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Stream songs including 'Twelfth Street Rag', 'Hawaiian War Chant' and more. Banjo, uke and (hawaiian) lap steel guitar. Listen to The Best in Ukulele by Roy Smeck on Apple Music.

Many are on 78rpm records, and a good number can be found on LPs. uke, g, 1900-1994 US, Reading, Pennsylvania Musician of Jazz and Pop A.k.a. This is an exceptional Roy Smeck Vitta Ukulele, 80 of the Vitta Ukuleles you will encounter are in very poor condition because the mahogany back and sides. Roy recorded hundreds of songs, on his own and with other groups. Roy played at FDR's presidential inaugural ball in 1932 George VI's coronation review in 1939 and toured and played in Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Puerto Rico, Korea and, of course, Hawaii.

#Roy smeck ukelele movie#

He wrote instruction/method books for guitar, Hawaiian guitar, uke and banjo by the dozens arranged innumerable(?) tunes for the uke and made the first multiple-soundtrack movie for Paramount Pictures. He also put his name to several other uke, guitar, Hawaiian guitar, steel guitar, and banjo models made by Harmony, and made over 500 recordings for Edison, Victor, Columbia, Decca, Crown, RCA and others.

Roy invented the Vita-Uke marketed by the Harmony Company. Get the guaranteed best price on Ukuleles like the Used Roy Smeck Ukulele Natural Ukulele at Musicians Friend. In 1926 he appeared in one of the first sound films ever made by Warner Bros./Vitaphone.

#Roy smeck ukelele free#

The amazing flamed mahogany back and sides of this ukulele are crack free There is only one repaired almost. Very stable, but may need to be addressed in the future. Has several hairline cracks along the back that I tried to capture in the pictures. This uke has had the bridge and tuners replaced. Uke, g, 1900-1994 US, Reading, Pennsylvaniaīanjo, uke and (hawaiian) lap steel guitar player. This is an exceptional Roy Smeck Vitta Ukulele, 80 of the Vitta Ukuleles you will encounter are in very poor condition because the mahogany back and sides were prone to cracking and almost always did. Up for sale is a nice Harmony Roy Smeck 'Vita-Uke' Ukulele manufactured between 1927-1935. From that great American guitar company, Harmony, with the imprimatur of the great Roy Smeck, the Eddie van Halen/Steve Vai of his day, albeit with ukuleles.