The list is endless. Here are 11:
1957
Elvis comes to Hawaii for his first concert in Honolulu Stadium. Moffatt and Jacobs have a third disk jockey, Don Tyler, dress like Elvis and ride around Oahu in the back of a convertible while Moffatt plays Elvis records on the radio. Word gets out that Elvis is driving around Oahu, and people start going out in the streets to see him pass by. Excitement mounts. Jacobs drives the convertible through Honolulu Stadium moments before the start of the Punahou vs. McKinley football game. Another radio station announces that Elvis is in the stadium. Elvis’ manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker, contacts Moffatt and Jacobs, tells them that he liked the stunt and introduces them to Elvis. It’s the start of a lifelong friendship.
1960
Elvis calls from Germany and tells Moffatt that he plans to come to Hawaii in 1961 and play a benefit concert to fund the completion of the Arizona Memorial. It would be Elvis’ first public appearance since leaving the Army.
1966
Moffatt presents the Rolling Stones in the group’s Hawaii debut. They play for 27 minutes. The screaming crowd doesn’t seem to notice.
1978
Paradise Records releases “Honolulu City Lights.”
1982
Cecilio & Kapono Reunion concert at the Waikiki Shell; Moffatt records and releases a two-record “live” album of the event.
1983
Kalapana Reunion concert at the Waikiki Shell; Moffatt records and releases a two-record “live” album of the event.
1989
“The Ultimate Event” — Sammy Davis Jr., Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra — in Blaisdell Arena.
1997
Michael Jackson sells out two shows — 35,000 people per show — at Aloha Stadium.
1998
The Rolling Stones play Aloha Stadium — for more than two hours.
2000
Japanese supergroup Tube plays for more than 15,000 Japanese fans in Aloha Stadium.
2014
Japanese “boy band” Arashi comes to Hawaii for two shows at Ko Olina. With an estimated $8 million in production costs, it is the most expensive show Moffatt presents here.
