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{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Infobox Person
{{Infobox person
| name = Andrew Iona Long<ref>Smith (1987), p. 10</ref>
| name = Andrew Aiona Long<ref>Smith (1987), p. 10</ref>
| image = Andy Iona in the Royal Hawaiian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Museum.jpg
| image =
| caption = Andy Iona in the Royal Hawaiian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Museum
| caption = Andy Iona in the Royal Hawaiian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Museum
| image_size = 150px
| image_size = 150px
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|1|1|mf=y}}{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|1|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = &nbsp;[[Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref name="Ruymar (1996), p. 90">Ruymar (1996), p. 90</ref>
| birth_place = &nbsp;[[Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref name="Ruymar (1996), p. 90">Ruymar (1996), p. 90</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|11|9|1902|1|1|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|11|9|1902|1|1|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| death_place = [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| spouse = Leimomi Woodds
| spouse = Leimomi (Lillian) Woodds
| children = Lanette, Edre, Andrea<ref>[http://www.huapala.org/Composer/composer_I.html pg composer I<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| children = Lanette, Edra, Andrea Iona Sheehan<ref>[http://www.huapala.org/Composer/composer_I.html pg composer I] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723204325/http://www.huapala.org/Composer/composer_I.html |date=July 23, 2008 }}</ref>
}}
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'''Andy Iona''' (1902 - 1966) was an [[United States|American]] musician and one of [[Hawaii]]'s most influential musicians. He was a [[composer]], [[songwriter]], [[Conductor (music)|conductor]], [[saxophonist]], and [[steel guitar]]ist.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History of the Steel Guitar & Artists |publisher=The Royal Hawaiian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Museum |url=http://steelguitar.org/history1.htm |accessdate=2007-02-05}}</ref> He went to the [[Kamehameha Schools|Kamehameha School for Boys]]. He was also educated at [[Henri Berger]]'s Private School of Music in Honolulu.
'''Andy Iona''' (born '''Andrew Aiona Long''', January 1, 1902 – November 9, 1966) was an American musician and one of [[Hawaii]]'s most influential musicians. He was a [[composer]], [[songwriter]], [[Conductor (music)|conductor]], [[saxophonist]], and [[steel guitar]]ist.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History of the Steel Guitar & Artists |publisher=The Royal Hawaiian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Museum |url=http://steelguitar.org/history1.htm |accessdate=2007-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917164904/http://www.steelguitar.org/history1.htm |archive-date=2006-09-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He went to the [[Kamehameha Schools|Kamehameha School for Boys]]. He was also educated at [[Henri Berger]]'s Private School of Music in Honolulu.


He was a member of the radio station KHS staff orchestra. He went on to form his own group called '''Andy Iona and his Islanders''' and they appeared in films, hotels, theatres, and on records. He toured with [[Sonja Henie]] for twelve years. He composed songs for the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers]] after joining in 1940.
He was a member of the radio station KHS staff orchestra. He went on to form his own group called '''Andy Iona and his Islanders,''' which mixed traditional Hawaiian melodies with American [[Swing music|swing]]; the band appeared in films, hotels, and theatres, and on records. He composed songs for the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers]] after joining in 1940, and recorded the music for two [[Soundies]] in 1941. Long toured with [[Sonja Henie]] for 12 years.


He married Leimomi Woodds and had 3 children.
He married Leimomi Woodds and had three children.

==Trivia==
{{Trivia|date=April 2008}}
*He lost his right thumb in an accident in machine shop at school, but he adapted his technique and became well-known as a great steel guitarist.<ref name="Ruymar (1996), p. 90"/>
*He is a member of the Royal Hawaiian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Museum.
*He recorded hundreds of singles with his band, '''Andy Iona and his Islanders'''.
*He recorded several songs with the [[Sol Hoopii|Sol Hoopii Trio]].
*In the 1930s he played [[ukelele]] with [[Louis Armstrong]] for a handful of Hawaiian songs.<ref>Yanow (2000), p. 10. "Armstrong is heard on four charming if odd Hawaiian numbers with groups led by the ukulele player Andy Iona, and he interacts winningly with the Mills Brothers on "Carry Me to Old Virginny" and "Darling Nelly Gray."</ref><ref>Delaunay (1948), p. 42. "1A320 On A Cocoanut Island (DLA582a)<br>LOUIS ARMSTRONG WITH ANDY IONA and HIS ISLANDERS.<br>New York, 25 March 1937.</ref>
*He recorded several songs with [[Cliff Edwards|Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards]].
*He appeared in the film ''Song of the Islands'' (1942), starring [[Betty Grable]].


==Music==
==Music==
*[http://www.publicdomain4u.com/html/andy_iona_red_hibiscus.htm Public domain song: Andy Iona - Pretty Red Hibiscus ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070207004113/http://publicdomain4u.com/html/andy_iona_red_hibiscus.htm Public domain song: Andy Iona - Pretty Red Hibiscus ]
*[http://www.publicdomain4u.com/html/andy_iona.htm Public domain song: Andy Iona - Naughty Hula Eyes]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208100911/http://publicdomain4u.com/html/andy_iona.htm Public domain song: Andy Iona - Naughty Hula Eyes]
*Box set (6 CDs - 112 tracks): The Andy Iona Collection - Andy Iona and his Islanders, Cumquat Records.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Andy Iona Collection: Andy Iona and his Islanders |url=http://www.cumquatrecords.com.au/2701.htm |accessdate=2007-02-05}}</ref>
* Box set (6 CDs - 112 tracks): The Andy Iona Collection - Andy Iona and his Islanders, Cumquat Records.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Andy Iona Collection: Andy Iona and his Islanders |url=http://www.cumquatrecords.com.au/2701.htm |accessdate=2007-02-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209033459/http://www.cumquatrecords.com.au/2701.htm |archivedate=February 9, 2006 }}</ref>
*Album: Hawaiians In Hollywood: Smooth, Sweet & Swinging 1934-1936: Volume 1 by Andy Iona.
* Album: Hawaiians In Hollywood: Smooth, Sweet & Swinging 1934-1936: Volume 1 by Andy Iona.
*Album: From Honolulu To Hollywood: Jazz, Blues & Popular Specialties Performed Hawaiian Style by King Bennie Nawahi, Sol Hoopii, Andy Iona.
* Album: From Honolulu To Hollywood: Jazz, Blues & Popular Specialties Performed Hawaiian Style by King Bennie Nawahi, Sol Hoopii, Andy Iona.
*Album: Jazz Goes Hawaiian by Louis Armstrong feat. Andy Iona, Challenge Records.
* Album: Jazz Goes Hawaiian by Louis Armstrong feat. Andy Iona, Challenge Records.


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
* {{cite book|title=The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians |author=Lorene Ruymar |date=1996-08-01 |publisher=Centerstream Publishing |location=Anaheim Hills, Calif. |isbn=978-1574240214 }}
*{{cite book|title=The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians |author=Lorene Ruymar |date=1996-08-01 |publisher=Centerstream Publishing |location=Anaheim Hills, Calif. |isbn=978-1-57424-021-4 }}
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Kanahele |editor1-first=George S. |editor1-link=George Kanahele |editor2-last=Berger |editor2-first=John |title=Hawaiian Music & Musicians |edition=2nd |origyear=1979 |year=2012 |publisher=[http://mutualpublishing.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=325 Mutual Publishing, LLC] |location=Honolulu, HI, USA |isbn=9781566479677 |oclc=808415079}}
* {{cite book |title=Hawaiian Music and Musicians: An Illustrated History |author=George S. Kanahele |location=Honolulu |publisher=University Press of Hawaii |year=1979}}
* {{cite book |title=The History of Rickenbacker Guitars |author=Richard R. Smith |publisher=Centerstream Publications |edition=1st ed edition |date=1987-09-01 |isbn=0931759153}}
*{{cite book |title=The History of Rickenbacker Guitars |author=Richard R. Smith |publisher=Centerstream Publications |edition=1st |date=1987-09-01 |isbn=978-0-931759-15-4}}
* {{cite book |title=Swing : Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion |author=Scott Yanow |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |date=2000-04-15 |isbn=0879306009 }}
*{{cite book |title=Swing : Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion |author=Scott Yanow |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |date=2000-04-15 |isbn=978-0-87930-600-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/swing00yano }}
* {{cite book |title=New Hot Discography: The Standard Directory of Recorded Jazz |author=Charles Delaunay |publisher=Criterion |year=1948 }}
*{{cite book |title=New Hot Discography: The Standard Directory of Recorded Jazz |url=https://archive.org/details/newhotdiscograph00delaun |url-access=registration |author=Charles Delaunay |publisher=Criterion |year=1948 }}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb name|0409555}}
* {{IMDb name|0409555}}

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[[Category:American musicians]]
[[Category:American male saxophonists]]
[[Category:Steel guitarists]]
[[Category:Steel guitarists]]
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[[Category:1966 deaths]]
[[Category:Guitarists from Hawaii]]
[[Category:20th-century American guitarists]]
[[Category:20th-century American saxophonists]]
[[Category:American male guitarists]]
[[Category:20th-century American male musicians]]

Latest revision as of 04:16, 28 October 2022

Andrew Aiona Long[1]
Born(1902-01-01)January 1, 1902
 Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii, U.S.[2]
DiedNovember 9, 1966(1966-11-09) (aged 64)
Santa Anita, California, U.S.
SpouseLeimomi (Lillian) Woodds
ChildrenLanette, Edra, Andrea Iona Sheehan[3]

Andy Iona (born Andrew Aiona Long, January 1, 1902 – November 9, 1966) was an American musician and one of Hawaii's most influential musicians. He was a composer, songwriter, conductor, saxophonist, and steel guitarist.[4] He went to the Kamehameha School for Boys. He was also educated at Henri Berger's Private School of Music in Honolulu.

He was a member of the radio station KHS staff orchestra. He went on to form his own group called Andy Iona and his Islanders, which mixed traditional Hawaiian melodies with American swing; the band appeared in films, hotels, and theatres, and on records. He composed songs for the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers after joining in 1940, and recorded the music for two Soundies in 1941. Long toured with Sonja Henie for 12 years.

He married Leimomi Woodds and had three children.

Music[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Smith (1987), p. 10
  2. ^ Ruymar (1996), p. 90
  3. ^ pg composer I Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "A Brief History of the Steel Guitar & Artists". The Royal Hawaiian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2006-09-17. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
  5. ^ "The Andy Iona Collection: Andy Iona and his Islanders". Archived from the original on February 9, 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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External links[edit]

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