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 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 2 June 2014 Cousin Mary Fludd was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s, best known for their 1973 hit "Cousin Mary".
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 1 February 2014 Build Me Up Buttercup "Build Me Up Buttercup" is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals. Young had replaced Clem Curtis during 1968 and this was the first Foundations hit on which he sang.
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 5 January 2014 Bye Bye Love "Bye Bye Love" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by the Everly Brothers.
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 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 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 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 11 July 2012 A Summer Song "A Summer Song" is a 1964 song by the English pop music duo Chad & Jeremy. The song was written by duo partner Chad Stuart with Clive Metcalfe and Keith Noble.
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 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 18 May 2012 Daydream Believer "Daydream Believer" is a song composed by John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. The song was originally recorded by The Monkees in 1967, with Davy Jones singing lead vocals.
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 6 May 2012 Letter, The "The Letter" is a song written by Wayne Carson that was first recorded by the American rock band The Box Tops in 1967.
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.
Songs 30 January 2012 Come A Little Bit Closer "Come a Little Bit Closer" is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans.
Songs 29 January 2012 Little Arrows Little Arrows, a 1968 hit recorded by Leapy Lee begs to be sung in February! An ear worm for sure, and sure to become a cult classic!
Songs 25 January 2012 Happy Together "Happy Together" is a 1967 song from The Turtles' album of the same name. Released in February 1967, the song knocked The Beatles' "Penny Lane" out of the number one slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's only chart-topper in the United States.
