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Mighty Uke follows the history of the ukulele's popularity from its earliest days in the court of Hawaiian King David Kalākaua through the ‘lost’ years, then its first revival on early radio and the stages of vaudeville; then through several decades in the shadows again as jazz flourished until the days of early television and revival again with stars such as Arthur Godfrey.
"The Wreck of the Nancy Lee" (1931) is a comic song, words and music by Arthur Le Clerq. Sheet music published in London in 1932 billed it as "He Played his Ukulele as the Ship Went Down: a comedy foxtrot". [1] It has been recorded by Clinton Ford, [1] Fred And Leslie Gilbert (Comedians), and in March 1932 by Leslie Holmes and by Leslie Sarony. [2]
(audio via YouTube) Peter Dawson (1882–1961), Australian baritone; With chorus and orchestra Recorded 1918 Side B: "D'ye ken John Peel" Zonophone Record – The Twin™ 1841 British Zonophone Co., Ltd., England Matrix runout (Side B label): X-3-42886 (audio via YouTube) OCLC 317415992. Tune Twisters "Pepsi-Cola Hits the Spot" (1939) (audio ...
Ukulele U is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered in 2022 on CBC Television and CBC Gem. [1] Hosted by singer-songwriter and music educator Melanie Doane , the show is a singalong series in which Doane teaches various songs for children to sing as Doane plays ukulele .
"Ukulele Lady" is a popular standard, an old evergreen song by Gus Kahn and Richard A. Whiting. Published in 1925, the song was first made famous by Vaughn De Leath. [1]It has been recorded by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra with vocals by the Southern Fall Colored Quartet on June 3, 1925 (catalog No. 19690B); Frank Crumit recorded June 10, 1925 for Victor Records (catalog No. 19701); Lee Morse in ...
The song was covered by Eddie Vedder and Chan Marshall (of Cat Power) on Vedder's second solo album, Ukulele Songs (2011). The song was featured in a 2013 TV commercial for Milka named "Le dernier carré" [9] The song was sung by Sutton Foster and Hunter Foster in episode fourteen ("The Astronaut and the Ballerina") of Bunheads (2013).
Following is a list of popular music songs which feature a chord progression commonly known as Andalusian cadences. Items in the list are sorted alphabetically by the band or artist 's name. Songs which are familiar to listeners through more than one version (by different artists) are mentioned by the earliest version known to contain ...
[58] The album is primarily made up of cover songs, including songs by artists such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Carole King and Tina Turner. The inspiration for the album came when Richard was sent a copy of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 's recording of "Over the Rainbow" combined with " What a Wonderful World " weeks into the year 2000 and he knew ...