Don Ho, born Donald Tai Loy Ho (Chinese: 何大來), (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was a Hawaiian musician and entertainer. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Traditional pop or Classic pop or Standards music denotes in general Western (and particularly American popular music that either wholly predates the advent of Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Easy listening music is a style of Popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid-20th century evolving out of swing and Big band music A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a

Life and career

Ho, of mixed Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Dutch, and German descent, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako, but he grew up in Kāneʻohe on the windward side of the island of Oʻahu. "Kanaka" redirects here For the Tamil actress see Kanaka (actress. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Kakaako is the name of a commercial and retail district of Honolulu Hawai{{okina}}i between Ala Moana near Waikīkī to the Kāneohe is a Census-designated place (CDP included in the City & County of Honolulu and located in Hawai{{okina}}i state District of Koolaupoko on the Windward is the direction from which the wind is blowing at the time in question Oahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) known as ''"The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the He was a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in 1949 and he attended Springfield College in 1950, but returned home to earn a bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Hawai'i in 1953. Kamehameha Schools, formerly called Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, is a private Co-educational college-preparatory institution in Hawai{{okina}}i Springfield College is a College located in Springfield, Massachusetts. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers In 1954 Ho entered the United States Air Force and spent time flying fighter jets in both Texas and Hawaii. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

Ho left the United States Air Force in 1959 due to his mother's illness and began singing at his mother's club, Honey's. In 1963, he moved from Kāneʻohe to Waikīkī in Honolulu and played at a night club called Duke's owned by Duke Kahanamoku, where he caught the attention of record company officials. Events January 1 - The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single "Love Me Do" Waikiki ( Hawaiian: Waikīkī ʋaikiːkiː or waikiːkiː is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south The Big Kahuna redirects here For the film see The Big Kahuna (film.

Ho was originally signed to Reprise Records. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated ^[1] Ho released his debut album, Don Ho Show, in 1965 and began to play high profile locations in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, and New York City. See also Events January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater Lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. The City of New York In 1966 he released his second album, a live compilation called Don Ho — Again!, which charted in the early part of that year. Events January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It In the fall of 1966, Ho released his most famous song, Tiny Bubbles, which charted on both the pop (#8 Billboard) and easy listening charts and caused the subsequent Tiny Bubbles LP to remain in the album Top 20 for almost a year. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Easy listening music is a style of Popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid-20th century evolving out of swing and Big band music ^[2] Another song familiar to Don was "Pearly Shells". Pearly Shells ( Pupu A `O `Ewa) is a Hawaiian song by Webley Edwards and Leon Pober. Guest appearances on television shows such as I Dream of Jeannie, The Brady Bunch, Sanford and Son, Charlie's Angels, and Fantasy Island soon followed. I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a Fantasy premise The Brady Bunch is an American Television Situation comedy based around a large blended family. Sanford and Son is an American Sitcom that premiered on the NBC Television network on January 14 1972, and was broadcast for Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency and is one of the first shows to showcase women This article is about the television series For the Amusement park, see Martin's Fantasy Island or Fantasy Island UK Although his album sales peaked in the late 1960s, he was able to land a television spot on ABC from October 1976 to March 1977 with the Don Ho Show variety program which aired on weekday mornings (which by coincidence, replaced Hot Seat and got replaced by Second Chance, both game shows were hosted by Jim Peck). The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The year 1976 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1976 The year 1977 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1977. Jim Peck (born June 5, 1943 in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is a former American Game show host. ^[3][4]

Later life

Ho had ten children. ^[5] His daughter, Hōkū, performed with her father in his Waikīkī show and in 2000 went on to become a nationally known recording artist in her own right. Hōkū Christian Ho (born June 10, 1981) known simply as Hoku, is an American Musician, Songwriter, and actress In 2005 he sang a song that was used as the opening theme to the direct-to-video and DVD movie Aloha, Scooby-Doo!. Aloha Scooby-Doo! is the eighth of a series of Direct-to-video Animated films based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning

Ho was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2005 and had a pacemaker installed. Cardiomyopathy, which literally means "heart muscle disease" is the deterioration of the function of the Myocardium (i ^[6] He contacted Theravitae, a biotechnology company specializing in treating heart conditions with adult stem cells working in conjunction with Dr. Biotechnology is Technology based on Biology, especially when used in Agriculture, Food science, and Medicine. Stem cells are cells found in most if not all multi-cellular Organisms. Amit Patel, a cardiac surgeon and pioneer of the use of adult stem cells for heart disease. Amit Patel is an Indian American Cardiac surgeon and Director of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at the University of Utah. Cardiac surgery is Surgery on the Heart and/or Great vessels performed by a Cardiac surgeon. Heart disease is an Umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the Heart. On December 6, 2005, Ho had his own blood-derived stem cells injected into his heart by Patel with his surgeons in Thailand. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The treatment went without incident. Later in the month, Ho said, "I'm feeling much better and I'm so happy I came up here to do it. "^[7]

In September 2006, Ho married Haumea Hebenstreit, who produced his show at the Waikīkī Beachcomber. ^[8] Although he had a new pacemaker installed on September 16, 2006,^[9] Ho died in Waikīkī from heart failure on April 14, 2007. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Legacy

A cover version of "Tiny Bubbles" became the signature tune of the Scottish soft country and western singer Sydney Devine. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Sydney Devine (born Cleland Lanarkshire 1940 is Scotland 's very own Rhinestone cowboy, a singer whose career began with a television appearance in 1953 at the age

California punk rock band NOFX released a 12" single entitled "HOFX". NOFX (pronounced "no ef-ex") is an American Punk rock band that was formed in Los Angeles California (now based in San Francisco " HOFX " is a 12" single by NOFX that includes two songs from the Punk in Drublic period The cover had a picture of the band with Don Ho in Hawaii.

A Missouri chapter of Alpha Kappa Lambda, in the past, held a bi-annual music festival commemorating the Hawaiian singer. Alpha Kappa Lambda ( ΑΚΛ) is an American collegiate social fraternity for men founded at the University of California Berkeley, in 1914 The members affectionately refer to the festival as “Don Ho” in April and “Don Ho in the Snow” in December.

References

External links

• Official Website (requires Macromedia Flash)
• Don Ho at the Internet Movie Database
• Don Ho's authorized autobiography, DON HO: My Music, My Life with Jerry Hopkins. Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of Multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently ISBN-13 978-0-9790647-4-6
• Don Ho at Find A Grave
• Telegraph London obituary