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Lyle Ritz
Lyle Ritz
American bassist and ukulele player
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Modern Folk Quartet
Modern Folk Quartet
American folk music revival group formed in the early 1960s
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Tommy Sands
Tommy Sands
American pop music singer and actor
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Martin Denny
Martin Denny
American pianist and composer best known for originating the Exotica genre of music
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Gabe Baltazar
Gabe Baltazar
American musician
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Bert Convy
Bert Convy
American actor, singer, game show host and panelist (1933-1991)
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James Darren
James Darren
American actor, singer
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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Hawaiian recording artist; musician.
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The Marketts
The Marketts
band
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Joanie Sommers
Joanie Sommers
American singer
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Pedro Torrealba
Pedro Torrealba
Puerto Rican actor and musician
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
Poncie Ponce
American actor, musician and stand-up comedian

Poncie Ponce

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American actor, musician and stand-up comedian
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Poncie Ponce (born Ponciano Hernandez; April 10, 1933 – July 19, 2013) was an American actor, musician and stand-up comedian. Born in Maui, Hawaii, he moved to Los Angeles, where from 1959–1963 he played the role of cab driver Kazuo Kim in the Warner Bros. detective series Hawaiian Eye, on the ABC television network. In 1961, Ponce was at the forefront of a growing national interest in martial arts when he opened a karate studio in North Hollywood.