Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln
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Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln is a Hawaii
an hula
singer and musician, noted for his soaring falsetto
. He was married to Napua Stevens
, another noted hula performer and entertainer. Like Stevens, he recorded under the Bell Records
label with his group "Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln and His Hawaiians" , hits such as "Ke Ala Nui Liliha", "Ku'u Lei Liliha", "Moku O Keawe", "My Yellow Ginger Lei" (1955) and "Mauna Loa". John Kameaaloha Almeida
was influential in launching Lincoln's career. He released a notable compilation of hits from the 1930s-1970s named Hawaii's Falsetto Poet in 2008, a name he was nicknamed.There is a Bill Lincoln Record Shop which exists in Hawaii on 304 Lewers Street in Honolulu. The club where he performed is named La Hula Rhumba, located at 744 Lunalilo Street also in the Hawaiian capital.
Lincoln received the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
an hula
Hula
Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form....
singer and musician, noted for his soaring falsetto
Falsetto
Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...
. He was married to Napua Stevens
Napua Stevens
Napua Stevens Poire was a well-known Hawaiian entertainer, singer, hula dancer, musician, teacher, radio-TV personality, producer and author....
, another noted hula performer and entertainer. Like Stevens, he recorded under the Bell Records
Bell Records (1940)
The second record label to use the name Bell Records was based in Honolulu, Hawaii in the 1940s and 1950s. The label specialized in Hawaiian music. Recordings were made by Bill Fredlund....
label with his group "Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln and His Hawaiians" , hits such as "Ke Ala Nui Liliha", "Ku'u Lei Liliha", "Moku O Keawe", "My Yellow Ginger Lei" (1955) and "Mauna Loa". John Kameaaloha Almeida
John Kameaaloha Almeida
John Kameaaloha Almeida , was born John Celestino Almeida Jr. in the Pauoa Valley on the island of Oʻahu in Hawai‘i, to Portuguese contract laborer John Celestino Almeida Sr. and his wife Honolulu lei seller Julia Kamaka Almeida...
was influential in launching Lincoln's career. He released a notable compilation of hits from the 1930s-1970s named Hawaii's Falsetto Poet in 2008, a name he was nicknamed.There is a Bill Lincoln Record Shop which exists in Hawaii on 304 Lewers Street in Honolulu. The club where he performed is named La Hula Rhumba, located at 744 Lunalilo Street also in the Hawaiian capital.
Lincoln received the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2006.