Yes, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, the story goes he was so talented and charismatic one day he called up a studio way after closing and convinced the guy to open up and let him record a track, he showed up and recorded over the rainbow in one take. I spent some time in Hawaii and his CDs are still crazy popular, he was awarded some pretty high honors and is regarded as something of a folk hero with the natives.  edit: in googling his name to make sure I spelled it right I see that at one point before his death at 38 he weighed in at just over 750lbs!