Table of Content
6 Acknowledgments 7 Overture 9 From Portugal To Paradise The Uke Goes Hawaiian: 1879-1915 17 California, Here I Come Mania on the Mainland: 1915-1920 27 Give My Regards to Broadway The Uke, Tin Pan Alley and the Roaring Twenties 43 The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round The Great Early Players 57 Makin' Whoopee The Pioneer Makers and Manufacturers 71 Happy Days Are Here Again The Resurgent Ukulele: 1945-1953 83 Say It With Music Contemporary Virtuosos and Personalities 101 Matchmaker, Matchmaker Putting the Ukulele Together, with Woods and with People 117 I Found a Million Dollar Baby In a Five and Ten Cent Store) The Craze of Collecting 125 There's No Business Like Uke Business The Ins and Outs of the Ukulele Trade 131 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here Ukulele Clubs and Congregations 138 Refrain 139 Resources 140 Ukulele 101 142 Ukulele Chords 144 Photo Credits
