Tuesday 21 August 2012

Sisters on Ukulele

Hi, y'all!

First of all I would like to say Happy Eid Mubarak for those who celebrate it. 

Andnow, I would like to post two videos of me and my sister. We were home during Eid Mubarak, and we did a little collaboration with her playing the uke and me singing. 

The first video we made was Tonight You Belong To Me. This song originally recorded by Irvin Kaufman in 1926, but then made famous by Gene Austin in 1927 and re-recorded by Patience and Prudence in 1954.



This song was also performed by Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in the 1979 movie The Jerk. Jazz ukulele player, Lyle Ritz, actually played the uke accompaniment for the scene. 




This second video was a song from a Malaysian singer by the name Zee Avi. We played the song called Kantoi, in Malaysian language, "kantoi" means "busted". The song tells a story how a girl found out that her boyfriend was cheating on her. Check the original song here.

So, please tell me what do you think ;)

Cheers!