What Hawaiian Christmas song written by an American composer who died in 1995, gets it's title from a Hawaiian phrase meaning 'Merry Christmas'?
Robert Alexander Anderson (composer) Robert Alexander Anderson (R. Alex Anderson) (June 6, 1894 – May 29 or 30, 1995) was an American composer who wrote many popular Hawaiian songs within the Hapa haole genre including "Lovely Hula Hands" (1940) and "Mele Kalikimaka" (1949), the latter the best known Hawaiian Christmas song.
Merry Christmas (Andy Williams album) Merry Christmas is a Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Columbia Records in 1965. This, his second holiday LP, is focused exclusively on 20th century compositions, unlike 1963's "The Andy Williams Christmas Album", which, of its 12 tracks, had six with origins predating the turn of the century.