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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 ...
See media help. In music, an eight-bar blues is a common blues chord progression. Music writers have described it as "the second most common blues form" [ 1] being "common to folk, rock, and jazz forms of the blues". [ 2] It is often notated in 4. 8 time with eight bars to the verse .
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.
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]
The song is the longest-leading number-one hit on any of the Billboard song charts, having spent 358 weeks on top of the World Digital Songs chart. [33] On July 8, 2007, Kamakawiwoʻole debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart with "Wonderful World", selling 17,000 units. [34]
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 ...
The Disney Song Encyclopedia described the song as a "rhythmic military song." [ 34 ] Beginning with "a military-style drum " introduction, [ 23 ] "I'll Make a Man Out of You", which is immediately preceded by the emotional ballad " Reflection " on the film's soundtrack album, "breaks up the slower pace of the songs," according to Filmtracks ...
In an interview with NME, White explained why he refused permission: "When I heard the Black Legend song, I thought it was going nowhere. It was cheap and had no soul". This 2000 version was a hit across Europe, reaching number one in the UK in June of that year. The song was the 40th-best-selling single of 2000 in the UK.