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Address required. Postal Code required. It was here, where Kamakawiwo'ole spent summers with his grandparents, grew deeply connected to his Hawaiian heritage. Because of his musical family — who were friends with legends like Peter Moon and Don Ho — Kamakawiwo'ole was exposed to music at an early age.
In a interview with NPR , musician and friend Del Beazley said the first time people heard Kamakawiwo'ole sing, which happened at a graduation party, the room "stopped. It's almost a nasal or head tone. And that thing just cut right through the air, stopped everybody in their tracks.
After years of popularizing Hawaiian music, Kamakawiwo'ole recorded his solo album Ka 'Ano'i in The acoustic version , with Kamakawiwo'ole on vocals and ukelele, was recorded a few years prior and kept in a recording studio's archives until the release of his follow-up, Facing Future.
In , recording studio manager Milan Bertosa was wrapping a long day at 3 a. A regular client had called on behalf of Kamakawiwo'ole, who had an idea he desperately wanted to see through. Bertosa was then put on the phone with Kamakawiwo'ole, whom Bertosa remembers as "this really sweet man, well-mannered, just kind.
Israel was often invited onto the stage at the Steamboats bar at Waikiki beach where his parents worked to play with the Sons of Hawai'i, led by legendary slack key guitarist Gabby Pahinu and vocalist Eddie Kamae. Kamakawiwo'ole's musical styles included the traditional ki ho'alu slack-key guitar tradition, the hapa-haole standards popular with Hawaii's tourists, and Jawaiian, a reggae-influenced style that arose in the late s. A bit of a troublemaker as a youth, he dropped out of high school.
Together they made 21 albums between and Skippy Kamakawiwo'ole died of a heart attack in , the same year Israel married his long-time sweetheart, Marlene Ku'upua Kamakawiwo'ole. They had one daughter, Ceslie-Ann, who was called "Wehi. In , Israel Kamakawiwo'ole recorded the most famous song of his repertoire: Israel alone plays his ukulele and sings a combination of two popular songs, the words sung out of order and altered, which some music critics say speak to his longing for Hawaiian independence.
The album shot to No. By , the record had sold , copies—the first Hawaiian-produced album to go gold—and was certified platinum, selling over 1 million copies by In Hawaii, Kamakawiwo'ole became a bona fide star.
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