Don ho biography hawaii time
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I hesitate to tell the story of Don Ho yet again since almost any fan of Hawaiian entertainment in the s and 70s knows it backward and forward and could tell it equally well. The reallyshort version (and to set straight the oft-inaccurate Wikipedia)…
James Ho and his wife, Emily “Honey” Ho, opened a bar and restaurant in Kane`ohe on the windward side of O`ahu in and raised their six children in the house adjoining Honey’s Cafe. Son Don graduated from the University of Hawai`i in with a B.S. in Sociology in before spending the next five years as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Don left the USAF in to return home upon hearing that his mother was ill. And this is where time and history usually give the story a glorified spin. Most say that Don’s aim was to revive his parents ailing business with entertainment. But the truth is that Don Ho came home to sweep the floors and take out the trash. Accounts vary about whether it was Don who suggested to his parents that they liven up the joint with music or if his father suggested it to him. But, no matter how it went down, to stack cliché upon cliché, a star was born, and the rest is history.
I think history often overlooks the important part of the story – that Don was a sociology major. In other words, he had a formal educatio
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Don Ho
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Don Hồ
For the Hawaiian singer, see Don Ho.
Don Hồ | |
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| Birth name | Hồ Mạnh Dũng |
| Born | (age&#;62&#;63) Vietnam |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Thúy Nga & Asia Music Corporation |
Musical artist
Hồ Mạnh Dũng (born ),[1] better known as Don Hồ is a Vietnamese American singer who is known for appearing in Paris by Night.
Early life
[edit]Don Hồ, whose real name is Hồ Mạnh Dũng, was born on February 22, , in Saigon, Vietnam. His family originally came from northern Vietnam, but they left in through Operation Passage to Freedom, fleeing the encroachment of communist rule over North Vietnam. He came to the United States in and attended Santa Ana Valley High School. During his senior year, he participated in a choral group called Chamber Singers. As a young man, Don Hồ has proved to be skillful in painting. He received a scholarship from an art school in New York, but his love for singing turned him from his path to becoming a painter.
Career
[edit]Thúy Nga (–, –present)
[edit]In , Don Hồ appeared in two medleys in Paris By Night After the release of the VHS, fans praised the singer and requested more from him. He performed for Paris by Night 15 in , singing Paul Anka's song, Diana