Twin Cities Music Highlights

Ukuleles: 1925

Ukuleles were all the rage in 1925, and Wendell Hall, the “Red Headed Music Maker” and the “Pineapple Picador,” played one on WCCO radio.  He was a big deal – Eveready Batteries sponsored him and painted their tops red in his honor!

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