Hawaiian lady is now being cared for by someone. I do wish that there was more history of a lot of the old TV shows that were on in the 1950's. There should be more "Where Are They Now" on television, so we can remember our old friends. This was the golden age of television, and we grew up with these friends only to have them gone. |
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Poster: Charles Rose Email: crose@rbgdesignbuild.com Subject: Auther's TV Shows from Hawaii |
Posted on 9/14/07 at 3:15pm |
I recently visited Oahu and stayed at the Halekulani Hotel on Waikiki Beach. When I saw the view of Diamond Head fom their beach front property it brought back my childhood vision of Auther Godfrey's broadcast from the beach in front of what I belive was the Royal Hawiian Hotel. Does anyone know if these shows are available? |
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Poster: Lou Ann Subject: Lou Ann Sims |
Posted on 9/28/07 at 1:27pm |
I was named after Lou Ann Sims and know only she was on the Author Godfrey show. Can you please tell me anything about her? Did she have a special song? Where did she live? Thanks. another Lou Ann |
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Poster: Harold Smith Email: S3856lpa@webtv.net Subject: Lou Ann Sims |
Posted on 10/4/07 at 1:32pm |
For June Sims: Perhaps you can clarify something about Lou Ann Sims for me. There was a very musical family, the Sims, which included James "Zoot" Sims, a great jazz tenor sax player, and Ray Sims, a trombonist for years with the Les Brown Band. Was your aunt, Lou Ann Sims, their sister or otherwise related to them? I used to love Lou Ann's voice. |
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Poster: Louann Duffy Email: timanderic.memama@hotmail.com Subject: Louann Sims |
Posted on 10/24/07 at 6:07pm |
Was hoping to find out if you ever received any recordings of Louann Sims. I was named after her and wanted to listen to some of her music. Did she have many albums or hit songs? Thanks for any information. |
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Poster: Sharon Email: sklarson@acegroup.cc Subject: A Godfrey |
Posted on 11/11/07 at 5:36pm |
I join the long list of children who had a mother listening to A Godfrey everyday. I've been to Hawaii 8 times and have tried to remember which hotel he broadcast his Hawaii shows from. The intro started like this: Arthur Godfrey broadcasting from the _____ room of the beautiful ________ hotel on Waikiki Beach in beautiful Hawaiieeeeeee. I walked thru the Royal Hawaiian looking for the name of a room & nothing rang a bell for me. Do you know the name? |
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Poster: Sue Bennett Email: brainardsueb@yahoo.com Subject: Lou Ann Sims |
Posted on 12/21/07 at 12:15pm |
Lou Ann Sims was your aunt? Fabulous!! When I was five, I was given a Lou Ann Sims doll for Christmas. I literally loved the hair off that doll. When I was 10, she was again given to me, complete with new hair and a beautiful red dress. I carried her with me until I was in my 20s and then somehow she got lost in a move. I still miss that doll! |
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Poster: Marjorie Scott Email: mjsfriendsonly@qwest.net Subject: Arthur Godfrey |
Posted on 12/27/07 at 11:09am |
Godfrey's greatest Hawaiian impact was the resurgence of the 'ukulele on the mainland. Stores sold out, guitar teachers learned - or re-learned 'ukulele chords/music/all da kine. I was just a kid at the time, but I do recall a boy on the block getting an 'ukulele for Christmas. |
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Poster: Kanaka Subject: Lu Ann Simms correct name |
Posted on 1/2/08 at 7:35am |
Aloha everyone. After doing some research myself, I discovered her name is spelled Lu Ann Simms. Do a google search under that and all kinds of things, photo's recored on e-bay for purchase, ect will come up. I hope those of you related to her by blood or dreams |
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Poster: Barbara Whitaker Email: bwhitaker5046@bellsouth.net Subject: Lou Ann Simms |
Posted on 1/10/08 at 1:50pm |
My sister Lou Ann, was also named after Lou Ann Simms. Our parents are gone now and I remember my Mom saying when I was very young that she had named my sister Lou Ann after a singer named Lou Ann Simms. I was trying to find some info on her. Have you found out anything that you could share with me? My sister is 55. Thanks Barbara |
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Poster: Catherine Papas Email: cpapas1@neo.rr.com Subject: TheArthur Godfrey show |
Posted on 2/16/08 at 11:25am |
Yes, I remember the show very well, I grew up to become an opera singer and later an Elementary Teacher. The singing was inspired by Marian Marlow, the beautiful lady on the Arthur Godfrey show with the gorgeous voice.. Everytime I hear the song "I Concentrate on You" I think of Marion Marlow.....does anyone know what happened to her? Arthur Godfrey made one mistake----he fired Julius La Rosa ON THE PROGRAM. From that time on, many of us lost respect for the ol' crooner....What a waste!!!!!!! |
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Poster: Joy Norris Email: jnorris@etdinc.com Subject: Name of Hawaiian woman on show |
Posted on 3/14/08 at 5:11am |
Halle Lokey - spelling could be off. |
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Poster: tiffany Email: tiffanyktravis@hotmail.com Subject: lou ann simms doll |
Posted on 3/31/08 at 12:51pm |
I have a doll from my childhood that my mom said was a lou ann simms doll. I would like to find a picture to see if it really is. I also loved it. Gave it to my daughter when she was young, but she tried to cut her hair, and that was that, it's been hiding in my closet ever since. |
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Poster: Lou Ann Gruetter Email: grutters@bellsouth.net Subject: Lou Ann Sims |
Posted on 6/15/08 at 9:47am |
I also was named after Lou Ann Sims. I would also like any information on her. Pictures, names of some of her songs. Anything would be appreciated. |
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Poster: Jan Email: folktress@smgazette.com Subject: Didn't know Arthur had a vascectomy! |
Posted on 7/16/08 at 7:44pm |
Not sure if I spelled that correctly! Now I have learned quite a lot about Arthur through various articles I've read and posts made on an old time radio forum, but this is a new one one me. I know he had become a staunch environmentalist and conservationist, and in those days when they thought the earth might become over-populated, I can see where that would have concerned him greatly. I have always admired Arthur because he put his example where his mouth was. If he was passionate about any issue or cause, he acted upon it, didn't just give it lip service. As for his wife (which one -- he was married twice), I assume you mean his second spouse, Mary Bourke, I doubt she would be alive anymore. Don't know when she was born, but if it was around the same time as Arthur (1903), she would be a centurian today, and then some. I am very happy to find another forum full of AG fans. I always liked him, and I think he got a horribly bum rap with all the negative publicity that happened to him after he fired Julius La Rosa. The little upstart had it coming! Thank you for welcoming me to this forum (I hope) |
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Poster: Jan Email: folktress@smgazette.com Subject: Arthur Godfrey's wife today? |
Posted on 7/18/08 at 9:11pm |
Does anyone know what happened to Mary Bourke Godfrey, Arthur's widow? Shortly after Arthur Godfrey died, I read somewhere that their marriage had been estranged for some time and they had been living apart. Was she with him when he crossed? Just wondering.... |
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Poster: LouAnne Email: louanneg@sbcglobal.net Subject: Lu Ann Simms |
Posted on 7/22/08 at 1:22am |
For all you Lu Ann Simms fans and namesakes... There are a couple of videos featuring her childrens' songs on You Tube. Just search for Lu Ann Simms. Delightful! |
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Poster: Jan Email: folktress@smgazette.com Subject: Godfrey poem |
Posted on 7/22/08 at 10:56pm |
YOUR FINAL VECTOR (BROUGHT YOU HOME) That day in March, as Spring was new, you made a flight in Heaven's plane -- and, oh, the view you must have seen! -- beyond the clouds, beyond the stars, beyond all things known to us who live confined by gravity! That day in March, you flew anew -- freed from all your earthly bonds! No licenses were needed, then -- no rules of flight, no maps or charts. You turned your face into the light and left behind your battered bones and choking lung, and found a freedom new and true -- A blessedness you found that day unlike any you had known! And all those hours and days you'd lived froze themselves in history, as you glided gracefully along that runway out of time. Bless you, Arthur -- for now you rest within the arms of Love, itself -- Eternal Love Personified! As you touched down in His sweet breast, your final vector brought you home. Copyright 2008 by Jan Renfrow |
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Poster: Jan Email: folktress@smgazette.com Subject: Arthur Godfrey's widow .... |
Posted on 8/20/08 at 0:54am |
In case anyone has been wondering whatever happened to Mary Bourke Godfrey, Arthur's second wife, I recently learned that she passed away on May 22, 1997. She is buried next to Arthur in Union Cemetery in Leesburg, VA. For more information: www.findagrave.com Mary now has her own memorial page on that website, as does Arthur. I've also finally learned the name of Arthur's first wife: Catherine Collins. She left him early on in the marriage, and took with her their infant son, Richard. Richard later came to live with Arthur and Mary on their Leesburg farm, and loved Mary as his own mother. Just thought I'd share some of this info, in case anyone has been curious ... |
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