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18999000 | Play | Lulu's Back In Town | 04:17 Tools | |
18999001 | Play | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 03:15 Tools | |
18999023 | Play | Moonlight In Vermont | 03:44 Tools | |
18999003 | Play | I'm Beginning To See The Light | 02:53 Tools | |
18999033 | Play | Have You Met Miss Jones | 03:06 Tools | |
18999002 | Play | Little Girl Blue | 02:51 Tools | |
18999025 | Play | Playmates | 02:32 Tools | |
18999011 | Play | Ritz Cracker | 02:15 Tools | |
18999006 | Play | Solamente Una Vez (You Belong To My Heart) | 02:50 Tools | |
18999029 | Play | Sunday | 02:08 Tools | |
18999007 | Play | Tangerine | 03:23 Tools | |
18999026 | Play | Sweet Joan | 02:29 Tools | |
18999021 | Play | How About You | 02:49 Tools | |
18999015 | Play | Where Or When | 04:03 Tools | |
18999008 | Play | Triste | 04:33 Tools | |
18999005 | Play | Bluesette | 01:22 Tools | |
18999013 | Play | Satin Doll | 03:37 Tools | |
18999009 | Play | The Girl from Ipanema | 04:12 Tools | |
18999019 | Play | Beginner's Luck | 03:18 Tools | |
18999012 | Play | A Felicidade | 04:02 Tools | |
18999017 | Play | No Moon At All | 03:20 Tools | |
18999010 | Play | Besame Mucho | 03:29 Tools | |
18999016 | Play | Blue Monk | 03:49 Tools | |
18999014 | Play | Lil' Darlin' | 03:52 Tools | |
18999018 | Play | Emily | 03:39 Tools | |
18999020 | Play | Old In New Mexico | 02:45 Tools | |
57197041 | Play | How About You? | 01:49 Tools | |
18999027 | Play | Tonight You Belong To Me | 01:31 Tools | |
18999022 | Play | Rainforest Waltz | 03:07 Tools | |
18999024 | Play | I'm Old Fashioned | 03:58 Tools | |
18999047 | Play | Blue Hawaii | 02:35 Tools | |
18999043 | Play | Polka Dots And Moonbeams | 03:36 Tools | |
18999036 | Play | Rose Room | 04:09 Tools | |
57197042 | Play | Clean From Porterville | 02:51 Tools | |
18999030 | Play | Leis Of Jazz | 02:51 Tools | |
18999049 | Play | The Song Is You | 03:35 Tools | |
57197046 | Play | Stompin' At The Savoy | 02:52 Tools | |
18999060 | Play | Pick-A-Lili | 02:27 Tools | |
57197047 | Play | On The Beach At Waikiki | 02:52 Tools | |
57197043 | Play | Blue Lou | 03:35 Tools | |
18999038 | Play | Perjazz | 02:52 Tools | |
18999054 | Play | Skylark | 03:23 Tools | |
57197045 | Play | Hana Maui | 02:52 Tools | |
57197044 | Play | Blues On A Ukulele | 03:35 Tools | |
18999052 | Play | Fly Me To The Moon | 01:49 Tools | |
57197048 | Play | Solamente Una Vez | 02:52 Tools | |
18999055 | Play | Don't Get Around Much Any More | 03:15 Tools | |
57197049 | Play | Autumn Leaves | 03:15 Tools | |
18999068 | Play | Joy Spring | 05:48 Tools | |
18999058 | Play | Just The Way You Are | 02:39 Tools | |
57197050 | Play | As Time Goes By | 02:39 Tools | |
57197051 | Play | Dream | 02:39 Tools | |
18999042 | Play | Lulu | 04:18 Tools | |
57197052 | Play | Honeysuckle Rose | 02:39 Tools | |
18999063 | Play | Lover | 01:34 Tools | |
57197053 | Play | Unforgettable | 04:18 Tools | |
57197056 | Play | For Sentimental Reasons | 00:57 Tools | |
57197054 | Play | Embraceable You | 04:18 Tools | |
18999053 | Play | How High The Moon | 00:57 Tools | |
57197055 | Play | I Will Wait For You | 00:57 Tools | |
57197057 | Play | St. Thomas | 00:57 Tools | |
57197058 | Play | My Romance | 00:57 Tools | |
57197059 | Play | I'll Never Smile Again | 00:57 Tools | |
57197060 | Play | All The Things You Are | 00:57 Tools | |
57197061 | Play | In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning | 00:57 Tools | |
57197062 | Play | All The Thing You Are | 00:57 Tools | |
18999057 | Play | Laura | 02:13 Tools | |
57197063 | Play | Lulu's Back In Town - Ian Whitcomb & His Bungalow Boys | 00:57 Tools | |
18999035 | Play | I Love Ukulele | 03:24 Tools | |
18999031 | Play | Aren't You Glad You're You | 03:18 Tools | |
57197066 | Play | Make Somebody Happy | 03:48 Tools | |
57197067 | Play | Cracker | 03:48 Tools | |
57197064 | Play | September Song | 03:24 Tools | |
57197074 | Play | At The Magic Laundromat | 04:18 Tools | |
57197065 | Play | Time ( Must Have Done A Funny Thing To Me) | 03:18 Tools | |
18999032 | Play | Charade | 03:08 Tools | |
18999028 | Play | Sway | 03:48 Tools | |
57197070 | Play | Lulu"s Back in Town | 04:41 Tools | |
57197073 | Play | Hana | 04:18 Tools | |
57197068 | Play | Quiet Nichts Of Quiet Stars | 02:13 Tools | |
89571235 | Play | Have You Seen Miss Jones | 02:13 Tools | |
18999034 | Play | Runnin' Wild | 02:02 Tools | |
18999039 | Play | That Old Gang of Mine | 03:10 Tools | |
87691003 | Play | Honolulu | 03:10 Tools | |
57197069 | Play | Fly Me To The Moom | 03:10 Tools | |
18999045 | Play | Give Me the Simple Life | 04:41 Tools | |
57197071 | Play | Song For Anna | 04:41 Tools | |
57197072 | Play | Redemption Song (Instrumental) | 04:41 Tools | |
18999069 | Play | I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues | 04:18 Tools | |
87691004 | Play | Here's That Rainy Day | 04:18 Tools |
Lyle Ritz (January 10, 1930 — March 3, 2017) was an American jazz ukulele musician, who was a key part of the Hawaii ukulele genre. As part of the Wrecking Crew, Ritz contributed to many American pop hits from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. He was inducted to the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum in 2007 and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. Lyle Ritz began his music career as a college student working at the Southern California Music Company in Los Angeles, CA. Responsible for the small goods department, he demonstrated instruments including the ukulele, which was being popularized by Arthur Godfrey at the time. He purchased a Gibson tenor ukulele for his own use. Drafted into the US Army during the Korean War, Ritz played tuba in the United States Army Band. Stationed at Fort Ord, Ritz learned to play the acoustic bass. While on leave, Ritz visited the Music Company and played a few tunes on the ukulele at the urging of his colleagues. Unbeknownst to him, Guitarist Barney Kessel, a talent scout for Verve Records, was standing there. After hearing Ritz play, Kessel approached him and made the connection that resulted in his first commercial records. Verve released Ritz's first ukulele record, How About Uke?, in 1957. 50th State Jazz was released in 1959. Both records became very popular in Hawaii and started a wave of new ukulele players. However, the records had only limited popularity on the mainland. To support himself, Ritz abandoned the ukulele and became a session musician on the bass guitar. He joined the Wrecking Crew, a popular group of studio musicians in the Los Angeles recording industry. Ritz compiled over 5,000 credits including such notable tracks as Herb Alpert's "Taste of Honey", The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", and the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations". Other notable recording artists he backed up include Sonny & Cher, The Monkees, Herb Ohta, Dean Martin, and Linda Ronstadt. He also played bass on television soundtracks including The Rockford Files, Name That Tune, and Kojak. In 1979 Ritz was hired to play the ukulele in place of Steve Martin when Martin was shown playing in The Jerk. In 1980, Ritz was a musician playing bass on Face the Music a game show centered on musical puzzles. Roy Sakuma, a fellow ukulele player and record producer, looked up Ritz in 1985 and brought him to Hawaii for the Annual Ukulele Festival. Ritz had no idea how popular his Verve records still were in Hawaii, but he participated at the festival during the next three years. In 1988 he decided it was time to retire from the circuit, but he continued to play; his third album, Time, was released by Roy Sakuma Records the same year. In 1999, Jim Beloff, founder of Flea Market Music, put together the annual UKEtopia concert in California. Among the notable events was Bill Tapia and Ritz trading jazz licks in an impromptu cutting contest. In 2005, Ritz purchased an Apple laptop and a copy of GarageBand, software used to make home recordings. After a half year's work, he completed a new solo album, No Frills, released in 2006. He recorded the bass track using a synthesizer so he could concentrate on the jazz ukulele. Ritz was inducted to the Ukulele Hall of Fame in 2007. His citation reads in part: "Ritz will always be known as the brilliant pioneer in the area of ukulele jazz." Discography 1957 How About Uke? - Verve Records 1959 50th State Jazz - Universal Distribution 1998 Time - MVM 2001 Ukulele Duo - JVC Victor 2004 How About Uke? (Re-Release) -Verve Records 2005 A Night of Ukulele Jazz Live at McCabe's - Flea Market Music 2006 No Frills - Flea Market Music 2007 I Wish You Love - CD Baby / PDX Uke 2007 Becky & Lyle Bossa Style - CD Baby Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.