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Andy Marx is an award-winning photographer, writer, and musician, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, Movieline, and Cigar Aficionado, among others. His photography has been exhibited throughout the world, including in the U.S., Europe, and Israel.In 2020, Andy's first novel, “Royalties,” was published to enthusiastic reviews. The multi-generational, historical romance is based on the lives of his paternal grandfather, the legendary comedian, Groucho Marx, and his maternal grandfather, the renowned songwriter, Gus Kahn, whose hits include "It Had to Be You," "Makin' Whoopee," and "Dream a Little Dream."Andy has produced special programming for Sirius/XM's “Siriusly Sinatra” channel. And he's currently recording an album of many of his grandfather's most famous songs. The first single, “Ukulele Lady,” was recently released.Andy co-founded the popular comedy website, Hollywood & Swine, known for its lampooning of Hollywood. Entertainment Weekly referred to it as "The Onion of the entertainment industry.” He currently serves as an advisor to Paradox, a technology company dedicated to streamlining the dealmaking process for everyone from writers to distributors.
Tin-pan-alley Hawaiian song just re-mastered
Cupid on the cake, from Jock McDermott and his New Calton Players starts us off. Cake in the title, perfect. Its on a lovely Piccadilly Record label, the label only ran from 1927 to 1931. Our oldest record for a long time is, By the light of the silvery moon. A 1910 rendition of this classic song by Mr Jack Charman. He sang under at least 25 aliases and was the first artist to record Hinky, Pinky, Parlez vous in 1915. Its a John Bull record label. They sold their records via the 'Tally man' systems- they came to your door and tried to persuade to sign up to a contract to buy a series of records. Also up Leslie (Hutch) Hutchinson, an early recording from 1929, Delia Murphy, Frankie Laine, Nat King Cole, Maurice J Gunsky , Max Bacon and three from the insane Red Ingles, particularly love one of the titles, Git up off the floor Hannah. Duo Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar sing Ukulele Lady from 1922. They are LGBT icons. Nellie Lutcher is new to me. She influenced Nina Simone, sung, played piano and composed. A cracker of a track from her- He's a real gone guy. Carl Barriteau was one of many black artists and singers who came to Britain between the wars. Born in Trinidad, raised in Venezuela, he came to London in 1937. He eventually joined Ken (Snake hips) Johnston's west Indian band. He was playing with them at the Cafe Du Paris in 1941 when a bomb exploded. It killed Johnston and one other member of the the band. Carl went on to record for Decca and died in Australia in 1998. A local note of interest for Forgotten Songs, Carl was either in residence or played frequently at our local dancehall here in Edinburgh, Leith, The Eldorado- between 1949 and 1951. Two from him, vocals by Mae Cooper. Fascinating artists and lives. It's what Forgotten Songs is all about.
Happy 11th Birthday to us! On this week's show Ğeorğe W'ilšon tells us about his recent book, Donald Brown chats about his Sculpture and Athletics careers, Neil Reading of the Arena Theatre talks 14/48 Wolverhampton 14/48 Leicester, Gabriella the Ukulele Lady sings a song, we hear from Richard Poynton aka Stage Door Johnny about Très Très Cabaret, Kelly Roberts of The Willows Care Home tells us about their viral video and Andy Reiss of Beyond the Barricade tells us about a treat for their fans coming next weekend to their social media feed.
Celebrating the Ukulele Lady with special guest Victoria Wood.
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In my first episode I have a chat to my ukulele teacher, Michael Rosenberg. Michael plays snippets from a few songs. If you want to hear the originals, check out the playlist on the YouTube channel. “I Am Sailin’ ”, by Memphis Minnie (1941) “Shine” by Cecil Mack, Lew Brown, and Ford Dabney (1910) “Dream A Little Dream of Me” by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt and Gus Kahn (1931) “Ukulele Lady” by Gus Kahn and Richard A. Whiting (1925) “Has Anybody Seen My Gal” by Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis & Joseph W. Young (1925) And check out the photos of Michael’s resonator ukulele and the amazing tri-coconut uke. Thanks to Seb Carraro for doing my graphic design, and to everyone who has given me advice on this massive undertaking! The music played in this episode is licenced under a Podcasts (Featured Music) agreement with APRA AMCOS.
Double Dobro from my home studio. Pardon the vocal, I'm no Bing Crosby :)
VICTORIA VOX and her ukulele return to the WoodSongs Stage with a brand new CD. Known as a pioneer for singer/songwriters in the growing ukulele genre, Victoria Vox has been writing and performing songs across the country in her eclectic, upbeat and clever way. Refreshingly modern and innovative, the award-winning vocalist and songwriter lives in Baltimore, and tours 130+ shows a year. The new album, 'Vox Ukulele Cello,' features Katie Chambers on cello who will accompany Victoria on WoodSongs. Website for Victoria Vox. CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER are a formidable powerhouse of sound, with a repertoire of traditional and contemporary folk, old-time country and swing music. They've earned two Grammy Awards and have worked with the likes of Tom Paxton, Si Kahn, Riders in the Sky, Pete Seeger, Brave Combo, Mariachi Los Camperos, Mike Seeger, Patsy Montana, Pete Kennedy and Ysaye Barnwel. "ROCKIN THE UKE" is the very first Uke-centric CD and explores their versatility on the ukulele as they travel through blues, swing, old time county, folk and original songs - all in virtuoso style. Website for Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer. THE LOVE LEIGHS hail from Austin, TX and combines ukuleles, guitar, a dash of clarinet; lots of harmonies, some twang, and more than a little sass. The band creates original songs in the tradition of 20th Century American acoustic music--a mix of jazz, blues, twang, and the occasional funky tune or Motown groove. Their latest Is 'All Your Talk of Love." Website for The Love Leighs.
Ukulele Lady is a catchy and joyful song with a nice and sweet ukulele hookline, soft percussion, french horns, grand piano, glockenspiel and live recorded drums. Ukulele Lady perfectly fits YouTube videos and digital photo slide shows showing happy and joyful moments and the like. Download contains 2 tracks: 1. Ukulele Lady (Length 1:21 Min) 2. Ukulele Lady Loop Version (Length 0:16 Min) Wave and MP3 files are included Purchase Ukulele Lady on Audiojungle.net: http://bit.ly/SMZktd Visit Kenaudio's Homepage: http://www.kenaudio.com/