Dancer

Sol K. Bright Sr.

American Hawaiian entertainer, musician (1909–1992)

Born 1909 · HonoluluDied 1992United StatesTerritory of Hawaii

Sol K. Bright Sr. was an American dancer, born in 1909 in Honolulu, who died in 1992.

Biography

Solomon Kamaluhiakekipikealiʻikaʻapunikukealaokamahanahana Bright Sr. (9 November 1909 – 27 April 1992) was an American entertainer of Hawaiian and Castilian ancestry, who played steel guitar and is most widely known as the composer of Hawaiian Cowboy. He was awarded the 1987 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts, and inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also known as Solomon Kekipi Bright Sr..

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Contemporaries

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