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 9 May 2015 Daydream "Daydream" is a popular song written by John Sebastian, published in 1966. The song was originally recorded that year by Sebastian's group The Lovin' Spoonful and released on their album of the same title.
Songs 3 May 2015 If I Were A Carpenter "If I Were a Carpenter" is a song written by Tim Hardin. Hardin's recording appeared on his 1967 album Tim Hardin 2. In 1970 a duet cover by Johnny Cash and June Carter went to number 2 on the country chart.
Songs 7 April 2015 Can't Take My Eyes Off You "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli.
Songs 27 March 2015 Hello Mary Lou "Hello Mary Lou" is a song written by U.S. singer Gene Pitney and Cayet Mangiaracina, first recorded by Johnny Duncan in 1960, and later by Ricky Nelson in 1961.
Songs 12 January 2015 Marvelous Toy, The "The Marvelous Toy" was written in 1961 by Tom Paxton an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Songs 8 January 2015 Mr. Bojangles "Mr. Bojangles" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the same title. The song is notated in two time signatures: 3/4 and 6/8.
Songs 9 November 2014 If I Had A Hammer "If I Had a Hammer" was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1949, and was first recorded by their band the Weavers.
Songs 9 November 2014 Me And Bobby McGee "Me And Bobby McGee" was written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by Roger Miller. Roger Miller was the first artist to have a hit with the song, peaking with it at No. 12 on the US country chart in 1969.
Songs 8 November 2014 Ruby Tuesday "Ruby Tuesday" is a song recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1966, released in January 1967.
Songs 27 October 2014 Little Boxes "Little Boxes" was written by Malvina Reynolds, a social activist and writer of protest songs.
Songs 20 October 2014 Walking To New Orleans "Walking to New Orleans" is a 1960 song by Bobby Charles and Dave Bartholomew written for and recorded by Fats Domino.
Songs 11 August 2014 I Should Have Known Better "I Should Have Known Better" is a song by English rock band the Beatles composed by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and originally issued on A Hard Day's Night, their soundtrack for the film of the same name released on 10 July 1964.
Songs 11 August 2014 Across The Universe "Across the Universe" is a song recorded by the Beatles in 1969. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 11 August 2014 Twist And Shout "Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). The song was originally titled "Shake It Up, Baby" and recorded by the Top Notes. It first became a chart hit as a cover single by The Isley Brothers.
Songs 11 August 2014 Don't Pass Me By "Don't Pass Me By" is a song by the Beatles from the double album The Beatles (also known as the "White Album"). It was the first solo composition by Ringo Starr.
Songs 11 August 2014 Strawberry Fields Forever "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with "Penny Lane".
Songs 27 July 2014 I'm Only Sleeping "I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. In the United States and Canada, it was one of the three tracks that Capitol Records cut from the album and instead included on Yesterday and Today, released two months before Revolver.
Songs 23 July 2014 Yesterday "Yesterday" was recorded by The Beatles in 1965. A melancholy song written by Paul McCartney, and he was the only one of the Beatles who sang it.
Songs 23 July 2014 Lady Madonna "Lady Madonna" is a song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney in 1968 and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 4 April 2014 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Songs 14 February 2014 Aline "Aline" is a single by French singer Christophe. The song became one of the a big hit in France during the summer of 1965, selling one million records.
Songs 10 February 2014 Chapel Of Love "Chapel of Love" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, and made famous by The Dixie Cups in 1964, spending three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Songs 9 February 2014 To Sir With Love "To Sir With Love" is the theme from James Clavell's 1967 film To Sir, with Love, sung by Lulu.
Songs 4 February 2014 House At Pooh Corner "House at Pooh Corner" is a song written by Kenny Loggins in the 1960's when he was just 17, based on the popular children's book of the same name.
