The clip, with 1.3 million views, has resurfaced during Tongi's 'American Idol' run, during which he credited his father, Rodney Tongi, for teaching him how to sing.
"American Idol" winner Iam Tongi has publicly mourned and celebrated his late father so much that a clip of them singing a duet posted a year ago now has more than 1 million views.
In the resurfaced clip, the duo sings"Islands In The Stream," a song written by the Bee Gees and recorded by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1983. "You have touched my heart and have given me the strength to listen to my dad’s music since he went to heaven," someone wrote."Angels jam session YESSAH! Love you Iam."
"Iam’s voice and his guitar playing are better than therapy," another wrote."I feel like his voice could heal the world."of the song he auditioned with — “Monsters” by James Blunt — alongside Blunt himself. The judges cried during both performances.
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