Featured BUG Jam Videos 21 November 2024 2024 - November BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on November 20, 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.
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Featured BUG Jam 12/24 1 November 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! December 18, 2024 Don your gay apparel and festive hats and join us for an evening of seasonal songs and revelry! Yule enjoy yours-elves! Our motto - you don’t need to be any good.
Songs 19 January 2013 Yellow Bird Choucoune (Haitian Creole: Choukoun) is a 19th-century Haitian song composed by Michel Mauléart Monton in 1893 with lyrics from an 1883 poem by Oswald Durand.
Songs 19 January 2013 Jamaica Farewell "Jamaica Farewell" is a mento about the beauties of the West Indian Islands. Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music.
Songs 19 January 2013 Under The Boardwalk "Under the Boardwalk" is a hit pop song written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick and recorded by The Drifters in 1964.
Songs 19 January 2013 Moonlight Swim Words by Sylvia Dee, music by Ben Weisman and first recorded by Nick Noble in 1957 and released on Mercury Records. Re-recorded by Elvis Presley for the soundtrack album from Blue Hawaii.
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 22 December 2012 Stand By Me "Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller.
Songs 16 December 2012 White Christmas "White Christmas" is a 1942 Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The version sung by Bing Crosby is the world's best-selling single with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.
Songs 16 December 2012 Christmas in Killarney "Christmas in Killarney" is an Irish Christmas song written by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh and Frank Weldon in 1950.
Songs 16 December 2012 We Wish You A Merry Christmas "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England. The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol.
Songs 4 December 2012 An Old Christmas Card Many of Jim Reeves' Christmas songs have become perennial favorites including "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", "Blue Christmas" and "An Old Christmas Card".
Songs 13 October 2012 Turn Around "Turn Around" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene, and Harry Belafonte and made popular by Dick and Dee Dee.
Songs 13 October 2012 Zombie Jamboree "Jumbie Jamberee" is a calypso song credited to Conrad Eugene Mauge, Jr. In 1953 Lord Intruder released the song as the B-side to "Disaster With Police". The song is also known as "Zombie Jamboree" and "Back to Back".
Songs 6 August 2012 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" is an American popular song published in 1931, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, and first recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931.
Songs 11 July 2012 Honolulu Rock-a Roll-a Moon Mullican once stated, "We gotta play music that'll make them goddamn beer bottles bounce on the table".
Songs 11 July 2012 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland with orchestra conducted by John Dixon. BRIAN WAS A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE WHEN HE RECORDED THIS!
Songs 2 July 2012 Those Lazy-Crazy-Hazy Days Of Summer "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" is a popular song composed by Hans Carste. It was originally written as "Du spielst 'ne tolle Rolle", with German lyrics by Hans Bradtke (de), and was first recorded under that title in 1962 by Willy Hagara.
Songs 10 June 2012 These Boots Are Made For Walkin' "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra in 1966
Songs 7 June 2012 Rhythm Of The Rain "Rhythm of the Rain" is a song performed by The Cascades, released in November 1962. It was written by Cascades band member John Claude Gummoe.
Songs 3 June 2012 Angel of the Morning Written and composed by New York City-born songwriter Chip Taylor, "Angel of the Morning" was originally offered to Connie Francis to sing, but she turned it down because she thought that it was too risqué for her career.
Songs 21 May 2012 Georgy Girl "Georgy Girl" is a song recorded by the Australian folk music group the Seekers. It was used as the title song for the 1966 film of the same name.
Songs 6 May 2012 Sentimental Journey "Sentimental Journey" is a popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by Les Brown and Ben Homer, and the lyrics were written by Bud Green.
Songs 11 April 2012 Frankie And Johnny "Frankie and Johnny" (sometimes spelled "Frankie and Johnnie"; also known as "Frankie and Albert" or just "Frankie") is a traditional American popular song.
Songs 2 April 2012 Gambler, The "The Gambler" is a song written by Don Schlitz, recorded by several artists, most famously by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. Don Schlitz wrote this song in August 1976 when he was 23 years old.
