The Mauri Hikitia | |
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Compilation album by Various | |
Released | 1981 |
Recorded | Mandrill Studios |
Genre | Pop |
Label | Epic ELPS 4192 (CBS) |
Alternative cover | |
The Mauri Hikitia is a various artists album released in 1981. It reached no 4 on the New Zealand charts. [1] It features Rhonda, Ken Kincaid, Deane Waretini, and the Lightwood family. [2]
The album was represented by various Maori artists / musicians who came together to support the Mount Smart Stadium project. [3] The term Mauri Hikitia comes from George Tait, a cultural organiser and composer. [4] Tait wrote the words to The Bridge, which was a number 1 hit for Deane Waretini. [5]
As a new arrival to the charts, it was no 7 by 24 May 1981. [6] By 14 June, it was at no 4, [7] and by 21 June it had dropped one to position 5. [8]
It was recorded at Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland. [9]
Rhonda was a well known Maori entertainer and recording artist, who died in 2007. [10] [11] Ken Kincaid had a single "Easy" released on CBS BA 222834. The B side of the single, "Song For Home" aka "Now Is The Hour" is from this compilation. [12] [13] [14] The following year, Kincaid had another CBS single which wasn't connected to the album. [15] Deane Waretini had been around since the early 1970s, and prior to his hit with "The Bridge" in 1981, [16] he had already had two singles released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label. The first was in 1972, [17] [18] and the second the following year. [19]
Artist | Title | Composer | Time |
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The Lightwood Family | " You Are My Sunshine" | Davis, Mitchell | |
Rhonda | " Pokarekare Ana" | P.H. Tomoana | |
Ken Kincaid | Songs of home : "Now Is the Hour"" | trad. ; arr. Eddie Low | |
Tri Lites | "Your love controls" | B. McCracken, A. Cunningham | |
Tri Lites | " Cupid" | Cooke | |
Tri Lites | " Let It Be Me" | Curtis, Delande, Becaud | |
Rhonda | "Waiheke" | Waikiki, Cummings | |
Lightwood Family | " Blue Moon" | Rogers, Hart | |
Deane Waretini | "All Those Nights" | Sharon O'Neill | |
Lightwood Family | " Let Me Be There" | Rostill | |
Deane Waretini | "Growing Old | Brian Holiday |
The Mauri Hikitia | |
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Compilation album by Various | |
Released | 1981 |
Recorded | Mandrill Studios |
Genre | Pop |
Label | Epic ELPS 4192 (CBS) |
Alternative cover | |
The Mauri Hikitia is a various artists album released in 1981. It reached no 4 on the New Zealand charts. [1] It features Rhonda, Ken Kincaid, Deane Waretini, and the Lightwood family. [2]
The album was represented by various Maori artists / musicians who came together to support the Mount Smart Stadium project. [3] The term Mauri Hikitia comes from George Tait, a cultural organiser and composer. [4] Tait wrote the words to The Bridge, which was a number 1 hit for Deane Waretini. [5]
As a new arrival to the charts, it was no 7 by 24 May 1981. [6] By 14 June, it was at no 4, [7] and by 21 June it had dropped one to position 5. [8]
It was recorded at Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland. [9]
Rhonda was a well known Maori entertainer and recording artist, who died in 2007. [10] [11] Ken Kincaid had a single "Easy" released on CBS BA 222834. The B side of the single, "Song For Home" aka "Now Is The Hour" is from this compilation. [12] [13] [14] The following year, Kincaid had another CBS single which wasn't connected to the album. [15] Deane Waretini had been around since the early 1970s, and prior to his hit with "The Bridge" in 1981, [16] he had already had two singles released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label. The first was in 1972, [17] [18] and the second the following year. [19]
Artist | Title | Composer | Time |
---|---|---|---|
The Lightwood Family | " You Are My Sunshine" | Davis, Mitchell | |
Rhonda | " Pokarekare Ana" | P.H. Tomoana | |
Ken Kincaid | Songs of home : "Now Is the Hour"" | trad. ; arr. Eddie Low | |
Tri Lites | "Your love controls" | B. McCracken, A. Cunningham | |
Tri Lites | " Cupid" | Cooke | |
Tri Lites | " Let It Be Me" | Curtis, Delande, Becaud | |
Rhonda | "Waiheke" | Waikiki, Cummings | |
Lightwood Family | " Blue Moon" | Rogers, Hart | |
Deane Waretini | "All Those Nights" | Sharon O'Neill | |
Lightwood Family | " Let Me Be There" | Rostill | |
Deane Waretini | "Growing Old | Brian Holiday |