ACTORS
Bill Murray – Phantogram
Clark Gable – Postal Service
Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
David Duchovny – Bree Sharp
Grace Kelly – Mika
Marilyn Monroe – Nicki Minaj
Michael Caine – Madness
Natalie Portman – Ozma
Omar Sharif – The Band’s Visit
Shia LeBeouf – Rob Cantor
Steve McQueen – Sheryl Crow
Tautou – Brand New
MUSICIANS
Alex Chilton – The Replacements
Barbara Streisand – Duck Sauce
Brian Eno – MGMT
Brian Wilson – Barenaked Ladies
Buddy Holly – Weezer
David Bowie – Phish
Frank Sinatra – Cake
Meg White – Ray LaMontagne
Jackie & Wilson – Hozier
Paul McCartney – Scissor Sisters
Tchaikovski – The Red Elvises
Tim McGraw – Taylor Swift
POLITICAL FIGURES
Genghis Khan – Miike Snow
Huey Newton – St. Vincent
James K Polk – They Might Be Giants
Oliver Cromwell – Monty Python
Paul Revere – Beastie Boys
Rasputin – Boney M
Rosa Parks – Outkast
ARTISTS
Andy Warhol – David Bowie
Da Vinci – Weezer
Pablo Picasso – The Modern Lovers
Tom Ford by Jay-Z
MISC FAMOUS
MODEL – Cheryl Tweedy – Lily Allen
SCIENTIST – Einstein – Kelly Clarkson
ATHLETE – Magic Johnson – Red Hot Chili Peppers
ASTRONAUT – Sally Ride – Janelle Monae
POET – Saskia Hamilton – Ben Folds and Nick Hornby
FICTIONAL PEOPLE
Chun Li – Nicki Minaj
Jack Sparrow – The Lonely Island ft. Michael Bolton
Juliet – The Red Elvises
June 13, 2018
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Well folks, it’s been a wild ride.
This project was directly motivated by Ms. Shelley and the PDX Fun-a-Day project. On the record, the York Uke 30 project took a little longer than 30 days due to unforeseen schoolwork and illness. To view the full playlist, go to the York Uke 30 on Youtube.
I think I’ve been the most shocked at the videos with the most views: Public Property, I Am A Wizard, and Decomposing Composers. I’m not sure if I filled a certain ukulele youtube void, or if it was just the luck of the digital draw.
From the player’s perspective, my favorite songs are the ones in which I sing the instrumental breaks:
24: Friend is a Four Letter Word by Cake
21: Something by the Beatles
17: Sad Songs and Waltzes by Cake
13. Where Is My Mind? by the Pixies
8: Then I Met You by The Proclaimers
6: Mother of Pearl by Nellie McKay
4. I’ll Follow the Sun by the Beatles
[and then suddenly…]
March 19, 2012
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1. South – Benny Moten
2. North American Scum – LCD Soundsystem
3. South Carolina – Tennis
4. North Side Gal – JD McPherson
5. East Harlem – Beirut
6. West Coast – Coconut Records
7. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo – Kustbandet
8. Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Lemming Malloy
9. Big Sur – The Thrills
10. North to Alaska – Johnny Horton
11. West End Blues – Louis Armstrong
12. North by North – Faded Paper Figures
(aired 12/11/11 on URY)
December 12, 2011
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1. 18:37 Alice’s Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie
2. 14:23 Peter and the Wolf – Sergei Prokofiev / Sterling Holloway
3. 12:15 Dance of the Hours – Amilcare Ponchielli
4. 9:16 The Dream Life of Rand McNally – Jason Mraz
5. 8:45 Battlescars – Ozma
6. 8:41 A Quick One While He’s Away – The Who
7. 8:27 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – George Thorogood & The Destroyers
8. 7:53 Take Your Time (Coming Home) – Fun.
9. 7:51 I’ll Stay – Roy Hargrove
10. 7:42 Talking Loud and Saying Nothing – James Brown
11. 7:34 Let’s Go Get Stoned – Joe Cocker
12. 7:30 You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones
13. 7:28 Clubbed to Death – Rob D
14. 7:27 Night On Bald Mountain – Modest Mussorgsky
15. 7:27 Mother’s Eyes – Jump, Little Children
16. 7:17 Biggest Star – The Elected
17. 7:15 Deliver Us- Ofra Haza and Eden Reigel (Prince of Egypt)
18. 7:14 Since the Last Time – Lyle Lovett
19. 7:09 Light My Fire -The Doors
September 29, 2010
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1. Yellow Submarine – The Beatles
2. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
3. Steal My Sunshine – Len
4. Feel Good Inc – Gorillaz
5. Timebomb – Beck
6. Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
7. I am the Walrus – The Beatles
8. Blaze Away – Josef Locke
9. Wannabe – Spice Girls
10. Smile – Music Machine
11. I Love to Laugh – Ed Wynn (Mary Poppins)
12. Everybody’s Got a Laughing Place – Br’er Fox (Song of the South)
13. Make Em Laugh – Donald O’Connor (Singin in the Rain)
14-∞. Every Song by Will Smith
September 27, 2010
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1. One Minute Man – Missy Elliott ft. Ludacris
2. 4 Minutes – Madonna and Justin Timberlake
3. 7 Minutes in Heaven – Fall Out Boy
4. 8 Minutes to Sunrise -Common ft Jill Scott
5. 24 Hours – Tom Jones
6. One Day More – Les Miserables
7. 6 Days – DJ Shadow
8. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
9. Seven Days, Seven Weeks – Deus
10. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days – Louis Prima
11. 5 Years Time – Noah and the Whale
12. Seventeen Years – Ratatat
13. A Thousand Years – Brandston
July 6, 2010
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