Five Famous Ukulele Players

1.    Elvis Presley or the “King of Rock and Roll” was no stranger to the ukulele. In the 1961 film, “Blue Hawaii” Elvis performs the title song, “Blue Hawaii” with ukulele in tow.
i.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Z6YESdefA

2.    Paul McCartney, one of the most famous members of the Beatles, also has experience with the ukulele. In this rendition of ‘Something,” Paul performs a live tribute to George Harrison at his Back in the U.S. tour in 2002.
i.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2z09DmoU14

3.    Elvis Costello is “an English singer-songwriter. He began his career as part of London’s pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk/New Wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s.” (Source: Wikipedia) In this performance of “The Scarlet Tide,” Elvis Costello sings acapella with his ukulele.
i.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZIRMne2w0

4.    Jack Johnson is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, well- known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. Here is a video of Jack performing, with his ukulele in hand, “Breakdown” Live from the Kokua Festival in 2010. (Source: Wikipedia)
i.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRwQnEBEW8

5.    Taylor Swift, one of the most popular singer-songwriters of this generation, performs “Fearless” for the first time live, in Savannah, on a ukulele.  Getting around her promise not to play anything new on her guitar, no one ever mentioned the ukulele being off limits!
i.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV9FY2PRsSM