The latest offering from the uke-playing rock & roller (often incorrectly described as a ‘Chirpy Cockney’, despite the fact he was born in Lincolnshire), is an entire album of songs arranged for ukulele. Also appearing are his daughter, Sam, & her band, the International Ukulele Club Of Sonning Common.
There’s an interesting mix of uke standards – including Formby’s When I’m Cleaning Windows; favourites such as I’ll See You In My Dreams; the Chas ‘n’ Dave singalong There’s No Pleasing You (actually Ain’t No Pleasing You); plus more unexpected numbers, including Pinball Wizard & Mr Blue Sky.
All the tunes are available for preview on YouTube. As my parents had a greengrocers shop in Sarf London, here’s my musatoid choice.
Jeanette
Ron
November 5, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Where can we buy the album and is choice to be included in Pluc song list?
webmasterpluc
November 5, 2012 at 7:40 pm
Hi Ron – it’s just been released today (5/11) so should be available on-line & from all good record stores (& some bad ones, too).
I dunno whether the choice will make it onto the PLUC songlist; when I first found the tune several months ago it amused me!
Jeanette
redpaul1
November 5, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Music history trivia: Joe Brown was the only member of Larry Parnes stable who refused to allow Mr Parnes, Shillings & Pence to change his name, unlike Tommy Hicks (Tommy Steele), Clive Powell (Georgie Fame), Reg Patterson (Marty Wilde – father of Sam), Ron Wycherley (Billy Fury); but even then plain “Joe Brown” seemed preferable to “Elmer Twitch”
(Read all about it on the best blog on 20th century London: Another Nickel In The Machine)
redpaul1
November 5, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Oops! I meant “father of Kim”, not “father of Sam” – that would be Joe himself :)