Don Ho ("Tiny Bubbles")

Hawaiʻi's best-known entertainer of the 1960s and '70s. Born in Kakaʻako, Honolulu, in 1930, Don Ho was a U.S. Air Force pilot before turning his family's bar into a stage. His 1966 hit "Tiny Bubbles" and his long-running Waikīkī nightclub show made him a symbol of Hawaiʻi. He died in 2007 at 76.

• Born Aug. 13, 1930, in Honolulu; died April 14, 2007, in Waikīkī.
• Military: joined the U.S. Air Force in 1954 and flew C-97 transports with the Military Air Transport Service; left in 1959 to help run his mother's bar, Honey's, in Kāneʻohe.
• Honey's moved to Waikīkī in 1963; record executives later spotted him at Duke's, a nightclub owned by Duke Kahanamoku.
• Signature songs: "Tiny Bubbles" (1966) and "Pearly Shells"; he also popularized Kui Lee's "I'll Remember You."
• TV: hosted The Don Ho Show on ABC (1976 to 1977) and guest-starred on Batman and The Brady Bunch.
• His later Waikīkī show ran at the Waikīkī Beachcomber.

Source: Wikipedia: Don Ho

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