Real name: Alvin Kaleolani Isaacs, Sr.

Hawaiian composer, singer, musician, band leader and recording artist (1904-1984). Father of Norman Isaacs, Barney Isaacs and Atta Isaacs.
He left a legacy of more than 300 songs including the comic "No Huhu" and "Ho`omalimali" and the lilting "Analani E", and "Mama E".
Alvin Isaacs taught himself to play most string and wind instruments before the age of 10. He formed his own orchestra at age 13 and began his successful song writing career a year later, composing the still-popular "Kau`ionalani".
In his mid-twenties, he formed his first group, the K.M.M. Syncopators, made up of friends. He formed the original Royal Hawaiians, and then several groups of his own. Alvin Kaleolani & the Royal Polynesians supplied music for the nation-wide program "The Voice of Hawai`i" on NBC.