stg, g, 1885-1951 US, Honolulu
Musician of World and Pop
Born: June 12, 1885 Died: June 26, 1951 Immensely successful Hawaiian musician who recorded prolifically between 1915 and 1930. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1885 of Portuguese ancestry, he first came to the U.S. to entertain at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition as part of the Keoki E Awai vaudeville troupe. Married Helen Louise Greenus, who took the stage name Helen Louise, and the two toured and recorded many records for Columbia, Victor and Edison between 1915-1919. Following the mysterious disappearance of Helen aboard the steamship SS President traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle, Frank Ferera continued a successful recording career throughout the 1920s. Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio enjoyed great popularity, and often backed popular singers, such as Annette Hanshaw.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The All-Time Greatest Hawaiian Recording Artist | Frank Ferera | 1983 | Compil. |
Susquehanna Shore / Show Me The Way To Go Home | Ferera And Franchini / Frank Ferera, Anthony Franchini And Irene Greenus | 1928 | Album |
Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight / Lonely Nights In Hawaii | Frank Ferera And John Paaluhi | 1927 | Album |
Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight / One, Two, Three, Four | Frank Ferera & John Paaluhi | 1927 | Album |
Honolulu March / Kohala March | Frank Ferera, John Paaluhi | 1927 | Album |
Honolulu March / Kohala Waltz | Frank Ferera & John Paaluhi | 1927 | Album |
Hawaiian Slumbertime / Somewhere In Honolulu | Frank Ferera And John Paaluhi | 1927 | Album |
Honeymoon Waltz / Venetian Isles | Frank Ferera | 1926 | Album |
Hawaiian Waltz Medley / Kilima Waltz | Frank Ferera - John Paaluhi | 1926 | Album |
Always / Lady Of Waikiki | Frank Ferera | 1926 | Album |
Drowsy Moon / My Hawaiian Evenin' Star | Frank Ferera | 1926 | Album |
Isle Of Oahu / Waters Of Waikiki | Frank Ferera | 1926 | Album |
Sweet Hawaiian Shores / Pu-Lu Manu | Frank Ferera | 1926 | Album |
The Tumbledown Shack In Athlone / Cielito Lindo | Jack Penewell / Frank Ferera & John Poaluki | 1926 | Album |
The St. Louis Blues / In The Heart Of Hawaii | Frank Ferera | 1925 | Album |
Dream Of Hawaii / Dark Hawaiian Eyes | Frank Ferera | 1925 | Album |
Pearl Of Hawaii / Love Dream Of Lula Lu | Frank Ferera — John Paaluhi | 1925 | Album |
The Farmer's Dream / Dreamy Nights In Honolulu | Frank Ferera | 1925 | Album |
Drowsy Moon / My Hawaiian Evenin Star | Frank Ferera | 1925 | Album |
Me No Speak -A Good English / You Better Get Rid Of That Cat | Al Bernard And Frank Ferera | 1924 | Album |
Daddy—Change Your Mind / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' | Blanche Klaise / Al Bernard And Frank Ferera | 1924 | Album |
Twenty-Five Years From Now / Since Ma Is Playing Mah Jong | Al Bernard And Frank Ferera / Jim Doherty | 1924 | Single |
Rocky Mountain Moon / Flower Of Hawaii | Frank Ferera | 1923 | Album |
Me No Speak A Good English / So I Took The $50,000 | Al Bernard & Frank Ferera / Harry Blake | 1923 | Single |
Hawaiian Hula Medleys/ Maui Waltz | Frank Ferera | 1922 | Album |
O' Sole Mio (My Sunshine) / Panorama Bay | Frank Ferera – Anthony Franchini / Venetian Sextette | 1922 | Album |
Moanalua Hula/ Maui Girl | Frank Ferera | 1922 | Album |
Drowsy Head - Medley Waltz / Isle Of Paradise - Medley Waltz | Frank Ferera - Anthony Franchini, Ferera And Franchini | 1921 | Album |
Hawaiian Smiles / Hula Medley | Frank Ferera, Dave Kaili | 1920 | Album |
Hawaiian Smiles / Wild Flower Waltz | Frank Ferera & David Kaile / Ferera And Franchini | 1920 | Album |
That Naughty Waltz / Pensacola Waltz | Frank Ferera, Anthony Franchini | 1920 | Album |
In The Heart Of Hawaii / Hawaiian Smiles | Helen Louise, Frank Ferera, Irene Greenus, Anthony Franchini | 1920 | Album |
Hawaiian Nights | Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra With Helen Louise & Frank Ferera | 1919 | Album |
Hilo-Hawaiian March / Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight | Helen Louise And Frank Ferera / Mabel Richardson And Marion Cox | 1919 | Album |
Hilo March / Kilima Waltz | Helen Louise, Frank Ferera & Irene Greenus | 1919 | Album |
Hawaiian Hula Medley / Kilima Waltz | Helen Louise And Frank Ferera | 1918 | Album |
Hawaiian Dreams / Lelia | Helen Louise And Frank Ferera | 1917 | Album |
Hawaiian Butterfly | Helen Louise & Frank Ferera | 1917 | Single |
Hawaiian Hula Melody / Pua Carnation | Helen Louise And Frank Ferera | 1917 | Album |
Hapa Haole Hula Girl / On The Beach At Waikike | Helen Louise And Frank Ferera | 1916 | Album |
Song To Hawaii / Hawaiian Hula Medley | Helen Louise - Frank Ferera | 1916 | Album |
Hilo March | Helen Louise & Frank Ferera | 1916 | Album |
Kamehameha | Helen Louise - Frank Ferera | 1916 | Album |
My Bird Of Paradise / Kawaihau Waltz | Helen Louise - Frank Ferera | 1916 | Album |
Medley of Hawaiian Airs - No. 1 / Hilo March | Helen Louise & Frank Ferera | 1916 | Single |
Hapa Haole Hula Girl | Helen Louise & Frank Ferera | 1916 | Album |
On The Beach At Waikiki / Moe Uhane Waltz | Helen Louise - Frank Ferera | 1915 | Album |
Kamehameha March | Helen Louise | 1913 | Single |
My Old Kentucky Home / Medley Of Hawaiian Waltzes | Helen Louise, Frank Ferera | Album | |
Drowsy Moon / Dynamite | Frank Ferera / The Red Heads | Album | |
Maui Aloha / Pua Carnation | Helen Louise And Frank Ferera | Album | |
Drowsy Waters / St. Louis Blues | Ferera And Franchini / Frank Ferera & John Paaluhi | Album | |
Somewhere In Hawaii / Lonely Hawaii | Frank Ferera & John Paaluhi | Album | |
La Paloma / Chiquita | Frank Ferera - John Paaluhi | Album | |
Waters Of Waikiki / Sweet Chimes Of Hilo Bay | Frank Ferera | Album | |
Valse Bleue / Ciribiribin | Helen Louise and Frank Ferera, Waikiki Orchestra | Album | |
O Sole Mio / Red Moon | Frank Ferera And Anthony Franchini | Album | |
Hilo-Hawaiian March / Wailana Waltz (Drowsy Waters) | Frank Ferera, John Paaluhi | Album | |
Kohala March / Honolulu March | Frank Ferera, John Paaluhi | Album | |
Malanai Anu Ka Makani / Hawaiian Nights | Helen Louise, Frank Ferera And Irene Greenus / Louise And Ferera, Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra | Album | |
In A Little Spanish Town ('T Was On A Night Like This) / Hawaiian Medley | Frank Ferera And John Paaluhi | Album | |
Dorothy / Thinking Of You | Frank Ferera | Album | |
Strumming Uke Blues / Ukulele Dreams | Frank Ferera | Album | |
Venetian Isles / Honeymoon Waltz | Frank Ferera | Album | |
In A Little Spanish Town / Hawaiian Slumbertime | Frank Ferera & John Paaluhi | Album | |
La Paloma / Maria, Mari | Frank Ferera & John Paaluhi | Album | |
Dreamy Melody / O Sole Milo | Continental Dance Orchestra / Frank Ferera | Album | |
Chiquita / Dreamy Waikiki | Frank Ferera And John Paaluhi | Album |
Frank Ferera & Company Pop, Folk and World |
Frank Ferera & His Hawaiian Orchestra Folk and World |
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio World, Pop and Folk |
Frank Ferera's Hawaiians World, Pop and Folk |