He bought a nightclub for $50,000, borrowed $300,000 from Warner to finish the million-dollar build, and opened the perfect studio on August 26, 1970. He got four weeks with it.
Browsing: recording stories
At 3 a.m. in a tiny Honolulu studio, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole cut a one‑take demo that hijacked a Hollywood standard and became the world’s favorite “Rainbow.”