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Lee's own version was released the day before his death with the album The Extraordinary Kui Lee. [14] By the end of December, Roger Williams' version peaked at twenty-four on the Billboard Hot 100. [15] Ho included a newly recorded version of "I'll Remember You" on his 1968 album, The Don Ho Show.
Elvis Presley, who recorded a cover of Lee's "I'll Remember You" in the summer of 1966, included the song during his live sets between 1972 and the summer of 1976. In 1973, the proceeds of his concert Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite benefited the Kui Lee Cancer Fund. [35] It raised US$75,000 (equivalent to $514,800 in 2023).
Its songwriter, Kui Lee, died of cancer only a few months after the album's release; Presley's later Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite concert (on which he performed "I'll Remember You") was a fund-raiser for a cancer fund set up in Lee's name. Even with these inclusions, the album fared little better than its predecessors in 1966.
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Presley recorded Lee's "I'll Remember You" in mid-1966 and included the song in his live sets starting in 1972. [24] Presley contributed with the first donation of US$1,000 (equivalent to US$6,900 in 2023); [ 25 ] while the audience could determine the amount of their donations.
The record was released on December 2, 1966, the day before Lee's death. Lee did not hear the finished record. [2] The Honolulu Star-Bulletin's review defined Lee's a "sincere delivery". [5] The Honolulu Advertiser favored Lee, and called the album an "anthology of Kui, the entertainer. [2]
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Side two; No. Title Writer(s) Length; 7. "You'll Never Go Home" Leon Pober: 1:47: 8. "She's Gone Again (I'll Remember You)" Kui Lee: 3:30: 9. "Geev'um" Eaton Magoon, Jr.