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This website is dedicated to Villager and friend Tony Taylor, who spent untold hours during 2018 and early 2019 creating this website. It would have gone a lot faster if he hadn't tried to bring me along and let me think that I was contributing to the project. Tony was stricken with a rare form of cancer in mid-2019 and given not many months to live. He chose not to prolong the suffering, went into Hospice care, and passed away on March 1, 2020, at the age of 77. Tony had been the picture of health. He loved riding his bike both solo and with the Bike Club. I think of Tony whenever I use this website and very often when not using it. Accordingly, I ask, whether you knew Tony or not, to be grateful for him and people like him who selflessly come alongside us in life and enrich our journey along the way.

Music has been dubbed “The soundtrack of our lives,” and for good reason. Nothing seems to identify a particular age group more than its music. While we may enjoy the music of our children’s era or our parents’ era, it is the music of our own era that speaks to our age group as a shared experience - almost a shared language. More than anything for me, personally, is the music that was popular during my high school days, be it doo-wop, rock and roll, ballads, or whatever I was hearing.

It has also been written that each of us, unique or different or freaky as we may be, should continue to sing our own song until that special someone comes along who recognizes our song and can sing it with us. You and your soulmate may share a song that no one else can hear. “Music is what feelings sound like.” 

Click on the following for collections of interest (see descriptions below):

Bluegrass

Evergreen Singers

Folksters songs (Lyrics)

Folksters songs (Chords)

Holiday Season
    
John’s Jams
Lost in the 50s

 Magic Moments

Saturday Sing-a-long (Lyrics)

Saturday Sing-a-long (Chords) 

Ukulele Club (Alpha)
Ukulele Club (Numeric)

 World of Music


    Ukulele Resources

  In Brief:

Bluegrass is a collection of over 120 chorded songs at present, from the bluegrass, gospel and country genres. 

Evergreen refers to the Evergreen Community Center, where a combination of Villagers and non-Villagers gathers to learn, rehearse and perform songs relating to various times of the year, such as Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Christmas, and so forth. Some songs are taken from popular musicals, as well. These are all lyrics-only songs.

Folksters is a collection of some 52 folk songs at present in both chorded and lyrics-only formats.

Holiday Season includes one or more versions of dozens of popular holiday songs, chorded or lyrics-only or both. Some chorded songs are presented in more than one key. The bright red color takes a bit of getting used to but hey, the holidays come but once a year!

John’s Jams is an eclectic selection of 45 or so fun songs, many of which were also chosen as “advanced ukulele” songs. All are chorded.

Lost in the 50s is a lyrics-only collection of pop and early rock favorites, mostly from the 50s. All bring back wonderful memories of our "growin' up" years.

Magic Moments is a collection of some 55 or more “pop songs” of the 1950s and 60s. They are all chorded songs.

Saturday Morning is a collection of over 100 songs at present, chosen for their familiarity and sing-along qualities. There are both chorded and lyrics-only sets of songs.

Ukulele Club includes both a numbered and alphabetized set of 155 songs at present. All are chorded. The collection includes holiday favorites and songs from the Hawaiian tradition, as well as many sing-along and popular favorites.

World of Music represents an extensive and growing collection of chorded and lyrics-only songs ranging from country and rock and roll, to “pop music” and the standards. These are generally songs that have not been introduced to any of the other collections, or that have been deleted or declined by the other collections. The quality of the copies varies, but all are deemed useful.
Other Music Websites
San Jose Ukulele Club

Humbolt Ukulele Group

Popular Ukulele Tunes
Jim Carey's Ukulele Songbook

 Chordie

Other Resources
Roger McGuinn's Folk Den