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Herbert Butros Khaury[1][2] (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), also known as Herbert Buckingham Khaury, [3] and known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American musician and musical archivist. [4] He is known for his 1968 hit recording of the song "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", and was renowned for his wide vocal range in particular his far ...
Roy Sakuma. Roy Sakuma (born Jan 22, 1947) is a ukulele teacher, credited for sparking new generations of ukulele players and virtuosos like Jake Shimabukuro who got his start as a young student at Roy Sakuma Studios. [1] [2] Sakuma launched what is considered to be the first major ukulele festival in 1971, an annual event in Honolulu that ...
www.jakeshimabukuro.com. Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii [ a ] known for his fast and complex finger work. [ 2 ] His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. [ 3 ] Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the ...
George Formby OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comic songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the UK's highest-paid ...
—Lead guitarist Jimmy Stafford, on having to learn to play ukulele as requested by lead singer Patrick Monahan in the recording of "Hey, Soul Sister" After collaborating with the Norwegian production duo Espionage (Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund) in the writing and recording of the track "Brick by Brick", Train's lead singer Pat Monahan decided to record another track with the duo. I said ...
Occupation (s) Singer, songwriter, musician. Instrument (s) Ukulele. Years active. 1936-2002. Billy "Uke" Scott (12 March 1923 – 23 November 2004) was a British music hall star, who inspired three generations of ukulele players, composing, singing and writing a "teach-yourself" ukulele manual.
George Harrison[nb 1] MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) [nb 2] was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian ...
The Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos will have 24 senior men to choose from on the first season of the franchise show featuring an older female star.. The 61-year-old blonde beauty made waves on ...