The Out-Islanders

A project by Billy May and Charlie Barnet. May teamed up with Barnet around 1962 for an anonymous album of Hawaiian and tropical music. His lifestyle had finally slowed him down in the mid 1960s. He had a heart bypass operation in 1963, and ended a twenty-five year smoking habit. After a particularly hard night at Barnet's 51st birthday party, he stopped drinking completely. "Charlie and I planned it on a vacation in Hawaii," he later wrote. "We called ourselves the "The Kon-Tikis. Read more on Last.fm

The Out-Islanders has 2 songs that have been featured in movies like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland. What is your favorite song by The Out-Islanders?

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