Andy Iona

Composer, songwriter and conductor, educated at Kamehameha School for Boys and Henri Berger's Private School of Music in Honolulu, and also the Arthur Lange Method (of arranging). He was a member of the KHS staff orchestra and formed his own group (Andy Iona and His Islanders) which appeared in films, hotels and theatres and on records. He toured with Sonja Henie for twelve years. Joining ASCAP in 1940, his popular-song compositions include "Blue Mist", "How'd Ya Do?", "At Night by the Ocean", "South Sea Island Magic", "Aloha Beloved", "Maui Moon", "South Sea Lullabies", "Kuu Ipo", "At Night By the Ocean", "Million Moons Over Hawaii", "Polynesian Hula Love Song", "Naughty Hula Eyes", "Saronga", "Hula Rockabye", "Mahalo I Thank You", "March On Hawaii", "The Palm Trees Sing Aloha", and "Andy Iona's Songs of Hawaii".