On Thursday 2nd November 2023, we observe the Day of the Dead by honoring the music of those musicians who passed away this past year and recent years. Rest in Peace (RIP) Christine McVey, Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Gordon Lightfoot, Tony Bennett, Sinead O’Connor, …. See the list of musicians who died in 2023. Join us for this special session of 3 Chord Thursday. Please wear solid solemn color of either black or white or both. (Gray is also acceptible.)
Warm Up Lesson
At 3 PM on 2nd November, I will show different ways to end a song. This portion will not be publicly livestreamed but will be recorded and available to all paid subscribers and registered students in Fall 2023. [At our previous 3 Chord Thursday session, I showed several ways of introducing a song.]
The Line-Up
- Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude in C [5] (Jimmy Buffett) – Ginny (NJ) (2-page PDF)
- Nothing Compares to You in C [6] (Sinead O’Connor) – Bruce (IT) (2-page PDF in C)(2-page PDF in F)
Song Suggestions
When musicians die, they leave behind a musical legacy. We are so fortunate to be able to share their music, as we have done in previous years. Below are the top hits of the solo artists that have left us this year, listed chronologically by birth year and alphabetical order by song title. Look for the song sheets on OzbCoz and also by googling the song title in quotation marks followed by the words ukulele and pdf.
Which of these songs are accompanied primarily on the piano? Indicate with a double asterisk **.
Can you tell which keys the songs have been performed in our YouTube Playlist and Spotify Playlist?
Tony Bennett (b. 1926)
- Because of You
- Fly Me to the Moon (playalong video)
- I Left My Heart in San Francisco (playalong video)
- The Way You Look Tonight
Harry Belafonte (b. 1927)
- A Hole in the Bucket
- Banana Boat Song “Day O” (playalong video)
- Jamaica Farewell
- Jump in the Line
- Matilda, Matilda
Gordon Lightfoot (b. 1938)
- Carefree Highway
- Early Morning Rain
- If You Could Read My Mind
- Rainy Day People
- Sundown (playalong video)
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Tina Turner (b. 1939)
- The Best (Simply the Best)
- Goldeneye
- Private Dancer
- Proud Mary
- We Don’t Need Another Hero
- What’s Love Got To Do With It
Christine McVie (b. 1943)
- Don’t Stop
- Little Lies
- Over & Over
- Songbird ** (playalong video)
- You Make Loving Fun
Jimmy Buffett (b. 1946)
- Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude
- Cheeseburger in Paradise
- Come Monday
- Margaritaville
Sinead O’Connor (b. 1966)
- Nothing Compares 2U
- Troy
There are many three chord songs but 3 Chord Thursday is not limited to 3 chords!! We always start with a warm up at 3 pm EDT followed by two poses for a group photo with our sunglasses and ukuleles. Then we announce our line-up. If there’s no request beforehand, we take impromptu requests and line them up. We aim to end an hour later at 4 pm EDT.
What time is 3 Chord Thursday?
There are two weeks in the year when the time in the UK and East Coast USA have only a four hour gap. Here are the times for our song session on Thursday 2nd November 2023. You can enter Zoom at any time to set up and chit chat before we start.
- 20:00 CET (Venice, Italy)
- 19:00 GMT (UK)
- 3:00 PM EDT (East Coast USA)
- Noon PDT (West Coast USA)
- 9:00 AM HST (Hawaii)
Don’t forget your sunglasses!
- Register in Zoom for the Zoom link.
- Request a song to perform in advance to get in the line-up.
- Sign up for the FREE Ukulele Enthusiast e-Blast