![]() His coffin lay in state at the state capitol building in Honolulu. The Hawaii state flag flew at half-staff on July 10, 1997, the day of Kamakawiwoʻole’s funeral. Here’s Jenny’s lesson on how to play Over The Rainbow as covered by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.Ĭlick here to download a pdf of the lyrics and chord changes: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Video Tutorial ![]() And as of October 2014, the song had sold over 4.2 million digital copies. Then, it sold 3 million in the USA as of October 2, 2011. It passed the 2 million paid downloads mark in the USA by September 27, 2009. ![]() ![]() It reached #12 on Billboard’s Hot Digital Tracks chart the week of Janu(for the survey week ending January 18, 2004). But what a great decision it was! Iz’s version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World holds the distinction of being the longest-leading number one hit on any of the Billboard song charts, having spent 185 weeks at number one on the publication’s World Digital Songs chart. The decision to record a cover of Somewhere Over the Rainbow was said to be a last-minute decision by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’ (Iz or Izzy) and his producer Jon de Mello. ![]()
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