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Take 3 for the sea logo in 2024. Take 3 for the Sea is a non-profit organisation based on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. In 2009, two friends—marine ecologist Roberta Dixon-Valk and youth educator Amanda Marechal—developed Take 3. Joining forces with environmentalist, Tim Silverwood, the trio publicly launched Take 3 as an ...
The ukulele (/ ˌ juː k ə ˈ l eɪ l i / yoo-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ]), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments. The ukulele is of Portuguese origin and was popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes ...
The best-known version in the United Kingdom is by Max Bygraves, with his performance recorded on 23 June 1954, with a children's chorus and orchestra directed by Frank Cordell, [6] and released in the UK by HMV in September 1954 [4] as catalog number B 10734. [7]
The album includes an upbeat Jawaiian version of Kamakawiwoʻole's popular medley blending "Over the Rainbow" with "What a Wonderful World". [3] This version differs from the highly regarded acoustic rendition, which had been recorded in one take in 1988.
Peace Love Ukulele is Jake Shimabukuro's 2011 solo album. It was released in January 2011, and reached #1 in Billboard's Top World Music Albums in 2011 and 2012. [1]In Hawaii, Peace Love Ukulele won the 2012 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and also garnered Shimabukuro the Na Hoku Hanohano award for Favorite Entertainer of the Year.
The Tahitian ukulele (ʻukarere or Tahitian banjo) is a short-necked fretted lute with eight nylon strings in four doubled courses, native to Tahiti and played in other regions of Polynesia. This variant of the older Hawaiian ukulele is noted by a higher and thinner sound and an open back, [ 1 ] and is often strummed much faster.
Sean "Spike" Slawson (born April 9, 1970) is an American punk rock musician, a member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, Re-Volts, Uke-Hunt, and Los Nuevos Bajos.
A ukulele instrumental version from the album Peace Love Ukulele: 2011: William Shatner: From the album Seeking Major Tom: 2011: Pato Fu: From the album Música de Brinquedo Ao Vivo: 2011: Carolina Crown: Drum & Bugle Corps reprised their 2004 performance for their "Rach Star" show. 2012: Jessica Sanchez: On the American Idol season 11 Top 6 ...