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…

It was Judy Garland, not Bing Crosby, who inherited Al Jolson's mantle as America's premier 20th-century entertainer. Possessing both the voice and pure show-biz sensibility for the requisite broad gesture, she also suffered from a lifelong insecurit…

Trumpeter/vocalist Louis Armstrong is perhaps the single most influential artist in the history of jazz. He started out in the "hot" bands of 1920s New Orleans, and was one of the first to introduce solo improvisation into the jazz idiom. Over the ne…