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The ukulele (/ ˌ juː k ə ˈ l eɪ l i / ooh-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ]), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert ...
The song also charted at No. 1 on the US R&B singles chart and No. 14 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in the US. [8] Billboard ranked it at the No. 5 song for 1983. [9] "Beat It" also claimed the top spot in Spain and the Netherlands, reached No. 3 in the UK and the top 20 in Austria, Norway, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. [8]
The limitations of the ukulele causes the orchestra to think creatively about how to cover a musical piece, popular tunes are broken down to their constituent parts and then with each musician sticking a distinct part, the combination of different soprano, tenor, baritone and bass registers of ukuleles are used (with separate members playing ...
The Story of Walt Disney's Cinderella (Disneyland, 1957) Songs, Games & Fun (RCA Victor, 1958) Ukulele Ike (Glendale, 1978) Cliff Edwards and His Hot Combination 1925–1926 (Retrieval, 1978) The Vintage Recordings of Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) (Take Two, 1979) The Musical Score of The Wizard of Oz/The Song Hits from Walt Disney's Pinocchio ...
[44] [45] Aside from its only single, the album also included the song "The March of the Black Queen", a six-minute epic which lacks a chorus. [46] Critical reaction was mixed; the Winnipeg Free Press, while praising the band's debut album, described Queen II as an "over-produced monstrosity". [47]
New book details the inspirations behind the song and the strong reactions it stirred from bandmembers ‘I cried when I heard it’: The story behind Abba’s immortal pop hit ‘Dancing Queen ...
"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 ...
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera (1975). Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury , the song is a six-minute suite , [ 4 ] notable for its lack of a refraining chorus and consisting of several sections: an intro , a ballad segment, an ...