caption death_date death_place children birth_place image_size birth_date spouse article_title name
andy of fame and museum iona in the royal hawaiian steel guitar hall 9 november 1966 santa anita , california , u.s. lanette , edra , andrea & , u.s. nbsp ; waimea , kauai county , hawaii 150px 1 january 1902 leimomi woodds andy iona
 andrew aiona long
andy iona

andy iona -lrb- born andrew aiona long , january 1 , 1902 -- november 9 , 1966 -rrb- was an american musician and one of hawaii 's most influential musicians .
he was a composer , songwriter , conductor , saxophonist , and steel guitarist .
he went to the kamehameha school for boys .
he was also educated at henri berger 's private school of music in honolulu .
he was a member of the radio station khs staff orchestra .
he went on to form his own group called andy iona and his islanders , which mixed traditional hawaiian melodies with american swing ; the band appeared in films , hotels , and theatres , and on records .
he composed songs for the american society of composers , authors , and publishers after joining in 1940 , and recorded the music for two soundies in 1941 .
long toured with sonja henie for 12 years .
he married leimomi woodds and had three children .
