My dad was older and he got hooked on Hawaiian music when he was in the Pacific on Tinian fixing (Well, trying to fix them, he was totally incompetant as a mechanic) B-29 bombers. I remember "Hawaii Calls" being on WJR on Sat or Sun, while riding in the car, and it seemed to go on forever, but it was at most a 1 hour show. He liked that stuff and big band music from the later 30's, especially instrumentals. I'm with him there, I greatly prefer instrumental stuff more than vocals. One of my records he totally hated was ELP's "Pictures at an Exibition", which I played a lot when I got my first decent system.