Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Bing Crosby na Owens malitere ọbụbụenyi ha mgbe ha abụọ kụrụ egwú na Lafayette Cafe dị na Los Angeles na 1926. N'afọ 1934, Owens dere "Sweet Leilani" iji mee emume ọmụmụ nwa ya nwanyị, ma mee ya abụ mbinye aka nke Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra ya. Mgbe ya na nwunye ya Dixie Lee nọ ezumike na Honolulu, Crosby nụrụ abụ ahụ ma chọọ itinye ya na fim ya na-abịanụ "Waikiki Wedding". Harry nọ na-ala azụ, ma Bing mere ka o kweta. Onye na-emepụta ihe bụ́ Arthur Hornblow, Jr. siri ike inweta. Hornblow zọọrọ na a gaghị eji abụ ahụ mee ihe na fim ahụ. Crosby laghachiri n'ọhịa golf ma jụ ịlaghachi ruo mgbe Hornblow kwenyere itinye abụ ahụ na fim ahụ. "Sweet Leilani" meriri n'asọmpi Best Song na 1938
10th Academy Awards, wee bụrụ ihe ndekọ ọlaedo mbụ nke Crosby.