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As of June 2024, the two official video uploads of the song, as featured on YouTube by Mountain Apple Company Inc, have collectively received over 1.56 billion views. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] On September 20, 2003, hundreds paid tribute to Kamakawiwoʻole as a bronze bust of him was unveiled at the Waianae Neighborhood Community Center on Oʻahu.
He played and sang, one take, and it was over." [2] At the time, copies of the acoustic recording were made only for Kamakawiwoʻole himself and Bertosa. [3] The song was re-recorded the following year as an "upbeat Jawaiian version" for Kamakawiwoʻole's debut album Ka ʻAnoʻi, listed as "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World."
This version differs from the highly regarded acoustic rendition, which had been recorded in one take in 1988. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The acoustic recording " Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World " went unreleased prior to the 1993 album Facing Future .
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The film version of "Over the Rainbow" was unavailable to the public until the soundtrack was released by MGM in 1956 to coincide with the television premiere of The Wizard of Oz. [10] The soundtrack version has been re-released several times over the years, including a deluxe edition by Rhino in 1995.
Facing Future is the second album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, released in 1993.The best-selling album of all time by a Hawaiian artist, Facing Future combines traditional Hawaiian-language songs, hapa-haole songs with traditional instrumentation, and two Jawaiian (Island reggae) tracks.
Kaleohano, a name meaning the voice (of) authority and respect, is the title of a song written by Louis "Moon" Kauakahi. [1] The song has been performed by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole [2] and by the Mākaha Sons of Niʻihau. [3]
Wonderful World is an album by the Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwoʻole released 2007, a decade after his death in 1997. The album is considered a classic, and suggested in some tourist guides as representative of Hawaiian contemporary music. [1]