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"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 copyrighted on October 19, 1925 as "Five foot two, eyes of blue; has anybody seen my girl" [1] The shorter form of the title, "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue", has been used since the first release of the song [2] and appears to have become the most common form.
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 entire soundtracks to two ...
Ukulele. The ukulele ( / ˌjuːkəˈleɪli / YOO-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ], approximately OO-koo-LEH-leh ), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole[ a] (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah IZ or just simply IZ, was a Native Hawaiian musician and singer. He achieved commercial success and popularity outside of Hawaii with his 1993 studio album, Facing Future.
[8] [12] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, it is written in the time signature of common time with a moderate tempo of 86 beats per minute. [23] The song is composed in the key of D major while M.I.A.'s vocal range spans one octave, from the low-note of F♯ 3 to the high-note of F ...
Hawaii. Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument. Ukulele. Years active. 1950s–present. Herb Ohta aka Ohta-san is an American Ukulele player born in 1934 in Hawaii who has recorded solo, as a group and with Andre Popp on the A&M Records label, which was co-owned by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. He is also known as "Ohta-san" in Japan and other Asian ...
Years active. 1970–present. Labels. Lagoon, Kitty. Musical artist. Website. takanaka .com. Masayoshi Takanaka ( Japanese: 高中 正義, Hepburn: Takanaka Masayoshi, born March 27, 1953) is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. Takanaka's music was influential in the city pop genre of the late 1970s and 1980s.