Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah IZ or just simply IZ, was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. He...
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(1993), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole included "Over the Rainbow" in a ukulele medley with "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. Kamakawiwo'ole called the...
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Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, recorded by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. First released on the 1990 album Ka ʻAnoʻi, an acoustic rendition...
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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...
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Ka ʻAnoʻi (category Israel Kamakawiwoʻole albums)
debut album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. The album includes an upbeat Jawaiian version of Kamakawiwoʻole's popular medley blending "Over the...
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Facing Future (category Israel Kamakawiwoʻole albums)
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...
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Meir Kagan (1838–1933), rabbi and posek known as the Chofetz Chaim Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959–1997), Hawaiian singer and spiritual leader Yisrael Mendel...
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dated October 28, 2023. Hawaiian singer-songwriter and musician Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's recording of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was the first song to...
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Alone in IZ World (category Israel Kamakawiwoʻole albums)
Alone in IZ World is an album by the Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole released in 2001, 4 years after his death in 1997. The album has charted...
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from the Sweet is the Melody, Debison's cover of the distinctive Israel Kamakawiwo'ole medley arrangement Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World...
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replaced them with favorites like Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Over the Rainbow", which at the same time became fashionable in...
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pp. 236–241. ISBN 978-0-19-506334-9. Kamakawiwo, Israel (December 6, 2010). "Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: The Voice Of Hawaii". NPR.org. NPR. Archived from...
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Srauss – Four Last Songs – Philips: 4110522|Presto Classical Israel Kamakawiwo’ole's Famous Medley Added to National Recording Registry|Hawai'i Public...
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Shorter, Joe Zawinul 8. "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 9. "Vonetta" Ron Carter, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter...
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sichern sich Bonez MC/ RAF Camora/ Maxwell ("Ohne mein Team") & Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ("Over The Rainbow") bei den Singles sowie @rsprachrohr ("Rammstein")...
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classic ukulele pieces. All-time best-selling Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole helped repopularize the instrument, in particular with his 1993...
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Voice". NPR.org. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2015. "Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: The Voice Of Hawaii". NPR.org. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 23 February...
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Boyle album) Wonderful World (Eva Cassidy album) Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwoʻole album) Wonderful World! (The Kelly Family album), an album by The...
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Dick Friel B-side: "Hawaii '78" (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole cover) [Live] Dedicated to "Bruddah Iz" (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) Recorded at the Hawaii Theatre on...
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What a Wonderful World (reached number 72 on the UK charts) 1993: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian ukulele version (medley with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow")...
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his love and support for the people of Maui, he sang a cover of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Starting All Over Again". On August 25, 2023, Tongi released a...
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Kahanamoku, pro swimmer, surfer, sheriff Samuel Kamakau, historian Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, musician Maxim Knight, actor Olin Kreutz, football player Chicago...
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broadcast Hawaii Islanders Emma Kaleleonalani, Hawaiian monarch Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole, entertainer and singer Stacy Kamano, actress Kamehameha I, monarch...
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in popular culture is songs like "Somewhere over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole where he takes two songs ( "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What...
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Memories Vols I & II Marc Hunter (1989) on album Night and Day Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1990) on album Ka 'Ano'i Charlie Rich (1992) on album Pictures...
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a country in Western Asia IZ (YouTuber), a Mongolian YouTuber Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (also called "Bruddah Iz"; 1959–1997), Hawaiian musician, entertainer...
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Song featured in the finale: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. 39 16 "Revenge" David Von Ancken Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie March 13...
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of History, Vol. 45 (2011) pp. 101–121 Kamakawiwo, Israel (6 December 2010). "Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: The Voice Of Hawaii". NPR. Archived from the original...
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Kauakahi, Skippy Kamakawiwoʻole, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and Sam Gray. The name was changed to the Makaha Sons after Israel Kamakawiwoʻole went solo. The...
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sichern sich Bonez MC/ RAF Camora/ Maxwell ("Ohne mein Team") & Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ("Over The Rainbow") bei den Singles sowie @rsprachrohr ("Rammstein")...
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