Bill Murata

Bill Murata, a veteran record producer based in Hawaii, started Tropical Music, Inc. in 1974. Now deceased. The corporation is held by a number of individuals, including president Lea A. Uehara and Winifred Kurokawa (owner of Music Craft Distributors, which handles its product). 1983: Winner of a Sidney Grayson Award which was the name of what from 1987 became the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award under the auspices of the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts.