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Biography
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Sonny Chillingworth
Real name: Edwin Bradfield Liloa Chillingworth, Jr.
Effective period / Period of releases: 1964 - 1995
Born: July 14, 1932 in HonoluluLived with his grandparents on Moloka'i from age 12
Met Gabby Pahinui, whose 78 RPM recording of "Hi'ilawe" inspired Sonny as a young teenager, when he was 15.
2013 inductee into the Lifetime Achievement Awards of the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards.
Died August 24, 1994