THE GLASTONBURY UKULELE BAND
The Glastonbury Ukulele Band consists of “ukers” from Glastonbury and surrounding towns. Led by Dr. Jim Rosokoff (AKA "Dr. Uke"), a retired Glastonbury dermatologist, they perform throughout Connecticut. They play popular songs from many eras for parties, fund raisers, retirement communities and basically any place people want to sing those great songs. For several years they have accompanied a monthly community-wide singalong in Glastonbury. Audiences have enjoyed singing along to typical ukulele fare like “You Are My Sunshine” and “Five Foot Two.” Other songs are less readily associated with the ukulele, such as “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” “Why Do Fools Fall In Love,” and “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp-Ba-Bomp-Ba-Bomp).” Many genres of music are "on the table" for the band, including jazz, folk, rock, Elvis, Beatles, show tunes, and even Yiddish songs.
Other examples of our songs:
Sentimental Journey
Side By Side
I’m Sitting On Top of the World
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
I'd Like To Teach the World to Sing
Your Cheatin' Heart
I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
Once In Love With Amy
Blue Suede Shoes
My Blue Heaven
Honeycomb
Me and My Shadow
Yankee Doodle Dandy
We provide master songsheets so that copies can be made, and everybody can sing every word of every song. We have our own sound system, and require only an electrical outlet.