Ukulele Heaven - Songs from the Golden Age of the Ukulele: Plus Eight new songs for a New Age

· Mel Bay Publications
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A wonderful tribute to the ukulele and its leading advocates, past and present. Contains seventeen classics and eight new tunes as well as an in-depth historical essay illustrated with original sheet music covers. Classic selections include: Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula; Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night?; All That I Ask of You Is Love; They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii; Sierra Sue; Any Time; Pasadena; Somebody Stole My Gal; Blue; and more. All tunes are shown with complete lyrics and chord diagrams. Includes a select discography of audio's featuring ukulele artists and a list of uke web sites.


Most of the songs heard in the feature film Stanley's Gig (2000) starring Faye Dunaway can be found in this book. Includes access to online audio.

About the author

Ian, a British Invader of the 1960s, is a respected historian of popular music. He helped revive

interest in the ukulele via his early recordings dating from 1965. He and Ukie have been seen on

Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show”, “Today”, “Merv Griffin", “American Bandstand”, “Where The

Action Is”. Watch him in these shows on You Tube. Find out more than enough about him at his

website --ianwhitcomb.com—and at wikipedia.

This book is the 4th in a series of uke- friendly songbooks that Ian has had published by Mel

Bay Publications. The others are: “Ukulele Heaven”, “Uke Ballads”,” The Cat’s Meow” and “The

Ian Whitcomb Songbook”.

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