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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB) is a British musical ensemble founded in 1985 by George Hinchliffe and Kitty Lux as bit of fun. The orchestra features ukuleles of various sizes and registers from soprano to bass. The UOGB is best known for performing musically faithful but often tongue-in-cheek covers of popular songs and musical pieces from a wide variety of music genres taken "from the rich pageant of western music". The songs are often performed with a reinterpretation, sometimes with a complete genre twist, or well known songs from multiple genres are seamlessly woven together. Songs are introduced with light hearted deadpan humour, and juxtaposition is a feature of their act, the members of the orchestra wear semi-formal (black tie) evening dress and sit behind music sta

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rdfs:label	The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (de) The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (fr) The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (it) ザ・ウクレレ・オーケストラ・オブ・グレート・ブリテン (ja) Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (en) Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (sv)
rdfs:comment	The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ist eine komödiantische Musikgruppe, die Ukulelen in verschiedenen Registern spielen – darunter eine Bass-Ukulele (die allerdings nicht selten mit einer Gitarre verwechselt wird). (de) The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (in inglese L'Orchestra di Ukulele della Gran Bretagna), anche conosciuta con la sigla UOGB, è un ensemble musicale di ukulele in differenti registri, dall'ukulele soprano all'ukulele basso, fondato nel 1985, che esegue prevalentemente cover di vari generi musicali, dalla musica classica al pop in versione acustica e talvolta in chiave parodistica. (it) ザ・ウクレレ・オーケストラ・オブ・グレート・ブリテン (The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain)は、1985年に結成したイギリスのウクレレ音楽集団。 (ja) L'Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain est un groupe de musique britannique composé de 7 joueurs de ukulélé accompagnés par un joueur de ukulele basse (en fait une guitare acoustique basse). Le groupe : George Hinchliffe, Dave Suich, Peter Brooke-Turner, Hester Goodman, Richie Williams, Kitty Lux, Will Grove-White, Jonty Bankes (à la basse). Ils ont notamment fait des reprises de Je t'aime… moi non plus de Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny B. Goode de Chuck Berry et Wuthering Heights de Kate Bush.Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand de Ennio Morricone ou encore Shaft d'Isaac Hayes (fr) The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB) is a British musical ensemble founded in 1985 by George Hinchliffe and Kitty Lux as bit of fun. The orchestra features ukuleles of various sizes and registers from soprano to bass. The UOGB is best known for performing musically faithful but often tongue-in-cheek covers of popular songs and musical pieces from a wide variety of music genres taken "from the rich pageant of western music". The songs are often performed with a reinterpretation, sometimes with a complete genre twist, or well known songs from multiple genres are seamlessly woven together. Songs are introduced with light hearted deadpan humour, and juxtaposition is a feature of their act, the members of the orchestra wear semi-formal (black tie) evening dress and sit behind music sta (en) The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain är en grupp engelska musiker som sjunger och spelar olika typer av ukulele som sopran-, tenor-, baryton- och bas-, (men basen är egentligen en akustisk basgitarr). Ett av deras motton är: "six strings bad, four strings good". Orkestern som består av åtta personer, bildades 1985 och har kultförklarats i Storbritannien och har även rönt stor framgång i Sverige. De senaste åren har de uppträtt för utsålda hus på Reginateatern i Uppsala och på Scalateatern i Stockholm. Medlemmar i bandet är , , , , , , och (basukulele). (sv)
foaf:name	Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in 2018 (en)
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name	Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in 2018 (en)
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