Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bing Crosby da Owens sun fara abokantakarsu lokacin da duka suka buga Lafayette Cafe a Los Angeles a 1926. A shekara ta 1934, Owens ya rubuta "Sweet Leilani" don bikin haihuwar 'yarsa, kuma ya sanya shi waƙar sa hannu ta Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra. Duk da yake hutu a Honolulu tare da matarsa Dixie Lee, Crosby ya ji waƙar kuma yana so ya haɗa shi a cikin fim ɗin da ke zuwa "Waikiki Wedding". Harry ya yi jinkiri, amma Bing ya shawo kansa. Mai shirya Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ya kasance mai sayarwa mai wuya. Hornblow ya tono a kan diddigen sa cewa ba za a yi amfani da waƙar a cikin fim ɗin ba. Crosby ya koma filin wasan golf kuma ya ki komawa har sai Hornblow ya yarda ya hada da waƙar a cikin fim din. "Sweet Leilani" ya lashe kyautar Kyauta mafi kyau a 1938 Academy Awards
, kuma ya zama Crosby ta farko zinariya rikodin.