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The music managers Wolfgang Boss and Jon de Mello accepted the trophy in his stead. [25] A 2014 Pixar short film, Lava, features two volcanoes as the main characters. Kamakawiwoʻole's cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and his style of music were James Ford Murphy's partial inspiration for the short film. [26]
Over the Rainbow" was released in Australia and peaked at number 65 in 1985. [8] He is a multi-million selling recording artist with nine studio albums to his credit. He can also be heard on numerous concert, guest artist, and cast recordings.
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" (also known as "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World") is a medley of "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland and "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, recorded by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
In 1978, Gary Tanner's recording of "Somewhere over the Rainbow" reached number 69 on the Hot 100. [68] Katharine McPhee 's version in 2006 reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1965 Australian band Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs released the song as a single following the release of an EP called I Told The Brook in 1964.
Fellow Atlantic Records artist Serena Ryder appears with Castro on a duet titled "You Can Always Come Home". Castro sang "Over the Rainbow" and his second single "That's What I'm Here For" at the wedding of The Bachelor stars Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney on February 27, 2010, for ABC's taping of The Bachelor: Jason and Molly’s Wedding. [27]
One track from the Sweet is the Melody, Debison's cover of the distinctive Israel Kamakawiwo'ole medley arrangement Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, became popular in Korea and Japan. (This medley and adaptation of Over The Rainbow have frequently been wrongly attributed to American singer Norah Jones.)
Artist Country Number-one single(s) Year Weeks at #1 Kalash: France "Mwaka Moon" 2017 1 "Alpha" 2024 1 Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: Hawaii "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" 2010 10 Kamini: France "Marly-Gomont" 2007 4 Kaoma: Brazil "Lambada" 1989 12 Marina Kaye: France "Homeless" 2015 2 Kayliah: France "Qui est l'exemple ?" 2002 3 ...
Kamuela Kahoano (born December 27, 1980) is a singer/songwriter, painter/visual artist and music producer from Honolulu, Hawaii. His music has elements of acoustic, folk, indie and alternative with Hawaiian influences. [1] He performs solo and was formerly the lead singer of the band Analog(ic).