Gabby Pahinui

ʻO Philip Kunia Pahinui, i ʻike ʻia ma ka inoa ʻo Gabby Pahinui (22 ʻApelila 1921 - 13 ʻOkakopa 1980), he mea hoʻokani pila kīkā kī nahenahe a he mea hīmeni mele Hawaiʻi kekahi.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Gabby i loko o kekahi ʻohana ʻilihune, a ua kapa mua ʻia kona inoa ʻo Charles Kapono Kahahawai Jr. A ma hope mai, ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia me kona kaikuaʻana a me kekahi o kona mau kaikuwahine iā Philip lāua ʻo Emily Pahinui a hānai ʻia ma ke ʻano ʻilihune o ka moku ʻo Kakaʻako ma Honolulu i nā makahiki 1920. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Kaka'ako i Honolulu a ua ulu aʻe i waena o nā kānaka heʻenalu a hīmeni. Ua hele ʻo Gabby i ke Kula Kamehameha no nā Kāne a holo kula ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe Roosevelt.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Gabby e hoʻokani pila kīkā i ka makahiki 1938 a lilo i kumu alakaʻi no kona ʻano hoʻokani kīkā kiʻekiʻe ma nā makahiki 1940. Pāhola ʻo ia i nā mele Hawaiʻi kaulana ma nā hanana hoʻokani like ʻole puni ʻo Hawaiʻi nei. Ma mua o kona hana nui ʻana i nā mele Hawaiʻi kuʻuna, hoʻokani mua ʻo Gabby ma ka mele jazz me ka hui mele Royal Hawaiian Serenaders pū.

Kaulana ʻo Gabby no kona hoʻokani nahenahe ʻana i nā mele Hawaiʻi e like me "Hiilawe", "Kuhio Bay", a me "Waimanalo Blues". Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i ke kī nahenahe, ka falsetto nui, a me nā kani lōlā hoʻokani i ke ʻano he mea kū hoʻokahi. Nui kona mau pāhola, a ʻoi loa ka pāhola Pure Gabby ma ka makahiki 1978 i lanakila ai i ka Hōʻailona Grammy no ka Pāhola Slack Key Hawaiian Kūpono Loa.

Hele pinepine ʻo Gabby i ka manawa e hoʻolaʻa mele ana me kona mau hoa hīmeni like ʻo Leland "Atta" Isaacs a me Sonny Chillingworth.  Ola mau nā mele a Pahinui ma o kāna mau keiki hīmeni pū, a me nā hīmeni hou aʻe e hoʻokani pila kīkā ana i kēia mau lā. 

Ma hope o ka pāʻani ʻana ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Lilo me Stitch, ua kapa ʻia he wahi hōʻailona ma ke alanui Kapiʻolani Avenue ma kahi o ka Waikīkī Shell i ka lā 13 ʻOkakopa 2007 i hōʻike hoʻomanaʻo no Pahinui.

Māhele:Nā kānaka hīmeni
Māhele:Nā kānaka hoʻokani pila kīkā
Māhele:Nā kanaka Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Nā hanau ma 1921 
Māhele:Nā hala ma 1980