Daphne Walker (singer)
Daphne Walker is a New Zealand singer popular in the 1950s. Many of her recordings were with Bill Sevesi and Bill Wolfgramm. She had also dueted with George Tumahai. One of her early recordings which proved to be successful was "Haere Mai" that was recorded in 1954 and released on the Tanza label.
She was born on Great Barrier Island. In 1949 she won a talent quest and was recruited to perform a series of 15-minute live broadcasts on 1YA radio with Bill Wolfgramm on steel guitar and Johnny Bradfield on guitar. Her first recording was on the Tanza label, "Haere Mai" in 1955. This went on to sell over 40,000 copies. She recorded more than 30 sides for Tanza. "Hootchy Kootchy Henry" became a hit in Samoa. Her last release was in 1966, the album "Coconut Grove". Walker suffered from stage fright and was reluctant to perform before an audience, preferring studio recording.
In 2012 she was awarded the Nostalgia Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand.
Discography
- Z231 Haere Mai 1955
- Z231 Haere Ra My Love
- Z234 Sophisticated Hula
- Z234 The Moon Of Manakoora
- Z241 Maori Brown Eyes
- Z242 Hootchy Kootchy Henry
- Z242 My Isle of Golden Dreams
- Z251 The One Rose
- Z253 Aroha
- Z253 When My Wahine Does the Poi
- Z255 Let Me Hear You Whisper
- Z255 Tahi Nei Taru Kino
- Z261 An Okey Dokey Hut
- Z261 Best Wishes
- Z262 Kotuku
- Z262 Maori Action Song
- Z265 Kapuana
- Z279 South Sea Rose
- Z283 Lovely Hula Girl
- Z285 Hawaiian Hospitality
- Z289 E Naughty Naughty Mai Nei
- Z293 Lonely Kiwi
- Z293 Maori Style
- Z294 Ukulele Lady
- Z295 Mapuana
- Z295 To You Sweetheart Aloha
- Z301 Hula Oni Oni E
- Z304 Blue Lei
- Z304 Hawaiian Hula Eyes
- Z309 An Old Bouquet
- Z309 Kumu in a Mumu
- ZLP 001 Hawaiian Kisses
- ZLP 001 Lovely Hula Hands
- ZLP 001 Manu Rere
- ZLP 001 Polynesian Love Song
- ZLP 002 New Zealand's Christmas Tree
- ZLP 002 Pania of the reef 1955
- Z308 Kaimana Hila
- Z308 Hawaiian Cowboy
- An Okey Dokey Hut
- An Old Bouquet
- Aroha
- Best Wishes
- Blue Lei
- Come To Me
- E Naughty Naughty Mai Nei
- Fijian Holiday
- Gay Hawaiian Party
- Haere Mai 1955
- Haere Ra My Love
- Hawaiian Hospitality
- Hawaiian Hula Eyes
- Hawaiian Kisses
- Hootchy Kootchy Henry
- Hula Oni Oni E
- Kapuana
- Kotuku
- Kumu in a Mumu
- Let Me Hear You Whisper
- Lonely Kiwi
- Lovely Hula Girl
- Lovely Hula Hands
- Manu Rere
- Maori Action Song
- Maori Brown Eyes
- Maori Style
- Mapuana
- My Isle of Golden Dreams
- New Zealand's Christmas Tree
- Pania of the Reef 1955
- Polynesian Love Song
- Sophisticated Hula
- South Sea Rose
- Tahi Nei Taru Kino
- The Moon of Manakoora
- The One Rose
- To You Sweetheart Aloha
- Ukulele Lady
- When My Wahine Does the Poi
- Polynesian Love Song / Hawaiian War Chant Z-1004 Zodiac
- Analani E
- Beneath Blue Skies
- Best Wishes
- Beyond Desire
- Beyond the Reef
- Blue Hawaii
- Coconut Grove
- Come A Waltzing
- E Naughty Naughty Mai Nei
- E Pari Ra
- E Puru Tai Tama
- Haere Mai
- He Puti Pai
- Hoki Hoki
- Hoki Hoki 2
- Hoki Mai
- Hoki Mai 2
- Honolulu
- Honolulu 2
- I'd Like to See Some More of Samoa
- In the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
- Isa Lei
- Kapuana
- Land of the Lond White Cloud
- Lovely Hula Girl
- Manaonoa Vau Ia Oe
- Manu Rere
- Maori Brown Eyes
- Marama Pai
- Maringi Moe
- Moon of Manakoora
- My Tahitian Lullaby
- My Treasure Island
- Naku Re Te Wai
- Pa Mai
- Pamai
- Pokarekare
- Pretty Kehulani
- Rekareka Te Hauti
- Sophisticated Hula
- Taha Nei Taru Kino
- Tahi Nei Taru Kino
- Te Reva Nei Au E
- Thank You for Making My Day
- The Way You Walk
- Tiare Fei
- Under The Sun
- Waihi Moon
- We Talk Only in Our Sleep
78 RPM
- Daphne Walker & Bill Wolfgramm's Hawaiians – Polynesian Love Song / Hawaiian War Chant – Zodiac Z – 1004, 1957
7" 45 RPM Singles
- Via Con Dios / Broken Wings – Zodiac Z – 1005, 1960
- Daphne Walker – Gay Hawaiian Party / Bill Wolfgramm – Hawaiian War Chant – Zodiac Z – 1066, 1961
7" EP
- Daphne Walker avec Bill Sevesi et Les Samoan Surfriders – Reka Reka Tahiti Records
- Daphne Walker With Bill Sevesi And His Islanders – Island Favourites – Viking – VE 53
Compact disc
- The Great Daphne Walker – 2004