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Song of the South Seas - The Life and Music of Bill Sevesi

Song of the South Seas - The Life and Music of Bill Sevesi
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Song of the South Seas - The Life and Music of Bill Sevesi
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Bill Sevesi was the 'Godfather' of Polynesian music in New Zealand; his impact can be heard in the strum of ukeleles in classrooms across the country. In this 24-minute film Sevesi (born Wilfred Jeffs) narrates his life story, including his childhood in Tonga, making his first guitar, and his role in bringing Pacific Island music into the dance halls of 1940's and 50's New Zealand. Sevesi's bands mixed Hawaiian steel guitar with pop tunes of the day, resulting in sunny hits like 'Kissing Hula...

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Video
Date created
1992
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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/song-of-south-seas-life-and-music-of-bill-sevesi-1992
Related subjects
hit parade / dorothy lamour / bill wolfgramm / sione aleki / hawaiian guitar / ukelele / whaling / tonga / lei / dance hall / american army / rock n roll / pacific island music / tea chest bass / steel guitar / tapa cloth / queen salote / sailing / short wave radio / axe / world war 2 / bill sevesi and his islanders / orange ballroom / kissing hula / in the mood / koe peva / the moon of manakora / billy sperman / billy speman / hugo speman / manu brown / mary strickland / margret adsett / fana teaurima / buddy wilson / warren mcmillan / marsh cook / alex behrenf / ben tawhiti / us army / forties / fifties / world war two / ww2 / second world war / 40s / 50s

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