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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole[a] (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah IZ or just simply IZ, was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. He achieved commercial success and popularity outside of Hawaii with his 1993 studio album, Facing Future. His medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful ...
George Formby OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comic songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the UK's highest-paid ...
Website. www.jakeshimabukuro.com. Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii [ a ] known for his fast and complex finger work. [ 2 ] His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. [ 3 ] Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions ...
file. help. " Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World " (also known as " Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World ") is a medley of "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World", recorded by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. First released on the 1990 album Ka ʻAnoʻi, an acoustic rendition of the medley became notable after ...
The ukulele (/ ˌjuːkəˈleɪli / YOO-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ], approximatelyOO-koo-LEH-leh), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ]
—Lead guitarist Jimmy Stafford, on having to learn to play ukulele as requested by lead singer Patrick Monahan in the recording of "Hey, Soul Sister" After collaborating with the Norwegian production duo Espionage (Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund) in the writing and recording of the track "Brick by Brick", Train's lead singer Pat Monahan decided to record another track with the duo. I said ...
Kamaka Hawaii, Incorporated, also known as Kamaka Ukulele or just Kamaka is a family-owned Hawaii -based maker of ukuleles. It is often credited with producing some of the world's finest ukuleles, and created the first pineapple ukulele. The company manufactures 9 types of ukulele. Inside the Kamaka factory in Honolulu.
On her man’s shady business dealings, she sings with loyal resolve: “Tengo bien guardado lo que se cayó / Solo lo sabemos Dios, el mar, y yo” (“What fell away, I’m keeping close / That ...