Learning Ukulele with Curt
All 142 Songs
Non-searchable, no-frills list of every song, alphabetical by title.
- A Child is Born — A jazz ballad. It was written in 1969 by the jazz trumpeter Thad Jones and Alec Wilder and has since become a jazz standard.
- A Foggy Day — From the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress and originally titled "A Foggy Day (In London Town)".
- A Night in Tunisia — A musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie around 1941-2
- Ain't Misbehavin — by "Fats" Waller
- All Blues — by Miles Davis
- All My Loving — Written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and from the 1963 album With The Beatles.
- All The Things You Are — Written for the 1939 Musical "Very Warm for May".
- All of Me — A jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931.
- Any Song Will Do — When any song here can be used for the concepts in the lessons.
- Autumn Leaves — Originally it was a 1945 French song "Les Feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves").
- Beer Barrel Polka — Also known as Roll Out the Barrel, is a song which became popular worldwide during World War II.
- Bingo — Also known as "Bingo Was His Name-O" and "There Was a Farmer Who Had a Dog."
- Black Orpheus — A Boss Nova standard from the 1959 film, Orfeu Negro made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn.
- Blue Bossa — **Blue Bossa** is one of the easier songs that beginning jazz players tackle.
- Blue Skies — Written by Irving Berlin in 1926 as a last minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical, Betsy.
- Blues in G — A basic / standard I, IV, V blues in the key of G major.
- Bluesette — The “Toots” Thielemans Jass Classic
- Bogus Kanto Unu — Una canción falsa para probar.
- Bogus Song — Bogus entry for testing.
- Brown Eyed Girl — Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967.
- Call Me — A Tony Hatch composition first recorded by Petula Clark.
- Classical Gas — Composed and originally performed by Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew.
- Crazy — Composed by Willie Nelson.
- Cute — By Neal Hefti an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. Best known for the theme music for the Batman tel
- Danny Boy — Ballad written by Frederic Weatherly and usually set to the tune of the "Londonderry Air".
- Days Of Wine And Roses — days-of-wine-and-roses
- Desafinado — By Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by Newton Mendonça.
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore — A jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell.
- Donna Lee — A bebop jazz standard attributed to Charlie Parker.
- Eleanor Rigby — By The Beatles, originally released on the 1966 album Revolver.
- Embraceable You — A popular jazz song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- Every Breath You Take — Written by Sting, the single was the biggest hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks.
- Feliz Navidad — A Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano.
- Finding Love — Original song by Curt Sheller.
- Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue — An American popular song that achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s.
- Fly Me to the Moon — A popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954.
- Fm Blues — fm-blues
- Georgia — Georgia On My Mind
- Giant Steps — By John Coltrane, first appearing as the first track on the album of the same name (1960).
- Girl From Ipanema — The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) is an essential jazz standard that every jazz musician should know.
- God Bless This Child — Written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1939.
- Happy Birthday — Happy Birthday is now in the Public Domain.
- Happy Together — by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon
- Have You Meet Miss Jones — have-you-meet-miss-jones
- Heat Wave — Made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas.
- Hello Dolly, Mame, Cabaret Medley — hello-dolly-mame-cabaret-medley
- Here's that Rainy Day — Popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953.
- Hey, Good Lookin — By Hank Williams as a variation of a song of the same name, similar lyrics, and similar melody written by Cole Porter in 1942.
- Hide Away — King Blues Blues Classic
- How High the Moon — A jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis.
- How Insensitive — A bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, loosely based on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude No.4.
- I'll Remember April — Published in 1942 and written by Gene de Paul with the lyrics by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye
- I'm A Believer —
- Inspector Gadget — Composed by Shuki Levy & Haim Saban
- Irish Washerwoman — A traditional Irish jig.
- Jingle Bells — Published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857
- Jordu — jordu
- Joy Spring — A bebop standard by Clifford Brown.
- Just the Way Your Are — The classic Billy Joel song.
- Kelle Belle — An original jazz blues by Curt Sheller.
- Lady Is A Tramp — lady-is-a-tramp
- Light My Fire — A song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967.
- London Bridge — London Bridge Is Falling Dowm, also known as My Fair Lady.
- Lullaby of Birdland — By George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster"
- Maui Hawai'ian Sup'pa Man — This song immortalizes Maui, the mischievous demi-god and the great hero of Polynesian/Hawaiian folklore in song.
- Mele Kalikimaka — A Classic Hawai'ian Christmas Song from 1949.
- Michelle — michelle
- Midnight Cafe — An original song by Curt Sheller from his 2002 Midnight at the Jazz Cafe CD.
- Misty — A jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner.
- Moanin — A composition by Bobby Timmons, first recorded by Art Blakey's band on the 1958 album of the same title.
- Moon River — Composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) in 1961.
- Moondance — Title song on Van Morrison's 1970 album Moondance.
- Moonlight In Vermont — The lyrics are also unconventional in that each verse (not counting the bridge) is a haiku.
- Moonlight Serenade — moonlight-senerade
- My Favorite Things — From the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.
- My Funny Valentine — A show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms.
- Norwegian Wood — Written mainly by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership.
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da — Credited to Lennon–McCartney, but written by Paul McCartney.
- Oh! Susanna — The song was introduced by a local quintette at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm — A children's song and nursery rhymem.
- On Broadway — Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in collaboration with the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
- On Green Dolphin Street — Originally entitled "Green Dolphin Street" is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington.
- Pink Panther — An instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther.
- Pony Express — An orginal, bluegrass inspired song by Curt Sheller.
- QuickStart Aeolian Playalong Tracks — Aeolian Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar
- QuickStart Blues Playalong Tracks — QuickStart Blues - Minor Pentatonic Play-along Tracks
- QuickStart Dorian Playalong Tracks — Dorian play-along tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar
- QuickStart Ionian Playalong Tracks — Ionian Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar
- QuickStart Mixolydian Playalong Tracks — Mixolydian Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar
- QuickStart Pentatonic Playalong Tracks — Pentatonic Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar
- Red River Valley — A folk song and cowboy music standard of controversial origins that has gone by different names.
- Road Song — By guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1968. It reached number one on the Billboard Jazz album chart.
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree — By Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 on Decca.
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat — An English language nursery rhyme, and a popular children's song
- Sailors Hornpipe — Also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad is a traditional hornpipe melody.
- Satin Doll — A 1953 song by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
- Scrapple The Apple — scrapple-the-apple
- Shadow of Your Smile — shadow-of-your-smile
- Shiny Stockings — By Frank Foster.
- Silent Night — Composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.
- Soft Winds — soft-winds
- Solar — The first two measures of this song adorn Miles Davis' tombstone in Woodlawn Cemetery.
- Someday My Prince Will Come — From Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow — **Over the Rainbow** (often referred to as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow) is a classic ballad song with music by Harold Arlen.
- Spain — A modern jazz standard by Chick Corea.
- Spanish Eyes — Originally titles Moon Over Naples.
- St. James Infirmary Blues — Am American blues song of uncertain origin, made famous by Louis Armstrong in his 1928 recording,
- St. Thomas — The most recognizable instrumental in the repertoire of American jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins.
- Stairway to Heaven — From Led Zeppelin IV.
- Star Spangled Banner — The national anthem of the United States of America.
- Summer Samba — Also known as *So Nice* or its original Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão".
- Summers Dawn — From How About More Uke by Curt Sheller
- Summertime — Form the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
- Sunny — BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century".
- Super Mario Bros - Main Theme — Main Theme to Super Mario Bros is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo.
- Super Mario Bros - Underwater Theme — Theme to Super Mario Bros is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo.
- Super Mario Bros - Underworld Theme — Theme to Super Mario Bros is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo.
- Surf — Mainly a 1 6 4 5 chord progression like a lot of songs written in the fifties.
- Sway — The English version of ¿Quién será?, a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz.
- Take Five — Written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out.
- Take the A Train — Arguably the most famous of the many compositions to emerge from the collaboration of Ellington and Strayhorn.
- Tenderly —
- That's Right — fton the 1996 studio album by American musician George Benson
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight — Also known as "Wimoweh", "Wimba Way" or "Awimbawe", is a song written and recorded originally by Solomon Linda.
- There Will Never Be Another You — The song was published in 1942, and is one of the most widely known and performed standards of the jazz repertoire.
- This Land - Handwritten Melody and Chord Leadsheet — This Land is Your Land
- This Old Man — An English language children's song, counting and nursery rhyme.
- This Train — This Train is Bound for Glory
- Three Blind Mice — An English nursery rhyme and musical round.
- Tweaking the Daily Ukulele a.k.a, the Yellow Book — The Yellow book changes.
- Walk Don't Run — A rock'n'roll instrumental composition written and first performed by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1955.
- Wave — By Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on Jobim's 1967 album of the same name.
- West Coast Blues — A jazz classic by the last jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery.
- What What Happens — Written by **Michel Jean Legrand** (born 24 February 1932) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.
- What's New? — A 1939 popular song composed by Bob Haggart, with lyrics by Johnny Burke.
- When Sunny Gets Blue — A jazz standard written by Marvin Fisher and Jack Segal/
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps — Written by George Harrison of The Beatles for their double album The Beatles (also known as The White Album)
- Witchcraft — By Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Released as a single by Frank Sinatra, and reached number twenty in the US.
- Yesterday — Recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help.
- You Are The Sunshine of My Life — 1973 R&B pop single released by Stevie Wonder.
- You Send Me — By American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on September 7, 1957 by Keen Records.
- You've Got A Friend In Me — Theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story by Randy Newman