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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.
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.
The banjo ukulele, also known as the banjolele or banjo uke, is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo -type body and a fretted ukulele neck. The earliest known banjoleles were built by John A. Bolander [ 1] and by Alvin D. Keech, [ 2] both in 1917. The instrument achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, and ...
"Live to Tell" is a song by American singer Madonna included on her third studio album, True Blue (1986). Conceived as an instrumental by producer Patrick Leonard for the score of Paramount's film Fire with Fire (1986), the studio rejected it, deeming it unfit for the movie.
"You See the Trouble with Me" is a song recorded by American soul artist Barry White, written by White and Ray Parker Jr. It was released in February 1976 as the second single from White's album Let the Music Play. In its initial release, the track reached number 14 on Billboard's Black Singles chart, [2] and number two in the United Kingdom ...
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]
In an interview, Joy said the title of the song came from a motel of the same name he used to go to with his family when he was a child. [11] "Riptide" is an indie folk, [12] folk-pop, [13] and alternative rock song. Musically, the sheet music for the song shows that it is in the key of D ♭ major with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. [14]