Es un verdadero bálsamo para el alma y aunque no es el original, es la interpretación que prefiero de este clásico.También le recuerdo interpretando ¨Cuán grande es El¨, himno que escuché en mi iglesia desde niña.
Kamakawiwo era ya famoso en Hawai cuando debutó con el álbum Facing the Future, número UNO en los premios Billboard de 1993.
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Israel "Bruddah IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole was born on May 20, 1959, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Israel began playing music at age 11, and released his first solo album, Ka'ano'i in 1990. He died in 1997 at age 38 of respiratory problems brought on by his morbid obesity. Despite his short life, his gentle ukulele playing and hauntingly beautiful voice have already made him a musical legend.
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole was already popular in Hawaii when he burst onto the world music scene in 1993 with his album Facing Future. The album shot to number one on the Billboard World Music charts, and in Hawaii, Israel became a bona fide star. Facing Future contained the song that would eventually become most associated with Israel, his medley of Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World.
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