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.
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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.
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Songs 5 May 2023 Angelina "Angelina" was written by Irving Burgie, sometimes known professionally as Lord Burgess, an American musician and songwriter, regarded as one of the greatest composers of Caribbean music.
Songs 4 May 2023 Jump In The Line "Jump In The Line” also known as “Jump In The Line (Shake, Senora)” is a calypso song composed by Lord Kitchener in 1946 and best known from a version recorded by vocalist Harry Belafonte in 1961.
Songs 4 May 2023 California Stars "California Stars" is from the 1998 album "Mermaid Avenue" of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco.
Songs 22 March 2023 Ain't It A Beauty (aka Garden Hose Song) "Ain't It A Beauty (aka Garden Hose Song)" recorded by Cliff Ferré in 1956.
Songs 2 February 2020 To Morrow " I Want to Go to Morrow ," also called "To Morrow," is a novelty song written by Lew Sully in 1898 and recorded by Dan W. Quinn in 1902. It was later adapted and recorded by Bob Gibson, and further popularized by the Kingston Trio.
Songs 8 February 2017 If You Could Read My Mind "If You Could Read My Mind" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.
Songs 1 June 2016 Mummers’ Dance, The "The Mummers' Dance" is a single from the album The Book of Secrets in 1997. The song was a surprise hit in the United States, reaching #3 in the Adult Top 40, #17 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and #18 on The Billboard Hot 100.
Songs 30 October 2015 Coat Of Many Colors "Coat of Many Colors" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dolly Parton, which has been described on a number of occasions as her favorite song she has written.
Songs 10 May 2015 Pussywillows, Cat-Tails "Pussywillows, Cat-tails" is the 8th track on Gordon Lightfoot's third album, "Did She Mention My Name", released in 1968.
Songs 27 March 2015 Happy "Happy" is a song written, produced, and performed in 2013 by American singer Pharrell Williams, from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack album. It also served as the lead single from Williams' second studio album, Girl (2014).
Songs 27 October 2014 Little Boxes "Little Boxes" was written by Malvina Reynolds, a social activist and writer of protest songs.
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 21 October 2013 Make You Feel My Love "Make You Feel My Love" is a song written by Bob Dylan from his album Time Out of Mind (1997). It was first released commercially by Billy Joel, under the title "To Make You Feel My Love", before Dylan's version appeared later that same year.
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 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 8 May 2012 Canadian Railroad Trilogy The "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is a song written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot that describes the building of the trans-Canada Canadian Pacific Railway in the early 1880s.
Songs 2 April 2012 King Of The Road "King of the Road" is a 1964 song written and originally recorded by country singer Roger Miller.The popular crossover record hit No. 1 on the US Country chart, No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Easy Listening surveys. It was also No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart, and in Norway.
Songs 19 January 2012 Sloop John B "Sloop John B" is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription by Richard Le Gallienne, titled "The John B. Sails" was published in 1916, and a version was included in Carl Sandburg's folk song book, The American Songbag, in 1927.
Songs 23 August 2011 Sundown "Sundown" is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, released as a single in March 1974.
