In this post I want to take a look at that medley and its subsequent history. In 2005 Facing Future went platinum (1 million or more units sold), the first Hawaiian album to do so. In 1998 the medley was on the soundtrack of Meet Joe Black. One of those takes was a medley that inserted “What a Wonderful World” into “Over the Rainbow.” The medley was issued on Kamakawiwo’ole’s 1993 CD, Facing Future. He records a handful of tunes, just his voice and ukulele, one tune after the other, all single takes, and goes home. Sometime in 1993 Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, known as IZ to his many fans, calls his producer at 2AM and sets up a recording session ASAP.
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