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  2. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Wikipedia

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    file. help. " 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" and "What a Wonderful World", recorded by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. First released on the 1990 album Ka ʻAnoʻi, an acoustic rendition of the medley became notable after ...

  3. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole - Wikipedia

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    Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole [a] (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah IZ or just simply IZ, was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. He achieved commercial success and popularity outside of Hawaii with his 1993 studio album, Facing Future .

  4. Facing Future - Wikipedia

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    Facing Future is the second album by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, released in 1993. The best-selling album of all time by a Hawaiian artist, Facing Future combines traditional Hawaiian-language songs, hapa-haole songs with traditional instrumentation, and two Jawaiian (Island reggae) tracks. The album's sales have been driven not ...

  5. Over the Rainbow - Wikipedia

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    The mashup reggae-themed track with a lot of similarities to the Israel Kamakawiwo'ole arrangement was released as the debut single from the album Wanted and charted on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number 11 and stayed for 6 weeks in the British charts. [60] Richard premiered it on the Open House with Gloria Hunniford on November 6, 2001.

  6. These Sweet Songs Will Make Anyone Graduating Feel ... - AOL

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    Here are the best graduation songs to create a soundtrack for this tremendous right of passage. ... "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Most memorable lyrics: ...

  7. Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwoʻole album) - Wikipedia

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    Wonderful World is an album by the Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwoʻole released 2007, a decade after his death in 1997. The album is considered a classic, and suggested in some tourist guides as representative of Hawaiian contemporary music. [1] The song is featured in the credits to the movie Meet Joe Black .

  8. What a Wonderful World - Wikipedia

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    1993: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian ukulele version (medley with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow") on the album Facing Future (sold over 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and Canada alone) [59] 1999: Anne Murray , on What a Wonderful World which also spawned a book and video (the album reached No. 1 on the US CCM chart, No. 4 on the US Country chart ...

  9. Alone in IZ World - Wikipedia

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    Alone in IZ World is an album by the Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole released in 2001, 4 years after his death in 1997. The album has charted on several of Billboard ’s album charts. These are: [ 2] Top Independent Albums (47 weeks on the chart between 2001 and 2003, peaking at #6) Top World Albums chart, peaking at number 1 (104 ...