George Hines(1916-2006)
- Actor
Songwriter ("Enchanted Island"), composer, conductor, singer and
author. After high school, he traveled to Buenos Aires to form his own
orchestra, which lasted for two years. Returning to the USA, he joined
the Enoch Light orchestra as a vocalist, then the orchestras of Meyer Davis,
Sammy Kaye and Guy Lombardo. Eventually he joined the Arthur Godfrey troupe on
radio and television, then reorganized his own orchestra, reappearing
in several hotel venues in Florida and New York. Joining ASCAP in 1957,
his chief musical collaborators included Tony Cabot and May Singhi
Breen. His other popular-song compositions include "Hawaiian Cha Cha
Cha", "My Hawaiian Love", and "One Kiss From You".