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National Recording Registry adds 2 songs by Hawaii artists

By Star-Advertiser Staff and News Services

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 26, 2012

~~<p>Hawaiian slack-key and steel guitar songs are among 25 sound recordings to be newly enshrined in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, library officials said.</p>
<p>Gabby Pahinui's &quot;Hula Medley,&quot; and &quot;Fascinating Rhythm&quot; by steel and electric guitar artist Sol Hoo&shy;pii and his Novelty Five, will be preserved as &quot;cultural, artistic and/or historical treasures,&quot; officials said.</p>
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Hawaiian slack-key and steel guitar songs are among 25 sound recordings to be newly enshrined in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, library officials said.

Gabby Pahinui's "Hula Medley," and "Fascinating Rhythm" by steel and electric guitar artist Sol Hoo­pii and his Novelty Five, will be preserved as "cultural, artistic and/or historical treasures," officials said. Login for more...



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