Statues presume heroism which, by nature, stands far afield of commercial marketing.  We have statues of Duke, Liliuokalani, Washington, and King.  For some of us, the 60s was priceless, but I'm not thinking our claim to nostalgia is so heroic.  Using Kui Lee as muse, Don Ho pioneered a Waikiki culture that someone had already done at an organ bar in Florida in the 50s.  Of course, Ho didn't write his hits.  Kui Lee "invented" the aloha pants and wrote his soul in music before taken away by cancer, and Ho was more marketable in every way.  Is Waikiki marketing due heroic statue?  Or, just a retread of old marketing, via statue?