Ukulele (disambiguation)

Last updated April 01, 2019

The ukulele is a small stringed instrument with four strings.

The ukulele is a member of the guitar family of instruments. It generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings. Some strings may be paired in courses, giving the instrument a total of six or eight strings.

Ukulele may also refer to:

Cliff Edwards, known as "Ukulele Ike", an American singer
"Ukulele Lady", a song by Gus Kahn and Richard A. Whiting
Ukulele Baby! , an album by The Wiggles
Several orchestras:
The Langley Ukulele Ensemble is a ukulele ensemble from Langley, British Columbia in Canada. The ensemble is internationally renowned and considered to be one of the top ukulele performing ensembles in the world. They were prominently featured in the 2008 award-winning document film, Mighty Uke. The group is composed of 20 musicians, aged twelve to eighteen years, who perform 50-80 concerts a year. The group originated with the J. Chalmers Doane's musical program in the 1970s that reached over 50,000 students across Canada and the United States. They have performed in Canada, Florida, Texas, California, Nevada, the Pacific Northwest, Japan and Hawaii. The ensemble was named Langley's Entertainer of the Year for 2005, and their musical director was named Langley's Leader of the Year for the same year.
The New York Ukulele Ensemble was founded by playwright and novelist Uke Jackson. Members included: Heather Lev, Katie Down, Debra Sherline, Holly Duthie, Christina Liao, J Walter Hawkes, Greg Gattuso, Uncle Zac, and Uke Jackson. The line up is all ukulele, including soprano, concert, tenor, baritone and bass ukuleles, and banjo ukes.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB) is a musical ensemble featuring ukuleles in different registers. They play and sing music from a variety of musical genres, all on the ukulele.
Ukulele (Taiwanese band), a Taiwanese pop duet
Yooka-Laylee, an upcoming 3D platform game

Clifton Avon Edwards — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American musician, singer, actor and voice actor, who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947).

"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.

Ukulele Baby is the 37th The Wiggles album release featuring guest vocalist Rolf Harris and Hey Hey It's Saturday host Daryl Somers. It was released on the 5th of February, 2011 by ABC Music distributed by Universal Music Australia & won the 2011 ARIA for Best Children's album.

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