Lover/ Ukey-Ukulele
Perry Botkin
- Artist
- Perry Botkin
- Label
- Decca
- Catalog number
- 9-27162
- Format
- 7" · 45 RPM · Single
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1950
- Genre
- Pop
What’s on it
Lover/ Ukey-Ukulele has 2 tracks. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
ALover
- Written-By
- Rodgers & Hart
BUkey-Ukulele
- Written-By
- Perry Botkin
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Where it came from
Released by Decca Records in 1950, this 78-rpm single features Perry Botkin, a prolific arranger and bandleader who became a prominent figure in mid-century television music, notably serving as the musical director for The Burns and Allen Show. The record highlights the ukelele, an instrument that enjoyed a significant resurgence in American popular music during the late 1940s and early 1950s, bridging the gap between traditional Hawaiian-inflected pop and the evolving sounds of the postwar era.
The production reflects the polished, professional arrangements typical of Decca’s output during this period, utilizing the studio ensemble aesthetic that Botkin mastered throughout his career. While the track served as a showcase for the specific instrumental tone of the ukelele within a small-group pop context, it was part of a broader wave of light, approachable instrumental music marketed to the domestic record-buying public of the early 1950s.
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