Flea Market Music Flea Market Music Flea Market Music is an American company which publishes and sells ukulele related books and music. Flea Market Music was founded in 1992 by Jim Beloff and his wife, Liz Beloff, to publish music books for the ukulele community. A guitarist for many years, Jim bought a used Martin ukulele at a flea market and later left his job with Billboard Magazine to make a full-time career of promoting the ukulele. The company name combines the meaning of ukulele in Hawaiian, "Jumping Flea", and the purchase of Beloff's first ukulele at the Rose Bowl Flea Market. Flea
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