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.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 1 November 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 1 November 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.
Songs 6 April 2018 May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" is a 1965 novelty song performed by Little Jimmy Dickens.
Songs 1 April 2018 She's Not There "She's Not There" is the 1964 debut single by British rock band The Zombies, written by organist Rod Argent.
Songs 24 March 2018 Abilene Abilene is a song written by Bob Gibson, Albert Stanton, Lester Brown and John D. Loudermilk, and recorded by American country music artist George Hamilton IV.
Songs 4 February 2018 Help Me Rhonda "Help Me, Rhonda" (originally published as "Help Me, Ronda") is a song written and composed by Brian Wilson with additional lyrics by Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys.
Songs 4 November 2017 Calendar Girl "Calendar Girl" is a song by Neil Sedaka. The music was composed by Sedaka and the lyrics by Howard Greenfield. Recorded in 1960 and released in 1961, it was a Top-5 hit single for Sedaka, peaking at #4 on the US charts and #1 on the Canadian and Japanese charts.
Songs 25 October 2017 Western Union "Western Union" is a 1967 song written and recorded by the American rock band The Five Americans.
Songs 19 October 2017 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.
Songs 3 September 2017 One Tin Soldier "One Tin Soldier" was written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Canadian pop group The Original Caste recorded the song in 1969.
Songs 4 August 2017 Mother Nature's Son "Mother Nature's Son" is a song written primarily by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released by the Beatles on The Beatles ("the White Album"). It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India.
Songs 29 July 2017 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was primarily written and composed by John Lennon, with additional input claimed by Paul McCartney. The song is credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 20 July 2017 Sound Of Silence, The "The Sound of Silence", originally "The Sounds of Silence", is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon over a period of several months in 1963 and 1964
Songs 3 July 2017 Eleanor Rigby Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, released on the 1966 album Revolver and as a 45 rpm single. The song continued the transformation of the Beatles from a mainly rock and roll- and pop-oriented act to a more experimental, studio-based band.
Songs 25 June 2017 Girl "Girl" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and performed by the Beatles on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. "Girl" was the last complete song recorded for that album.
Songs 29 April 2017 You're No Good "You're No Good" is a song written by Clint Ballard, Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Songs 22 April 2017 Hang Me, Oh Hang Me Dave Van Ronk just missed the boat—check out the Cohen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis to get my meaning.
Songs 20 April 2017 Sunny "Sunny" is a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released.
Songs 3 April 2017 Up On The Roof "Up on the Roof" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded in 1962 by The Drifters: released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart and number 4 on the U.S. R&B singles chart.
Songs 2 April 2017 I Count The Tears When Ben E. King became the Drifters' lead singer in 1958 – the entire group had been replaced by their manager – he took over from the wildly successful Clyde McPhatter.
Songs 1 April 2017 Good Luck Charm "Good Luck Charm" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the week ending April 21, 1962.
Songs 3 March 2017 Seven Drunken Nights "Seven Drunken Nights" is an Irish version of a humorous folk song most famously performed by The Dubliners.
Songs 8 February 2017 Doo Wah Diddy Diddy "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group The Exciters.
Songs 2 February 2017 You Never Can Tell "You Never Can Tell", also known as "C'est La Vie" or "Teenage Wedding", is a song written by Chuck Berry. It was composed in the early 1960s while Berry was in federal prison for violating the Mann Act.
