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Back in the 60's I heard a long musical piece that I can't call a song, rather it was more a story set to music. I can only remember bits of what I heard.

  1. There was a tropical storm in the Pacific called "Honolulu Lou"
  2. There was a wind coming from a piano.
  3. The DJ said it was recorded in an empty oil tank.

That is meager information, but it is all I have.

Bebs
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It's a long shot, but could this possibly be Brian Wilson's infamous "lost" album Smile (finally officially released in 2004)?

It's a 60's era concept album with a long narrative structure, and a segment set in Hawaii with lyrics that sound a little bit like "Honolulu Lou" (although it's actually Hawaiian language lyrics, "wa halla loo lay").

On the negative side, I haven't been able to find any info about it being recorded in an oil tank, and since it wasn't officially released, it would have been unlikely to have featured on a radio broadcast.

Chris Sunami
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    Definitely not. The storm was called quite clearly Honolulu Lou in good plain English. Nothing was set in Hawaii. It was probably a novelty one off by someone never heard form again. – Bill Lubarsky Oct 07 '15 at 16:02