Applause
Side A
Applause, Applause
This Is Hawaii
An Old Hawaiian
Boogie Fever
I, Write The Songs
Una Paloma Blanca
Side B
Happy Days
Feelings
Just Let You Love Flow
If You Feel The Way I Do
Fresh Outta Love
Side C
Do It Anyway You Wanna
Applause, Applause
Last Tear Drop Fall
I Walk The Line
Thank God I'm A Country Boy
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
On The Goodship lollypop
Inka-dinka-doo
Sweet Caroline
My Way
Side D
Iv'e Got A Feeling
Becentennial Medley
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Society of Seven (with Gary Bautista)
Pot Pourri
Side A
I'm Ready To Love You Again
Lay It On The Line
Go Ahead And Cry
Don't Write Me Off
I'll Love You Through It All
Side B
And I Am Telling You
Lei Aloha Lei Makamae
Summertime
80's Medley
Memory
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Society of Seven (With Bert Nievera)
Simply Ourselves
Welcome To My World
Song Sung Blue
Alone Again Naturally
Summertime
Love Theme from "The Godfather"
Superstar
Summer Symphony
I Gotcha (Down By The Lazy River)
Lord's Prayer/I Believe
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Flashback
I Got A Woman
Volare
Blue Suede Shoes
My Special Angel
More
Glory Of Love
26 Miles
Ebb Tide
Splish Splash
Smile
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Live At The Waikiki Outrigger Hotel
Side A
Proud Mary
Walk Away
Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
This Is My Life
Games People Play/Give Peace A Chance
Side B
Sweet Caroline
Can't Turn You Loos
A Time For Us 9Romeo And Juliet)
Great Balls Of Fire
In The Year 2525
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Open Up & Live
Side A
Get Together
United We Stand
Vehicle
Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Hey Jude
Side B
Shangri-la
Everything Is Beautiful
One Day of Your Life
I Who Have Nothing
Ride Captain Ride
Best of Both Worlds
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A Taste of Country
Side A
Make The World Go Away
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Release Me
Colc Cold Heart
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Side B
Dear Father Abrams
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Lay Some Happiness On Me
Born To Lose
I Can't Stop Loving You
Society of Seven is a variety troupe that performs a variety show of the same name. Formed in the early 1960s as a pop group named The Fabulous Echoes, the group released a number of records in Asia, recording with the Hong Kong-based Diamond Records. Their version of "A Little Bit of Soap" was #1 for 32 weeks on the Hong Kong charts, as well as being a hit in neighboring countries. That started a string of, and they had a double hit with "Dancing on the Moon" and "Sunshine (a ballad written by Diamond Music co-director Frances da Silva-Kirk and Vic Cristobal).
At this time, the group had six members: lead singer Cliff Foenander was backed by Tony Ruivivar on guitar, Stan Robinson on bass, Terry Lucido on piano, percussionist Danny Ruivivar with Bert Sagum doing vocals and playing tambourine.
Adding Gary Bautista in 1984 and adopting its current name in 1968, The Society Of Seven opened at the Main Showroom of the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel in 1969 for what was originally a four-week engagement in place of Tommy Sands.[1] There was considerable turnover in the roster in the years that followed—three members of the group, Danny Ruivivar, Terry Lucido and Gary Bautista, died, and more than 14 others came and went during the next four decades. However, two members of the original 1969 SOS group—SOS leader Tony Ruivivar and vocalist Bert Sagum, both also members of the original Fabulous Echoes group—were still there when the group celebrated its 32nd anniversary at the Outrigger in 2001. That is believed to be the record for a Waikiki act as the headliner of single major venue (Don Ho was a Waikiki headliner for 43 years, but he headlined several different venues between 1964 and 2007; Danny Kaleikini, another major Hawaiian entertainer, headlined the Maile Terrace at what was then the Kahala Hilton, a few miles outside Waikiki, for 27 years [1967-1994]).
The troupe performs a variety of songs (particularly Broadway showtunes), comedy sketches, and celebrity impersonations. It has also recorded for several national and local record labels, although record sales were primarily in Hawaii record stores and as souvenirs at the group's performances—in that context, the group's hits include "Walk Away," "99.8" and "I'll Love You Through It All."
The group was voted "the Best Show in Waikiki" by the readers of Honolulu Magazine.
In 2001, a second troupe was formed, Society of Seven LV. When the formation of the SOS LV was first announced the publicists said that the original SOS group would remain based in Waikiki and the younger group, with the "LV" short for Las Vegas would be based in Las Vegas. However, the original SOS eventually moved to Las Vegas and the Society of Seven LV became the resident version of the group at the Outrigger, though the original Society Of Seven has returned to Hawaii for several concert-style performances at the Hawaii Theater in downtown Honolulu.
As of May 2009, Society of Seven with Lani Misalucha could be seen performing at the Flamingo Las Vegas and Society of Seven LV, with Jasmine Trias can be seen at the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. Trias, a finalist on the American Idol TV show, was born and raised in Mililani, Hawaii, near Honolulu, and was seen as a natural addition to the show.
The original SOS group received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) in 2007.
On November 6, 2009 the Society of Seven opened a new show with Jasmine Trias doing comedy, impression and dance under a one year contract to perform two shows Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino located one mile (1.6 km) west of the Las Vegas Strip on West Flamingo Road. This relationship has continued a second year, with Trias joining SOS in their sold-out 22 October 2011 show at Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, Nevada.
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