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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

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Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (translation: "The Fearless Eyed Man"; May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah Iz (Brother Iz), was a Native Hawaiian musician, entertainer and Hawaiian sovereignty activist. [1]

83 relations: Acacia koa, Alone in IZ World, American Dad!, BBC Radio 1, Bess Press, Billboard (magazine), Body mass index, Bumper music, Christianity, Coast to Coast AM, Cold Case, Continuum International Publishing Group, Don Ho, E Ala E, Echo Music Prize, ER (TV series), Facing Future, Finding Forrester, Folk music, Fred Claus, George Noory, Glee (TV series), Half-mast, Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts, Hawaii, Hawaii State Capitol, Hawaiian sovereignty movement, Honolulu, Hot Digital Tracks, Hubble (film), IMAX, Jazz, Jon de Mello, K-PAX (film), Ka 'Ano'i, Kaimuki, Hawaii, Kaleohano, Kuakini Medical Center, Lava (2014 film), Life on Mars (UK TV series), List of musical medleys, List of number-one hits of 2010 (Germany), List of U.S. state and territory mottos, Lonely Planet, Lost (TV series), Lying in state, Mākaha Sons, Mākaha, Hawaii, Meet Joe Black, Moe Keale, ..., Mountain Apple Company, Music of Hawaii, N Dis Life, Native Hawaiians, NPR, Over the Rainbow, Peter Moon (musician), Pixar, Prometheus Global Media, Recording Industry Association of America, Reggae, Scrubs (TV series), Singer-songwriter, Singing, Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, Son of the Mask, South Pacific (TV series), Storm Chasers (TV series), Territory of Hawaii, The Hollywood Reporter, The Queen's Medical Center, Toys "R" Us, Ukulele, United States, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Upward Bound, What a Wonderful World, Wolfgang Boss, Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole album), World music, 33⅓, 50 First Dates, 50 great voices. Expand index (33 more) »

Acacia koa

Acacia koa is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae.

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Alone in IZ World

Alone in IZ World is an album by the Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole released in 2001, 4 years after his death in 1997.

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American Dad!

American Dad! is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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Bess Press

Bess Press is a Hawaii-based publisher that issues various books on Hawaiian and Pacific history and culture.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Body mass index

The body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet index is a value derived from the mass (weight) and height of an individual.

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Bumper music

Bumper music, or a bump, is a term used in the radio broadcasting industry to refer to short clips of signature or theme music used to buffer transitions between programming elements.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Coast to Coast AM

Coast to Coast AM is an American late-night radio talk show that deals with a variety of topics.

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Cold Case

Cold Case is an American police procedural television series which ran on CBS from September 28, 2003 to May 2, 2010.

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Continuum International Publishing Group

Continuum International Publishing Group was an academic publisher of books with editorial offices in London and New York City.

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Don Ho

Donald Tai Loy Ho (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007), better known as Don Ho, was an American traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer.

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E Ala E

E Ala Ē (meaning Get awake) is an album by the Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, released in 1995.

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Echo Music Prize

Echo (stylised as ECHO) was an accolade by the, an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.

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ER (TV series)

ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning over 15 seasons.

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Facing Future

Facing Future is an album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, released in 1993.

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Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Fred Claus

Fred Claus is a 2007 American fantasy comedy adventure film directed by David Dobkin, written by Dan Fogelman and Jessie Nelson, and starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti.

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George Noory

George Ralph Noory (born June 4, 1950) is a radio talk show host.

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Glee (TV series)

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015.

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Half-mast

Half-mast or half-staff refers to a flag flying below the summit on a pole.

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Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts

The Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) is a nonprofit organization formed in 1982 to stimulate interest in the local recording industry and the music of Hawaiokinai.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Hawaii State Capitol

The Hawaii State Capitol is the official statehouse or capitol building of the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Hawaiian sovereignty movement

The Hawaiian sovereignty movement (ke ea Hawaii) is a grassroots political and cultural campaign to gain sovereignty, self-determination and self-governance for Hawaiians of whole or part Native Hawaiian ancestry with an autonomous or independent nation or kingdom.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiokinai.

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Hot Digital Tracks

The Hot Digital Tracks chart is a song popularity chart that ranks the best selling digital tracks in the United States according to ''Billboard'' magazine.

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Hubble (film)

Hubble (also known as Hubble 3D, IMAX: Hubble, or IMAX: Hubble 3D) is a 2010 American documentary film about Space Shuttle missions to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

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IMAX

IMAX is a system of high-resolution cameras, film formats and film projectors.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jon de Mello

Jon de Mello born in Honolulu and raised in Waikiki is an American record producer, manager, composer, artist, very famous for producing Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole.

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K-PAX (film)

K-PAX is a 2001 American-German science fiction-mystery film based on Gene Brewer's 1995 novel of the same name, directed by Iain Softley, starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, and Alfre Woodard.

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Ka 'Ano'i

Ka Anoi is the debut album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.

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Kaimuki, Hawaii

Kaimukī is a residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

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Kaleohano

Kaleohano, a name meaning the voice (of) authority and respect, is the title of a song written by Louis Moon Kauakahi.

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Kuakini Medical Center

Kuakini Medical Center is a private hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Lava (2014 film)

Lava is a 2014 American computer-animated musical short film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios.

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Life on Mars (UK TV series)

Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between 9 January 2006 and 10 April 2007.

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List of musical medleys

In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping.

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List of number-one hits of 2010 (Germany)

The Media Control Charts are record charts compiled by Media Control on behalf of the German record industry.

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List of U.S. state and territory mottos

All of the United States' 50 states have a state motto, as do the District of Columbia and three US territories.

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Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet is the largest travel guide book publisher in the world.

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Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American drama television series that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, over six seasons, comprising a total of 121 episodes.

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Lying in state

Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a dead official is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects.

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Mākaha Sons

The Mākaha Sons of Ni'ihau are a Hawaiian musical group formed in 1976 on the island of Oahu by Jerome Koko, Louis "Moon" Kauakahi, Skippy Kamakawiwo'ole, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and Sam Gray.

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Mākaha, Hawaii

Mākaha (Hawaiian for “fierce”Gabbard, Andrea (2000). Girl in the Curl: A Century of Women in Surfing. Seal Press. Page 23..Chase, Linda (2008). Surfing: Women of the Waves. Gibbs Smith. Page 39.. or “savage”Ward, Greg (2011). The Rough Guide to Hawaii. Penguin. Page 123..Pager, Sheryl Groden and Sean Pager (2006). Off the Beaten Path: Hawaii. Globe Pequot. Page 130..) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaiokinai, United States.

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Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American romantic fantasy film directed and produced by Martin Brest, and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani.

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Moe Keale

Wilfred Nalani "Moe" Keale (December 3, 1939 - April 15, 2002) was a musician of Hawaiian music, a ukulele virtuoso, and an American actor.

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Mountain Apple Company

The Mountain Apple Company is a record label based in Honolulu, Hawaii that specializes in traditional and contemporary music of Hawaii, as well as other artists with a connection of Hawaii.

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Music of Hawaii

The music of Hawaii includes an array of traditional and popular styles, ranging from native Hawaiian folk music to modern rock and hip hop.

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N Dis Life

In Dis Life is the final album of original music by Native Hawaiian singer Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole before his death, released in 1996.

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Native Hawaiians

Native Hawaiians (Hawaiian: kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the aboriginal Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Over the Rainbow

"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg.

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Peter Moon (musician)

Peter Moon (August 25, 1944 – February 17, 2018) was an American ukulele and slack-key guitar player.

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Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios, commonly referred to as Pixar, is an American computer animation movie studio based in Emeryville, California that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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Prometheus Global Media

Prometheus Global Media was a New York City-based B2B media company.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs (stylized as) is an American medical comedy-drama television series created by Bill Lawrence that aired from October 2, 2001, to March 17, 2010, on NBC and later ABC.

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" is a medley of the songs "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and released on his albums Ka ʻAnoʻi and Facing Future.

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Son of the Mask

Son of the Mask is a 2005 comedy film directed by Lawrence Guterman.

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South Pacific (TV series)

South Pacific (Wild Pacific in the US) is a British nature documentary series from the BBC Natural History Unit, which began airing on BBC Two on 10 May 2009.

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Storm Chasers (TV series)

Storm Chasers is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2007, on the Discovery Channel.

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Territory of Hawaii

The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 12, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island and the Stewart Islands, was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The Queen's Medical Center

The Queen's Medical Center, originally named and still commonly referred to as Queen's Hospital, is the largest private non-profit hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Toys "R" Us

Toys "R" Us, Inc. was an American toy, clothing, video game, and baby product retailer founded in April 1948, with its headquarters located in Wayne, New Jersey.

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Ukulele

The ukulele (from ukulele (oo-koo-leh-leh); variant: ukelele) is a member of the lute family of instruments.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Hawaii at Hilo

The University of Hawaii at Hilo or UH Hilo is a public co-educational university in Hilo, Hawaiokinai, United States.

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Upward Bound

Upward Bound is a federally funded educational program within the United States.

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What a Wonderful World

"What a Wonderful World" is a pop ballad written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss.

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Wolfgang Boss

Wolfgang Boss is a German music executive, producer and owner of the record label B1 Recordings, a joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH.

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Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole album)

Wonderful World is an album by the Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole released 2007, a decade after his death in 1997.

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World music

World music (also called global music or international music) is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the globe, which includes many genres including some forms of Western music represented by folk music, as well as selected forms of ethnic music, indigenous music, neotraditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition, such as ethnic music and Western popular music, intermingle.

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33⅓

33⅓ (Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books with each volume written about a single album.

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50 First Dates

50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by George Wing.

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50 great voices

50 great voices is a NPR yearlong series of 2010 to 2011 to profile 50 singers who have made their mark internationally and across recorded history revealing the selected voices one by one about weekly.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwoʻole

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