- Le Goualante De Pauvre Jean
- Lets Misbehave
- It Had to be You
- All of Me
- Singin' in the bathtub
- Lulu's Back in Town
- Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)
- Puttn' on the Ritz
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- My Blue Heaven
- Pennies From Heaven
- Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- When You Wish Upon A Star
Then one Christmas, as in some Dickensian tale, the Ghost of Christmas Future (also known as His Adoring Wife) laid a Ukulele beneath their tree... Lazily plunking out some old tunes from his grandparents' sheet music, a voice within him crooned and trumpeted, "You've found your true voice, your honest roots!"
Today Ukulele Dick brings to life the Great American Pop Songs of the 1920's and '30s, a time when there was a crooner on every Victrola and a Ukulele in every pot. Enjoy songs popularized by Bing Crosby, Eddie Cantor, the Mills Brothers and others who made your Granny scream, "Oh, you kid!"
More Ukulele Dick highlights in the Featured Artist Archive section of our site. "...It's really good!"
George
Harrison
"I love your CD...I love everything you're doing
on there."
William H. Macy
"It's just exactly what I need. It's so innocent, yet so wise..."
Kurt Vonnegut
For over three decades Ukulele Dick lay dormant, waiting to emerge, as Rick McKee painstakingly searched his musical soul for his real voice. His musical journey began during the Folk Music scare of the early '5Os, through Surf Music, Psychedelic Sounds, all forms of Rock 'n Roll, and even (dare he admit it?) Show Tunes and Polkas.
As a songwriter he met with tepid responses to tunes such as "I Wanna Be Comin' When I Go," a Country-Western tidbit, and "Be Kind To Your Brain," a Sousa-esque marching band number. As a performer he was always categorized as a "chameleon," shifting vocal stylings to fit the genre. As a jingle writer for radio and television he sweated deadlines and pandered to the businessman's lack of respect for the intelligence of his customers. Finally lapsing into musical agnosticism he sold his guitars, donated his harmonica and tambourine to Goodwill, closed the lid on his piano, and filed his manuscripts in the back of his closet.
But with his ukulele he has risen again!
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