Featured BUG Jams & Events 23 December 2024 IMPORTANT NEWS! You will now always have a seat at BUG! How? Beginning with our jam on March 20, 2024, all folks must have a ticket to be admitted to our BUG Jams at Red Bird. Please share this news with anyone you know who comes to BUG!
Featured BUG Jam 01/25 23 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! January 15, 2025 Happy New Year! Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 23 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! February 19, 2025 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam Videos 20 December 2024 2024 - December BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on December 18, 2024, at Red Bird Live - a full house of enthusiastic ukers! We're in Ottawa Ontario Canada - join us to strum, sing, and be merry! It's FUN! And you don't need to be any good.
Songs 4 March 2013 Boat On The River I'm hearing bass, I'm hearing accordion or melodion, I'm hearing tambourine, I'm hearing BUGS...this song has it all!
Songs 19 January 2013 Kokomo "Kokomo" is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988.
Songs 22 December 2012 Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash.
Songs 16 August 2012 Imagine "Imagine" is a song written and performed by English musician John Lennon and released in 1971.
Songs 6 August 2012 I'll Follow The Sun "I'll Follow the Sun" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It is a ballad written primarily and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 6 August 2012 I Want To Hold Your Hand "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment.
Songs 6 August 2012 Maxwell's Silver Hammer "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by Paul McCartney, although credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 6 August 2012 A World Without Love "A World Without Love" is a song recorded by the British duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964. It was included on the duo's debut album in the UK, and in the US on an album of the same name.
Songs 6 August 2012 From Me To You "From Me to You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in April 1963 as their third single. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
Songs 23 July 2012 Crippled Inside "Crippled Inside" is a song written and performed by John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine.
Songs 25 May 2012 Wild World "Wild World" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It first appeared on his fourth album, Tea for the Tillerman, recorded and released in 1970.
Songs 17 May 2012 San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" is an American pop music song, written by John Phillips in 1967, and recorded by Scott McKenzie.
Songs 1 May 2012 Homeward Bound "Homeward Bound" is a song written by Paul Simon and recorded by the music duo Simon & Garfunkel in 1964. It was released as a single on January 19, 1966.
Songs 20 April 2012 City Of New Orleans "City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman (and first recorded for Goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.
Songs 6 April 2012 Help Me Make It Through The Night "Help Me Make It Through The Night" is a country music ballad written and composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.
Songs 2 February 2012 On A Slow Boat To China "On A Slow Boat to China", sometimes called "(I'd Like To Get You On A (Slow Boat To China)" is a popular song by Frank Loesser, published in 1948.
1950's 15 November 2011 Home for the Holidays "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" is a popular song published in 1954, commonly associated with the Christmas and holiday season.
Songs 15 November 2011 Santa Baby "Santa Baby" is a song performed by American singer Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra and originally released in 1953. The song was written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer, who also used the pseudonym Tony Springer in an attempt to speed up the song's publishing process.
Songs 15 November 2011 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945. It was written in Hollywood, California during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions.
Songs 15 November 2011 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949.
Songs 15 November 2011 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft.
Songs 11 November 2011 They're Red Hot "They're Red Hot" is a song originally performed and written by blues musician Robert Johnson and released in July 1937.
Songs 9 November 2011 Smile "Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie Modern Times.