Fri, 25 January Charlotte Iwalani Wilson Kahalewai was born January 25, in Waihe’e, Maui into a most musical family. She started singing at the age of 6 for U.S.O. shows and cut her entertaining teeth at Lani Wai and Wailuku Gardens before becoming a regular on the Hawaii Calls radio programs and studio recordings. Through the ’s Iwalani performed at the Top Of The Isle and the Waikiki Biltmore and in was hired as featured singer and dancer with Alfred Apaka and the Hawaiian by Serenaders in the Hawaiian Village’s Tapa Room. After Apaka’s untimely death in , Iwalani sang at Don The Beachcombers and recorded with sister-in-law Haunani Kahalewai on her Decca and Capitol Records releases heard around the world. Through the ’s and 70’s she performed with Alice Fredlund’s Halekulani Girls and the Charles Pokipala Trio at the Halekulani Hotel, the Danny Kaleikini Show at the Kahala Hilton Hotel, the Moana Hotel and Queen&rs  • Charlotte Iwalani Wilson Kahalewai was born January 25, in Waihe’e, Maui into a most musical family. She started singing at the age of 6 for U.S.O. shows and cut her entertaining teeth at Lani Wai and Wailuku Gardens before becoming a regular on the Hawaii Calls radio programs and studio recordings. Through the ’s Iwalani performed at the Top Of The Isle and the Waikiki Biltmore and in was hired as featured singer and dancer with Alfred Apaka and the Hawaiian Village Serenaders in the Hawaiian Village’s Tapa Room. After Apaka’s untimely death in , Iwalani sang at Don The Beachcombers and recorded with sister-in-law Haunani Kahalewai on her Decca and Capitol Records releases heard around the world. Through the ’s and 70’s she performed with Alice Fredlund’s Halekulani Girls and the Charles Pokipala Trio at the Halekulani Hotel, the Danny Kaleikini Show at the Kahala Hilton Hotel, the Moana Hotel and Queen’s Surf luaus, and with T • Haunani KahalewaiHawaiian singer Haunani Kahalewai |
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Haunani Kahalewai (February 19, &#;&#; March 2, ) was a singer and entertainer known as the "First Lady of Song in Hawai‘i". Her distinctive contralto voice spanned three octaves. She was featured on dozens of recordings and headlined the Polynesian Review at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Kahalewai was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in Early life and education[edit] Myrna Kahaunaniomaunakeakauiokalewa Kahalewai was born in Hilo on February 19, [1][2][3] The day she was born an unusual snowfall blanketed Mauna Kea;[4] her given middle name is translated as "beautiful snow on the slopes of Mauna Kea".[1] Her voice was first recognized at age three, when she won a silver dollar in a radio contest hosted by Ray Kinney.[1] She performed in her high
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