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! It's FREE and you don’t need to be any good.
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 9 January 2015 Love Potion #9 "Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by the Clovers, who took it to number 23 on the US as well as R&B charts that year.
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 24 October 2014 Blueberry Hill "Blueberry Hill" is a popular American song published in 1940, best remembered for its 1950s rock and roll version by Fats Domino. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis.
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 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 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 22 January 2014 Cupid "Cupid" is a song by American singer Sam Cooke, released on May 16, 1961.
Songs 5 January 2014 I'm Into Something Good "I'm into Something Good" is a song composed by Gerry Goffin (lyrics) and Carole King (music) and made famous by Herman's Hermits in 1964.
Songs 20 September 2013 Spooky "Spooky" was originally an instrumental song performed by saxophonist Mike Sharpe (Shapiro), written by Shapiro and Harry Middlebrooks, Jr., which first charted in 1967 hitting #57 on the US pop charts.
Songs 15 September 2013 Runaway "Runaway" is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit.
Songs 17 August 2013 I’m A Believer "I'm a Believer" is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by The Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by Micky Dolenz.
Songs 7 May 2013 I Only Want To Be With You "I Only Want to Be with You" is a rock and roll song written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde and recorded by British singer, Dusty Springfield.
Songs 8 April 2013 Bald-Headed Lena "Bald-Headed Lena" was written by Edward Snead and Willie Lee Perryman (also known as Piano Red and Dr. Feelgood) and was first released by Dr. Feelgood and The Interns in 1962.
Songs 5 April 2013 Windy "Windy" is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by the Association. Released in 1967, the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of that year. Overseas, it went to No. 34 in Australia, and No. 3 in Yugoslavia.
Songs 19 January 2013 Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song; the best-known version was released by Jamaican-American singer Harry Belafonte in 1956 and later became one of his signature songs.
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 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 Heat Wave "Heat Wave" is a 1963 song written by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team. It was first made popular by the American Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas.
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 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 10 November 2012 Mr. Spaceman "Mr. Spaceman" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds and was the third track on their 1966 album, Fifth Dimension. It was released as the third single from the album in September 1966, reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, but failing to chart in the United Kingdom.
Songs 19 October 2012 My Back Pages "My Back Pages" is a song written by Bob Dylan and included on his 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan.
Songs 19 October 2012 Mr. Tambourine Man "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released as the first track of the acoustic side of his March 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The song has been performed and recorded by many artists, including The Byrds.
