Love the turnaround….
YouTube Channel: Woodshed1
Dang this guy just makes me happy! Thanks to Ben Mealer for the tip….
YouTube Channel: kazulele
Ian does his best to get a rise out of his cat (spoiler alert) to no avail….
YouTube Channel: IanReentrant
His Notes: If you ever wondered how a cat would react if you played hits of the 1920s at them on a Pocket Uke, don’t bother. The little bugger made a point of ignoring it. I even threw in a couple of extra tunes for him, but nothing.
Don’t know how we missed this one….
YouTube Channel: plexophonic
From his notes: Music by Isham Jones & Gus Kahn.
4 song EP, “plexophonic ep1”, available. $6.50 US/$8.00 International. Order through PayPal to michael@musicorange.com
Not that he asked for nominations, but I would like to add Ben’s name to Grumpy’s List of Very Few People Who are Naturally Cool Enough to Wear a Funky Hat….
YouTube Channel: benmealer
His Notes: “My Blue Heaven” is a popular song. The music was written by Walter Donaldson (1893–1947), the lyrics by George A. Whiting (1884–1943).
The song was recorded by many artists including:
Ray Anthony
Gene Austin, accompanied orchestra directed Nathaniel Shilkret
Boston Pops Orchestra
Les Brown
Don Byas
Freddy Cannon
Benny Carter
Casa Loma Orchestra
Rosemary Clooney
Nat King Cole
Ken Colyer
Harry Connick Jr.
Billy Corgan
Floyd Cramer
Bing Crosby
Scatman Crothers
Billy Daniels
Doris Day
Buddy DeFranco
Vaughn De Leath
Marlene Dietrich
Fats Domino
Walter Donaldson
Eddy Duchin
Duane Eddy
Ziggy Elman
Esquivel
Fabian
Frances Faye
Gracie Fields
Eddie Fisher
Pete Fountain
The Four Lads
Jane Froman
Slim Gaillard
Erroll Garner
Georgia Gibbs
Benny Goodman
Stephane Grappelli
Ken Griffin
Harmonicats
Coleman Hawkins
Dick Haymes
Ted Heath
Woody Herman
Earl Hines
Hoosier Hot Shots
Lena Horne
Frank Ifield
The Ink Spots
Al Jolson
Norah Jones
Bert Kaempfert
Gene Krupa
Gertrude Lawrence
Jerry Lee Lewis
Enoch Light
Jimmie Lunceford
Harpo Marx
Glenn Miller
Mitch Miller
Rose Murphy
Rick Nelson
Sandy Nelson
Red Norvo
Oscar Peterson
John Pizzarelli
The Platters
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Leon Redbone
Django Reinhardt
Cliff Richard & the Shadows
Marty Robbins
Harry Shalson
Artie Shaw
Frank Sinatra
The Smashing Pumpkins
Stuff Smith
“Whispering” Jack Smith
Sonny Stitt
Maxine Sullivan
Ralph Sutton
Art Tatum
Nino Tempo
Victor Salon Group, directed Nathaniel Shilkret, vocal Elliot Shaw, Marye Berne, Katherine O’Neale and Helena Lanvin
Bobby Vinton
Billy Vaughn
Alex Welsh and his Band
Paul Weston
Lawrence Welk
Paul Whiteman
Slim Whitman
Mary Lou Williams
Teddy Wilson
Freddy Fender
I was gonna try and hold off on the xmas vids for a while, but yesterday’s was so good, and SheepStar15 can do no wrong, so what the heck – Merry Christmas….
YouTube Channel: Sheepstar15
Her Notes:
This song was written by Felix Bernard and Richard B Smith in 1934, and first recorded by Perry Como. The first lyrics did not include the bit about the Circus Clown — that was added in 1953, but I’m using both parts just because I like them.
I used a Joe Spraggan custom soprano, a short scale P-Bass, an Angel glockenspiel and some toy sleigh bells. Happy days.
I’ve been snowed in for three days now, but I’m quite enjoying myself and finding it’s a good time to get some uke practice in. The footage in the top left pane is from the weather reports and of my feet as I was attempting to walk to the local shop in the ruts left by car wheels. Much easier than clambering over the snow drifts.
I do not own the rights to this song, this is merely an homage and no copyright infringement is intended.
All of the xmas songs, this is the one that gets me every time….
YouTube Channel: uke4ia
Beautiful….
YouTube Channel: KenMiddletonUkulele
From his notes: Although it is in the style of a Scottish lament, this beautiful tune was composed by Jay Unger in 1982. I have just used the tune and worked my own arrangement around it. It has not been my intention to copy any existing version.
The title refers to the village of Ashokan, in the Catskills, which is now covered by the waters of a reservoir.
I am playing an Ohana TK-35CG. This is my favourite ukulele to play and the best all-round tenor uke of any that I use (including very much more expensive instruments).
This arrangement is quite difficult to play as you have have to be very precise with the fingering and dynamics.
Love this song….
YouTube Channel: TheAlmightyNighty
Stellar, again!
YouTube Channel: heinbanjo12
