November 9, 2025
Sol K. Bright
Solomon Kamaluhiakekipikealiʻikaʻapunikukealaokamahanahana Bright Sr. (9 November 1909 – 27 April 1992) was an American entertainer of Hawaiian and Castilian ancestry, who played steel guitar and is most widely known as the composer of Hawaiian Cowboy. He was awarded the 1987 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawai’i Academy of Recording Arts, and inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also known as Solomon Kekipi Bright Sr.