Albert "Sonny" Cunha
Composer
1879 – 1933
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Who was Albert "Sonny" Cunha?
Albert "Sonny" Cunha was a Hawaiian composer, bandleader, pianist, singer, politician and entrepreneur. He was the first to popularize hapa haole music, a type of Hawaiian music with influences from popular music and with lyrics that are a combination of English and Hawaiian.
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- Born
- 1879
Honolulu - Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Died
- 1933
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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