Donald Tai Loy Ho (August 13, 1930 â€" April 14, 2007) was an American
traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer. He is best known for
the song "Tiny Bubbles" from the album of the same name.Ho was a
singer of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, and German
descent. He was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako
to Emily (Honey) Leimaile Silva and James Ah You Puao Ho, but he grew
up in KÄ neÊ»ohe on the windward side of the island of OÊ»ahu. He was
a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in 1949 and he attended
Springfield College on a football scholarship in 1950, but returned
home to earn a Bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Hawai'i
in 1953. In 1954, Ho entered the United States Air Force doing his
primary training at Columbus AFB, Mississippi and spent time flying
C-97s with the Military Air Transport Service. Transferred to Travis
AFB, California, he went to the local city of Concord and bought an
electronic keyboard from a music store, and recalls, "That's when it
all started."Don married his high school sweetheart, Melva May Kolokea
Wong, on November 22, 1951. She was the mother to his first six
children. They were married for 48 years, until Melva's death on June
8, 1999. While in the military, Ho traveled from state to state with
his young family until he was called home to help his mother with the
family bar business called Honey's.
traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer. He is best known for
the song "Tiny Bubbles" from the album of the same name.Ho was a
singer of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, and German
descent. He was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako
to Emily (Honey) Leimaile Silva and James Ah You Puao Ho, but he grew
up in KÄ neÊ»ohe on the windward side of the island of OÊ»ahu. He was
a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in 1949 and he attended
Springfield College on a football scholarship in 1950, but returned
home to earn a Bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Hawai'i
in 1953. In 1954, Ho entered the United States Air Force doing his
primary training at Columbus AFB, Mississippi and spent time flying
C-97s with the Military Air Transport Service. Transferred to Travis
AFB, California, he went to the local city of Concord and bought an
electronic keyboard from a music store, and recalls, "That's when it
all started."Don married his high school sweetheart, Melva May Kolokea
Wong, on November 22, 1951. She was the mother to his first six
children. They were married for 48 years, until Melva's death on June
8, 1999. While in the military, Ho traveled from state to state with
his young family until he was called home to help his mother with the
family bar business called Honey's.
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