Looking for the name of the Hawaiian type song that is played at the
beginning of the 1963 John Wayne movie "Donovan's Reef". Is this music
available in either CD or Cassette form. Thank You.

Hi tick-ga:

The song to which you are refering is "Pupu A'o Ewa", a traditional
Hawaiian song. The lryics (and English translation) of this song can
be found at:

Pupu A O 'Ewa (Shells of 'Ewa) 
http://www.huapala.org/Pupu_A_O_Ewa.html

This song was also turned into a popular tune called "Pearly Shells".
You can listen to a (really hokey) Pat Boone rendition at:

Pearly Shells
http://www.mmjp.or.jp/amlang.atc/audio/pearlyshells.htm

As for purchasing this song, many renditions of it have been recorded
over the years. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the soundtrack
version from "Donovan's Reef".

Some more popular renditions come from collections of Hawaiian classic
such as:

Live - Piha Hau'oli by by Pekelo
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000006RMK/qid=1031672314/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7141274-6431032?v=glance&s=music

Hawaii: Music From the Islands of Aloha by Various Artists
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000069COT/qid=1031672314/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/103-7141274-6431032?v=glance&s=music

Paradise by Daniel Ho
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000JWF8/qid=1031672314/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/103-7141274-6431032?v=glance&s=music

As you can see, all of these recordings are avialable from Amazon.com.

I hope this clears things up for you. If you need any clarifications,
please ask before you rate this answer.

Thanks. 

websearcher-ga

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Clarification of Answer by websearcher-ga on 10 Sep 2002 08:48 PDT

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