Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata a Bing Crosby rāua ko Owens i tō rāua whanaungatanga i a rāua e takaro ana i te Lafayette Cafe i Los Angeles i te tau 1926. I te tau 1934, i tuhia e Owens a "Sweet Leilani" hei whakanui i te whanautanga o tana tamahine, a ka waiho hei waiata waitohu mo tana Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra. I a ia e hararei ana i Honolulu me tana wahine a Dixie Lee, i rongo a Crosby i te waiata ka hiahia ki te whakauru ki tana kiriata e haere ake nei "Waikiki Wedding". I whakaroa a Harry, engari i whakaponohia ia e Bing. He uaua te hoko atu ki te kaiwhakanao a Arthur Hornblow, Jr. I whakapakarihia e Hornblow i roto i ona waewae e kore e whakamahia te waiata i roto i te kiriata. I wehe atu a Crosby ki te papa korowha, a, kaore ia i hoki mai kia whakaae ra ano a Hornblow ki te whakauru i te waiata ki te kiriata. I toa a "Sweet Leilani" i te kāwai Waiata Pai rawa atu i te 1938
10th Academy Awards, ā, ka riro ko ia te rekoata koura tuatahi a Crosby.