Ian Whitcomb (1941–2020)

Author of After the Ball

About the Author

Ian Whitcomb has been entertaining the world for over forty years. He formed the rock group Bluesville and hit the American and UK Top Ten in 1965 with "You Turn Me On." The follow-up, "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night?" spotlighted Ian on his new Martin ukulele. He is the show more author of the classic history of pop music After the Ball and Rock Odyssey, not to mention four ukulele songbooks. In 1998, he produced the Grammy-winning CD Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage. He wrote and sang most of the songs for the ukulele feature movie Stanley's Gig and provided music for many other films, including The Cat's Meow and Last Call. He lives in California. show less

Works by Ian Whitcomb

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After the Ball (1972) 71 copies

Rock Odyssey: A Chronicle of the Sixties (1960's) (1983) 22 copies

Irving Berlin and Ragtime America (1987) 22 copies

Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage (1998) 14 copies, 1 review

Tin Pan Alley (1975) 8 copies, 1 review

The beckoning fairground : notes of a British exile in lotus land (1993) 5 copies

Mel Bay Presents Songs of the Jazz Age (1999) 5 copies

Mel Bay presents The Cat's Meow: Ukulele Favorites from the Roaring Twenties (2003) 4 copies

Lotus Land (1979) 4 copies

Ukulele Heroes: The Golden Age (2012) 4 copies

Mel Bay Ukulele Heaven: Songs from the Golden Age of the Ukulele (2000) 3 copies

Ukulele Heaven: Songs From the Golden Age of the Ukulele Plus Eight New Songs for a New Age (w/CD) (2000) 3 copies

Whole Lotta Shakin' (1982) 3 copies

Resident Alien the Hilarious Adventures (1990) 3 copies

Mel Bay Uke Ballads : A Treasury of 25 Love Songs Old and New (2001) 3 copies

Meet John F. Kennedy 2 copies

Treasures of Tin Pan Alley (1995) 2 copies

Songs of the Ragtime Era (Book & CD) (1997) 2 copies

Titanic Tunes: Songs from Steerage (1998) 2 copies

Don't say goodbye, Miss Ragtime 1 copy

Crooner tunes 1 copy

Songs from the Titanic Era: Light Classics, Musical Comedy Numbers, Waltzes and Ragtime Songs (CD) 1 copy

Songs Without Words 1 copy

Sentimentally Yours (audio CD) 1 copy

Red Hot Blue Heaven (1979) 1 copy

Old friends 1 copy

Let the rest of the world go by 1 copy

Yellow underground 1 copy

My wife is dancing mad 1 copy

Pianomelt 1 copy

At the ragtime ball 1 copy

Ian Whitcomb in Hollywood 1 copy

Best of Ian Whitcomb 1 copy

Oceans of love 1 copy

Boogie woogie jungle snake 1 copy

On the street of dreams 1 copy

Sock me some rock 1 copy

Ian Whitcomb's mod, mod music hall 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Princess and the Goblin (1872) — Narrator, some editions — 6,649 copies, 73 reviews

The Princess and Curdie (1883) — Narrator, some editions — 2,524 copies, 24 reviews

The Best American Sports Writing 2001 (2002) — Contributor — 50 copies

A Christmas Carol [1997 film] (1997) — Voice — 18 copies

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Legal name: Whitcomb, Ian Timothy
Birthdate: 1941-07-10
Date of death: 2020-04-19
Gender: male
Education: Trinity College, Dublin
Occupations: singer
songwriter
actor
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Woking, Surrey, England, UK
Places of residence: Altadena, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): UK

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Lemeritus 1,438 reviews

Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage by Ian Whitcomb

INFORMATION-This album contains the following tracks:
01 - (3:11) The White Star March
02 - (2:25) The Convergence Of The Twain (Lines On The Loss Of The "Titanic")
03 - (2:03) Glow-Worm (Glühwürmchen)
04 - (2:53) Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix (My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice)
05 - (5:19) In The Shadows
06 - (2:17) Oh, You Beautiful Doll
07 - (4:05) Music Hall Waltz Medley
08 - (2:22) The Mosquito's Parade
09 - (3:26) The Merry Widow Waltz
10 - (2:26) Alexander's Ragtime Band
11 - (2:34) Somewhere A Voice show more Is Calling
12 - (3:20) Music Hall March Medley
13 - (3:06) Selections From The Musical Comedy The Arcadians
14 - (1:47) Shine On Harvest Moon
15 - (1:52) That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune
16 - (5:03) Destiny
17 - (1:54) Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
18 - (4:00) Salute D'Amour (Love's Greeting)
19 - (2:36) Frankie And Johnny (You'll Miss Me In The Days To Come)
20 - (2:54) Silver Heels
21 - (2:20) Lily Of Laguna
22 - (1:46) Moonstruck
23 - (5:49) Songe D'Automne (Dream Of Autumn)
24 - (1:45) Raggin' The Waves show less

Mar 12, 2014

leslie440 399 reviews

Tin Pan Alley by Ian Whitcomb