Benny Nawahi
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"King" Benny Nawahi (1899-1985) was a Hawaiian multi-instrumentalist and ukulele virtuoso who toured extensively on the U.S. Mainland from the 1930s to the 1960s. He is one of several Hawaiian musicians responsible for exposing mainlanders to Hawaiian music in a live setting. He recorded extensively until suffering a paralyzing stroke in the late 1970s.