Mary Kaye

Malia Ka'aihue was born on January 9, 1924, in Detroit, Michigan, to father Johnny Kaaihue. Since she was twelve years old, Mary Kaye performed alongside her brother - Norman Kaye - in her father's band - Johnny Ka’aihue’s Royal Hawaiians. Mary Kaye would create her own band - the Mary Kaye Trio. The trio's original name was Mary Ka’aihue Trio; however, Norman Kaye pushed for the name to be changed to Mary Kaye Trio since he thought audiences would think the trio only performed Hawaiian music. However, according to the genealogy Liliuokalani put in her biography, her brothers were King David Kalākaua and Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II. Neither Liliuokalani nor her brothers had any biological children. Mary Kaye died of pulmonary disease on February 17, 2007, at Las Vegas' Mountain View Hospital in Nevada. In 1968, at the age of 15, he put out his first LP, Suddenly One Summer. He later moved to Mallorca, Spain, where he was a prominent part of the local music scene through the 1990s and 2000s. As of 2007, Mary Kaye had nine grandchildren. == "Mary Kaye" American Stratocaster ==

Kaye was photographed with her bandmates Frank Ross and Norman Kaye (her brother, born Norman Ka'aihue) of the Mary Kaye Trio in a 1956 Fender promotional advertisement featuring a new Stratocaster electric guitar. This ash blonde guitar with maple neck and gold hardware later became popularly known as "The Mary Kaye Strat." Only a few were produced in 1956, but the color was reintroduced to the Fender line after strong international demand for the color scheme. A limited Custom Shop series "Mary Kaye Tribute Strat" was issued in 2005. In 2007, a "57 Reissue Mary Kaye Strat" was released for the 50th anniversary of the Stratocaster. The Custom Shop release was featured in the 2005 Fender "Frontline Catalog" along with her personal history in an interview with Fender. In 2003, Kaye received the first official signature "Mary Kaye" American Stratocaster, gifted to her by the Fender Custom Shop. This instrument, serial MK 001, has a dedication to her on the instrument's back plate, reading "To Mary Kaye From Your Friends at Fender." The instrument was listed with online luxury retailer Luxify.com and their broker INTMIX—The International Musical Instrument Exchange, which produced an in-depth look at the instrument, narrated by Mary Kaye's nephew, John Kaye. == See also ==