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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).
Kui Lee: 2:49: 4. "Young Land" Lani Kai: 2:22: 5. "Happy Me" ... "She's Gone Again (I'll Remember You)" Kui Lee: 3:30: 9. "Geev'um" Eaton Magoon, Jr. 2:27: 10. "The ...
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]
I Will Remember You may refer to: ... I'll Remember You", a song written by Kui Lee and first released by Don Ho; I'll Remember (disambiguation) ...
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.
He suggested to Parker that, as Presley had recorded and was still performing the song "I'll Remember You" written by Kui Lee, the donations could go to the Kui Lee Cancer Fund that had been set up following the death of the songwriter in 1966. [52] Seeing the chance to publicize Presley's charitable nature once again, Parker eagerly agreed. [52]
"I'll Remember You" (Stacey Piersa, Elliot Wolff) - 4:21 "Everybody's Got Summer" (Les Pierce, Nick Trevisick) - 4:32 "My Best Friend" (David Lewis, Wayne Lewis) - 4:50