Lani McIntire was born in 1904 in Honolulu. He was the brother of Dick McIntire. He joined the navy with his brother Dick and served on the same ship. Lani is well known as a singer and band leader, but did play the steel guitar very well. It is said that he played steel for the soundtrack of one movie, but the name of the movie is unknown. He appeared as vocalist and band leader in “Waikiki Wedding”, “Honolulu”, “Hurricane”, and “South of Pago Pago”, and sang with his own orchestra at numerous night clubs, hotels, and radio shows. He composed many popular songs, including The One Rose. The Lani McIntire Hawaiians were the resident band at the Lexington Hotel’s Hawaiian Room in New York from 1947 until his death in 1951.
Ruymar, Lorene. The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and its Great Hawaiian Musicians. California: Center Stream Publishing. 1996. pg 100.
Songs
- I Wonder Where My Hula Girl Has Gone, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Island Serenade, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Hula Blues, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Hame Pila, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Napua, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Heaven In Hawaii, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Kaneohe, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Kuu Lei, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Kamalani O Keaukaha, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- He Mana'o He Aloha, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- La Cumparsita, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- La Rosita, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- In A Little Hula Heaven, Lani McIntire and his Orchestra
- Hawaiian Vamp, Lani McIntire and his Orchestra
- Song Of The Islands, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- You Are Like A Beautiful Flower, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Sweet Constancy, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Isle Of Golden Dreams, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Beautiful Kahana, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Moonlight In Hawaii, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Drowsy Waters, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Dreams Of Old Hawaii, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Kilima Waltz, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Hawaiian Sunset, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Hilo March, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Mai Poina Oe Ia'u (Forget Me Not), Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Paradise Isle, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Moonlight And Shadows, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- One Rose, The (That's Left In My Heart), Lani McIntire and his Orchestra
- Sweet Leilani, Lani McIntire and his Orchestra
- Little Brown Gal, Lani McIntire and his Orchestra
- Sing Me a Song of Hawaii, Lani McIntyre's Hawaiians
- You're The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart), Lani McIntyre's Hawaiians
- Heaven In Hawaii, Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians
- Drowsy Waters, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Moonlight in Hawaii, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Kilima Waltz, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Dreams Of Old Hawaii, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Hilo March, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Hawaiian Sunset, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Mai Poina Oe Ia'u (Forget Me Not), Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- You Are Like A Beautiful Flower (Makalapua), Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Paradise Isle, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Song Of The Islands (Na Lei O Hawaii), Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Isle Of Golden Dreams, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Maori Brown Eyes, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Beautiful Kahana, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- Farewell To Thee (Aloha Oe), Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- One, Two, Three, Four, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders
- My Samoa, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Nani Honolulu, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- He Ui (You're Beautiful), Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Lau Ula Teuila (My Ginger Lei), Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Cool Head Main T'ing, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Imua Iluna, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Farewell, My Love, Aloha, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- A Pagan's Paradise, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Napua, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Aloha Oe, Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Ua Like No A Like, Lani McIntire & His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Dreamy Hula Skies, Lani McIntire & His Hawaiian Orchestra
- My Island Heaven, Lani McIntire & His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Pohakalani, Lani McIntire & His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Luana, Lani McIntire & His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Sleep Babe Sleep (For Mama E), Lani McIntire and His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Malua, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Eha, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Tutasi, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Momikai, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiian Orchestra
- Old Plantation, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- My Tani, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Dreams of Old Hawaii, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- King's Serenade (Imi Au Ia Oe), Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Beautiful Hawaii, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Aloha Hawaii Aloha, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Dancing Under The Stars, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Lovely Hula Hands, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Sing Me A Song Of The Islands, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- White Ginger Blossoms, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Na Pua O Hawaii, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Uluwhi Okala, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- O-Ko-Le-Ma-Lu-Na (Hawaiian Drinking Song), Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Ma Kalapua, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- In A Canoe, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Aloha Eyes, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Ain A'Hau, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Hawaiian Nights, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Ua LIke Noa Like (Sweet Constancy), Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- My Ku'u Lei (My Wreath), Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Na Moku Eha (The Four Islands), Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Blue Hawaii, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Maori Brown Eyes, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Silver Sails In The Blue, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- I Lost My Heart In Paradise, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- The Beauty Hula (Hookeno Kila No Beauty), Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Hu-I-E (It's Chilly), Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Red Opu Hula, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Beautiful Kahana, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Waipio, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Akaka Falls, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- My Isle of Golden Dreams, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- My Honolulu Heaven, Lani McIntire And His Hawaiians
- Malihini Mele (The Newcomer's Song), Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- On The Beach At Waikiki, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- King Kamehameha, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Hawaiian War Chant, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Marcelle Vahine, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- My Honolulu Hula Girl, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Mauna Kea, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Ka-Lu-A, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- For You a Lei, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- Sweet Leilani, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
- So Long But Not For Long Aloha, Lani McIntire and His Orchestra
- Kuu Ipo, Lani McIntire and His Orchestra
- Hui E (It's Chilly), Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Aloha, Kuu Ipo, Aloha (Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye), Lani McIntire and His Quartet
- Hawaiian Music, Lani McIntire
- Song Of The Islands (Na Lei O Hawaii), Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- One, Two, Three, Four, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Tomo Tomo, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Goodnight And My Aloha To You, Lani McIntire And His Quartet
- Hawaiian Paradise, Lani McIntire And His Orchestra
- Aloha Serenade, Lani McIntire and His Orchestra
- My Honolulu Heaven, Lani McIntire and His Orchestra
- Across the Sea, Lani McIntire and His Orchestra
- One Night Stand, Part 1, Lani McIntire
- One Night Stand, Part 2, Lani McIntire
- Aloha Hawaii, Lani McIntire and his Aloha Islanders