#Somewhere over the rainbow ukelele full
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This music sheet has been read 32411 times and the last read was at 09. Preview over the rainbow from the wizard of oz for ukulele ensemble with vocals and optional flute solo is available in 6 pages and compose for beginning difficulty.

#Somewhere over the rainbow ukelele full

In the UK, it has been in the lower reaches of the Top 100 for nearly a year, and gets a full release later this month. Over The Rainbow From The Wizard Of Oz For Ukulele Ensemble With Vocals And Optional Flute Solo. Its success in Germany (where it has sparked a boom in ukulele sales) is simply down to an enterprising record label falling in love with it and promoting it to radio. C Where troubles melts like lemon drops, Em high above the chimney tops, Am F that's where you'll find me, oh Verse 3 : C Em F C Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly F C G Am F and the dreams that you dare to, oh, why, oh why can't I I-I-I, oh. 'Every time we believe it's waning, something occurs that brings it to the top of people's minds again,' says Bernstein. Bridge : C Someday I'll wish upon a star, Em Am F wake up where the clouds are far behind me.

#Somewhere over the rainbow ukelele tv

Since Iz's death, it has been licensed to scores of commercials, movies and TV shows, including ER and Life on Mars, driving sales to more than 2.5m units in the US alone and making it a popular choice at weddings and funerals. C One day I'll wish upon a star G Am F Wake up where the clouds are far behind me C Where troubles melt like lemondrops G High above the chimney tops A F That's where you'll find me C G Oh. The album was a huge hit in Hawaii and, later, the US mainland, but Somewhere Over the Rainbow (in both medley and edited form) has taken on a life of its own. The medley languished unheard until Iz's producers tagged it on to the end of his 1993 album Facing Future. But his career and health were in turmoil in 1988, when he spontaneously dropped into a recording studio in Honolulu at four in the morning and performed a plaintive acoustic medley of Somewhere Over the Rainbow with Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World.

The 38-year-old, known affectionately as Iz, was the giant of Hawaiian music, famed for the sweet strength of his voice and his celebration of native Hawaiian culture. When Kamakawiwo'ole died in 1997, weighing more than 1,000lb, thousands of fans attended his funeral.

'Well I'd really love to,' Bernstein replied, 'but he's dead.' But any new fans hoping to see him perform will be as disappointed as the song's publisher, who heard the version a few years ago, realised the lyrics were slightly wrong, and asked Leah Bernstein at the Mountain Apple record label if she could ask him to re-record it. F or the past eight weeks, the biggest-selling song in Germany has been a cover version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow by a morbidly obese, ukulele-playing Hawaiian named Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.