Don Ho
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Donald Tai Loy Ho |
| Born | August 13, 1930 |
| Origin | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 2007 (aged 76) Waikīkī, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Genres |
Traditional pop Pop Hapa haole |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, ukulele |
| Years active | 1959–2007 |
| Labels | Reprise Records |
| Associated acts | The Ali'is |
Donald Tai Loy "Don" Ho (simplified Chinese: 何大来; traditional Chinese: 何大來; pinyin: Hé Dàlái; August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was an American traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer. He is best known for the song "Tiny Bubbles".
Ho, a singer of Hawaiian and Chinese descent on his paternal side and Hawaiian and Portuguese descent on his mother's side, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako to Emily (Honey) Leimaile Silva and James Ah You Puao Ho, but he grew up in Kāneʻohe on the windward side of the island of Oʻahu. He was a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in 1949 and he attended Springfield College on a football scholarship in 1950, but returned home to earn a Bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Hawai'i in 1953. In 1954 Ho entered the United States Air Force doing his basic training at Keesler AFB, Mississippi and spent time flying fighter jets in both Texas and Hawaii. Transferred to Travis AFB, California he went to the local city of Concord and bought an electronic keyboard from a music store, and recalls, "That's when it all started."
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