Don Ho
Biography
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. He was born in Kakaako, a small neighborhood in Honolulu on the island of Oahu in Hawaii and grew up in the city of Kaneohe, also on Oahu. After a stint in the Air Force, he took over a cocktail lounge in Kaneohe named Honey's, after his mother. There, he started a band, eventually called the Aliis, with himself as singer and organist. In 1962, he moved to the Oahu resort district of Waikiki, where he played in a nightclub called Duke's. There he began to come to the attention of the mainland entertainment business. He was signed to Reprise Records, which released his debut album, Don Ho Show, in 1965. In 1966, he made his debut at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, an engagement followed by others at such high-profile locations as the Sands in Las Vegas, Harrah's at Lake Tahoe, the Palmer House in Chicago, and the Americana Hotel's Royal Box in New York. He also began turning up as a guest on network TV talk shows. Meanwhile, his records began to sell.
Selected Discography
Meet him the first time in the Air Force and then again a week before he passed away. He was great and did a much for his home town. We will miss you brother!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! God Bless!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Let us all know that Sweet Don passes away..mahalo nui aloha...Tomm o i o Thompson.
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