suggest some good, classic Uke Tunes. . .

Captain America · Nov 16, 2018

I want to put together a uke songbook of tunes that just seem so right with the ukulele.

What songs would you include? what do you think works best?

I chiefly mean old-time stuff:

"smile" (chaplin)
"I'll see you in my dreams"
"Paper Moon"
"hawaiian war dance"

this kind of stuff. . .

ksiegel · Nov 16, 2018

You can't go wrong with "Dream a Little Dream Of Me" and "Singin' In The Rain".

photoshooter · Nov 16, 2018

Ain’t She Sweet

Bill Sheehan · Nov 16, 2018

Great ideas so far! How about "So In Love" ("As we stroll along together..."), or "King of the Road"? I realize those are a little more recent...

Jan D · Nov 16, 2018

You can get some ideas for your songbook by looking at the Index pages for "The Daily Ukulele" by Jim Beloff. Jim's book is filled with lots of older songs that are perfect for the ukulele. If you go to the website "books.google.com" and enter the book's title in the Search box, you will find a Preview of the book. The Index is on pp.4-5.

TBB · Nov 16, 2018

'Magic Ukulele Waltz' and 'Music Box Waltz', both by Roy Smeck. They're more fingerstyle, but the Music Box Waltz in particular is just a joy to play (IMO!).
Also, the pdf tabs are freely available online.

Swamp Yankee · Nov 16, 2018

"Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" is a hoot. Another favorite of mine on a uke is CSN&Y's "Our House"

Captain America · Nov 16, 2018

Yeah, thanks all. I do have quite a few standard uke songbooks. For this special one, I am looking for the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s romantic pop and classic hawaiian uke tunes.

Stuff along this line would be great in there. . .

mikelz777 · Nov 16, 2018

Listen to and look at a lot of the stuff performed by Leon Redbone. There would be a lot of options there.

Swamp Yankee · Nov 16, 2018

Captain America said:
Yeah, thanks all. I do have quite a few standard uke songbooks. For this special one, I am looking for the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s romantic pop and classic hawaiian uke tunes.

Stuff along this line would be great in there. . .

d'oh! I suppose it would help if I'd actually read your entire post before responding

Kenn2018 · Nov 16, 2018

Hey Cap'n,

Give a look at Ukester Brown's website. He specializes in older sheet music and has a huge collection of songs from the periods you are interested in.

www.ukesterbrown.com/song-sheets.html

Nice guy as well.

kkimura · Nov 16, 2018

Captain America said:
Yeah, thanks all. I do have quite a few standard uke songbooks. For this special one, I am looking for the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s romantic pop and classic hawaiian uke tunes.

Stuff along this line would be great in there. . .

Ulupalakua is a fun song to play and anything from Dennis Kamakahi works well too.

suggest some good, classic Uke Tunes. . .

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