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.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 1 November 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 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.
Songs 6 November 2016 Red Poppy, The "The Red Poppy" was written by our own BUG member, Charles de Lint in 2004.
Songs 5 November 2016 You Were On My Mind "You Were on My Mind" is a popular song written by Sylvia Fricker in 1962. It was originally performed by Fricker and her then husband-to-be Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it for their 1964 album, Northern Journey.
Songs 5 November 2016 I'm Henry The VIII, I Am "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" (also "I'm Henery the VIII, I Am" or "I'm Henry VIII, I Am"; spelled "Henery" but pronounced "'Enery" in the Cockney style normally used to sing it) is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston.
Songs 4 November 2016 Sherry "Sherry" is a song written in 1962 by Bob Gaudio, who was the organist/singer with The Four Seasons.
Songs 4 November 2016 All I Have To Do Is Dream "All I Have to Do Is Dream" is a popular song made famous by the Everly Brothers, written by Boudleaux Bryant of the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, and published in 1958.
Songs 3 November 2016 Seven Old Ladies (Got Stuck In A Lavatory) "What Can the Matter Be?", also known as "Johnny's So Long at the Fair" is a traditional nursery rhyme that can be traced back as far as the 1770s in England. There are several variations on its lyrics.
Songs 3 November 2016 Proud Mary "Proud Mary" is a rock song written by John Fogerty and first recorded by his band Creedence Clearwater Revival and released in 1969.
Songs 1 November 2016 Bus Stop "Bus Stop" is a song recorded and released as a single by the British pop band The Hollies in 1966. It reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the Hollies' first US hit, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard charts in September 1966.
Songs 1 November 2016 He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" also known as "The Wreck of the Nancy Lee" - words and music by Arthur Le Clerq (circa 1932). Billed as a comedy fox trot.
Songs 1 November 2016 Streets Of London "Streets of London" is a song written by Ralph McTell. It was first recorded for McTell's 1969 album Spiral Staircase but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974.
Songs 28 February 2016 Hanging Tree, The Hanging Tree" is a song performed by composer James Newton Howard featuring vocals from American actress Jennifer Lawrence for the 2014 film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, in the third installment of The Hunger Games film series.
Songs 31 December 2015 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a song written and performed by Scottish duo The Proclaimers (Charlie and Craig Reid), and first released as the lead single from their 1988 album Sunshine on Leith.
Songs 1 November 2015 Wonderful World "Wonderful World" (occasionally referred to as "(What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke.
Songs 27 July 2015 Yes It Is "Yes It Is" is a song by the Beatles, released in 1965. Written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) it was first released as the B-side to "Ticket to Ride".
Songs 23 June 2015 House Of The Rising Sun "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans; many versions also urge a sibling to avoid the same fate.
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 2013 Somebody That I Used To Know "Somebody That I Used to Know" is a 2011 song written by Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter Gotye, featuring New Zealand singer/guitarist Kimbra.
Songs 4 March 2013 Boat On The River I'm hearing bass, I'm hearing accordion or melodion, I'm hearing tambourine, I'm hearing BUGS...this song has it all!
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 2 November 2011 Hallelujah "Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian recording artist Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984).
