Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Vaudeville/Tin Pan Alley Number of pages : 104 This collection for ukulele brings back many favorite songs and ballads from the Roaring Twenties, plus several songs taken from the notebooks of Al Brown, an itinerant performer active in the period. These songs were featured in the motion pictures The Cat's Meow and Last Call. The music is presented in lead sheet form with melody lines, chord symbols, and lyrics. Photos and artwork from the 1920s enhance the presentation. The music on the companion CD is performed by Ian Whitcomb with his various bands and orchestras.
Content :
Alice Blue Gown (Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy; Music: Harry Tierney) - All by Myself (Lyrics and Music: Irving Berlin) - Any Place Where I Make Money (Is Home Sweet Home to Me) (Lyrics: William Tracey; Music: Dan Dougherty) - Bimini Bay (Lyrics: Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan; Music: Richard A. Whiting) - Dapper Dan (Lyrics: Lew Brown; Music: Albert Von Tilzer) - Do I Love You• Yes I Do! (Al Brown) - Down on the Farm (Al Brown) - Hello, Good Morning, and How Do You Do• (Al Brown) - I Ain't Got Nobody Much (Lyrics: Roger Graham; Music: Spencer Williams) - I Was a Fool (Lyrics and Music: Manny Romanz) - I'll Sit Right on the Moon (Words and Music by Jimmie V. Monaco) - I'll Stand Beneath Your Window Tonight and Whistle (Lyrics and Music by Jerry Benson, Jimmie McHugh and Georgie Price) - Lonely (Al Brown) - Margie (Lyrics: Benny Davis; Music: Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson) - Me-ow! (Lyrics: Harry D. Kerr; Music: Mel Kaufman) - Poor Butterfly (Lyrics: John L. Golden; Music: Raymond Hubbell) - Pretty Baby (Lyrics: Gus Kahn; Music: Tony Jackson and Egbert Van Alstyne) - Same As Ever (Al Brown) - Shine (Lyrics: Cecil Mack and Lew Brown; Music: Ford Dabney) - The Candyland Christmas Ball (Al Brown) - The Darktown Strutter's Ball (Shelton Brooks) - The Sheik of Araby (Lyrics: Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler; Music: Ted Snyder) - When You're There (Al Brown) - Wonderful One (Lyrics: Dorothy Terriss; Music: Marshall Neilan; Arranged by Paul Whiteman and Ferdie Grofand 233;) - You're in Style When You're Wearing a Smile (Al W. Brown, Gus Kahn, and Egbert Van Alstyne)
