Alfred Aloha Apaka 1919 -- 1960 was one of the influential performers in the history of Hawaiis popular music Although he recorded for less than a decade Apaka set the standards for modern Hawaiian music with his joyful baritone vocals and highly ent…

Don Ho employed his talents as a middle-of-the-road pop singer and musical ambassador for Hawaii to launch a mainland career that included half a dozen chart albums numerous television appearances and engagements at top venues starting in the mid-60s…

By 2002 the Brothers Cazimero a duet comprised of bassist Robert and guitarist Roland Cazimero had played together for more than 25 years with a soothing laid-back style that earned them numerous fans in Hawaii They recorded over 20 albums on the Mou…

This quintessential 1960s instrumental combo functioned like a well-oiled machine, with ticks and foibles that gave them a character all their own. The dual-guitar lineup had the spotlight, but the drumming swung and breathed with jazzy subtleties. T…

"Before Elvis, there was nothing," John Lennon once said. An overstatement, of course, but Elvis Presley's ascendance to superstardom in the mid-1950s kicked off a musical and social revolution whose impact has yet to abate. After the charming young …

The Hawaiian duo Hapa teamed singersguitarists Barry Flanagan and Kelii Kanealii who first met in 1983 deriving their name from a pidgin slang expression for ethnically mixed Kanealii a Honolulu native and Flnagan a product of New Jersey who relocat…

The most popular entertainer in Hawaii until his tragic death in 1997 Israel Kamakawiwoole formed the traditional Makaha Sons as a teenager in the mid-70s went out on his own in more of a contemporary style by the 1990s and released four immensely po…

The most popular Hawaiian artist of the 1990s Kealii Reichel has artfully balanced obligatory concessions to American pop music with the heartfelt qualities of traditional Hawaiian chanting a style that places tremendous importance on conveying inten…

The Hawaiian pop vocal trio Na Leo Pilimehana the voices blending together comprised Nalani Choy Angela Morales and Lehua Kalima longtime friends who began singing together while still teenagers In 1984 as high school seniors they entered the annual …

Admired for both their infectious surfer music and their sophisticated, multi-tracked pop productions, the Beach Boys created a lasting impression on popular music through their complex harmonies and Brian Wilson's genius for composition and arrangem…

b. Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Desha Beamer, 18 February 1951, O'ahu, Hawaii. Beamer was raised in Kameula in one of the island's most famous and highly regarded musical families. The Beamers could trace a heritage going back to the fifteenth century…