CROONERS

The Crooners

What a joy it is to croon the songs of Tin Pan Alley.
This rich period of American music has everything from torch songs and romantic ballads to dance tunes and clever novelty songs. Tin Pan Ukulalley has a team of Crooners who have transcribed the chord sheets for many of these wonderful songs from the original sheet music, and have also interpreted and recorded many of our own favourites.
(If only we could do them all!)
The Tin Pan Ukulalley Crooners are
Nikos Voutsinas, Lyn Pan Talley, Dave Calvert, Alan Peschke, Mia Hess, Elizabeth Safley Brinker, A. J. Freeman & Judy Muldawer.

Ukulele Nick

Nikos Voutsinas lives in Athens, GR, and took up ukulele in 2017 after a long period of studying and playing bass and Jazz guitar with various groups during the last 20 years. He is also a writer of poetry and crime novels.

Lyn Pan Talley

Lynne Talley lives in Richmond, Virginia, USA, and sang in vocal trios for more than 30 years. She got her 1st ukulele in 2015 and has been teaching ukulele to children and performing solo in retirement homes for the past few years.

Dave Calvert

Dave Calvert is based in Yorkshire, UK and began playing ukulele in 2002 as a performer with British street theatre troupe The Pierrotters. He is also a theatre director and scholar, and has published articles on The Rat Pack.

Alan Peschke

Alan Peschke lives in the country near the small town of Sutherland Springs, Texas. He grew up singing a capella gospel music in church and learned most of his music theory while attending the Foundation School of Church Music every summer for many years. He got his first ukulele in 2014 and since 2015 has also enjoyed performing with a country music band for the local retirement home and at other local events.

Mia Hess

Mia Hess hails from Northeast Ohio, USA. She has been a professional Big Band and Jazz Singer since 1981 and a professional actress since 1970. She started playing the ukulele in 2015. She teaches ukulele, vocal coaching and conducts workshops called Singing For Ukulele Players.

Elizabeth Safley Brinker

Elizabeth Safley Brinker lives in the Washington DC area where she is a music teacher and performer. Liz started playing ukulele in 2015 to vary her musical repertoire and hasn’t put it down since.

A. J. Freeman

A. J. Freeman is a writer, teacher, director, producer, and performer originally from Los Angeles, now based in New York. As a writer she is working on several new musicals, including Hay Fever, Dear Brutus, Fables, Derailed, and In Other Words. She has over 12 years experience in educational theatre, directing dozens of full scale productions, and running her own literacy-based musical theatre program for low income students. Through this nonprofit, The Troupe, thousands of children in schools across Los Angeles received free reading books. The Troupe’s free musical theatre workshops and assemblies inspired students from all backgrounds to use their gifts and talents through visual and performing arts. She is also a cabaret performer, championing brilliant but forgotten music.

Judy Muldawer

Judy Muldawer (aka banjojudy) began her musical adventures by learning to play clawhammer banjo, but quickly learned that the ukulele was the most appropriate instrument to accompany her singing of songs from the Tin Pan Alley era. She and her husband perform as a duo in their home state of New Mexico, and have performed,led workshops and lectured about the history of this genre in other states as well.

With thanks to:

* Judy Muldawer (BanjoJudy) who collaborated on the pdf files with purple chord symbols.
* Jimmy Streeter for his valuable contribution to a number of song arrangements.
* special thanks to Ukesterbrown for helping to build this site.
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