Real name: Lena Kaulumau Wai‘ale‘ale

Effective period / Period of releases: 1937 - 1997

Born: December 16, 1903
Died: January 22, 1974
Singer and prolific songwriter
1995 inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame
1999: Winner of a posthumous Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award under the auspices of the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts.



Bibliographic Source: Pi‘iolani Motta with Kīhei De Silva, "Lena Machado Songbird of Hawaii" (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools, 2006 for book publication; Los Angeles: Accadia Music for songs), ISBN 1-932660-09-7.