Mele Kalikimaka Hawaiian Christmas Song Beginner Ukulele Tutorial - Ukulele Sisters

Learn to sing Merry Christmas the Hawaiian way with “Mele Kalikimaka” ukulele tutorial! “Mele Kalikimaka” is the other holiday song made famous by Bing Crosby (The Hawaiian Christmas Song). Of course everybody knows Crosby’s bestseller Christmas song, “White Christmas.” Get a copy of our best-selling book "21 Easy Ukulele Songs for Christmas" at http://ukulele.io/xmasnow for more Christmas ukulele songs! An abundance of Christmas songs feature mostly snow and sleigh, freezing temperatures, winter wonderland, white Christmas and other similar setting. But in some parts of the world like Hawaii, “Christmas will be green and bright” as the lyrics of “Mele Kalikimaka” goes. While the winter holiday songs croon about frolicking in a snow-covered wonderland, “Mele Kalikimaka” chants about sunshine and palm trees. Robert Alex Anderson wrote the lyrics to “Mele Kalikimaka” in 1949. Aside from this popular Christmas song, Anderson also wrote many other Hawaiian songs such as “Haole Hula,” “Punahou,” and “Lovely Hula Hands.” Crosby recorded “Mele Kalikimaka” in 1950 with The Andrews Sisters. Although Crosby’s recording was one of the earliest ones made, many subsequent covers and performances have been produced through the years. Jimmy Buffet released two recordings of “Mele Kalikimaka,” one in 1996 and another twenty years later which features ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimaburo. Bette Midler, who was born in Hawaii, included the song in her 2006 album, “Cool Yule.” More recent covers include those of Seth MacFarlane in 2014, Kacey Musgraves in 2016 and The Monkees in 2018. MORE FREE LESSONS AND TABS http://ukulele.io/free-stuff-offer LEARN UKULELE THE EASY WAY http://ukulele.io/Buy21Songs Book + 40 video lessons for one low price!    • Mele Kalikimaka Hawaiian Christmas Song Be...   - Mele Kalikimaka Hawaiian Christmas Beginner Ukulele Tutorial - 21 Ukulele Songs To learn lots more ukulele chords, try our playlist    • How to Play Ukulele Chords  . To spice up your strumming, try our playlist    • Ukulele Strums   Want to learn to play the theme music from our intro? Check out    • How to play intro to Somewhere over the Ra...  . #melekalikimaka #ukuleletutorial ukulele songs, easy ukulele songs for beginners, ukulele, ukulele songs for beginners, easy ukulele songs, beginner ukulele songs, Christmas ukulele, ukulele teacher, ukulele tutorial