At Territorialairwaves.com:


Marcel Rene George Archer Ceran was born in Tahiti in 1906.
paraphrase: he first emigrated to Los Angeles, and from there to Hawaii, where he married a Hawaiian lady. There he formed the band George Archer and his Pagans. Nicknamed "Tautu."

You can listen to his "Toerau" on youtube, and it is just as energetic as the Kingston Trio version. (made me laugh)