Ray Kinney (September 26, 1900 – February 1, 1972)[1] was a Hawaiian-born singer, musician, composer, orchestra leader, and performer on radio, stage and screen.

Those 78s and the show helped introduce and popularize Hawaiian music in the US mainland and lead to a national tour and then an 11-month engagement at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco..

While working in a Taro factory in 1934, Kinney was approached by bandleader Harry Owens to join his orchestra for their opening at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

The end of the war saw Kinney return to Hawaii and join Don McDiarmid's Orchestra performing at the Kewalo Inn as vocalist and bass fiddle player.

Kinney also composed many songs during his career including "Across the Sea",[5] "Not Pau",[6] "Hawaiian Hospitality",[7] "Maile Lau Li'ili'i",[8] "Island Serenade", "Kalapaki Bay", "Ululani", and "Leimana."