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 1 April 2018 When You Wore A Tulip Music by Percy Wenrich, Lyrics by Jack Mahoney. Publication date: 1914
Songs 4 November 2017 Calendar Girl "Calendar Girl" is a song by Neil Sedaka. The music was composed by Sedaka and the lyrics by Howard Greenfield. Recorded in 1960 and released in 1961, it was a Top-5 hit single for Sedaka, peaking at #4 on the US charts and #1 on the Canadian and Japanese charts.
Songs 4 November 2017 Tin Pan Alley Medley Tin Pan Alley was the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters, in a specific area of Manhattan, who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Songs 26 October 2017 Only A Broken Heart "Only A Broken Heart" comes from Wildflowers is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on November 1, 1994.
Songs 25 October 2017 Western Union "Western Union" is a 1967 song written and recorded by the American rock band The Five Americans.
Songs 25 October 2017 Cold Cold Ground "Cold Cold Ground" is a song from Tom Waits' 10th studio album "Franks Wild Years" released in 1987.
Songs 25 October 2017 Learning To Fly "Learning To Fly" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was written in 1991 by Tom Petty and his writing partner Jeff Lynne for the album "Into the Great Wide Open".
Songs 25 October 2017 Bobcaygeon "Bobcaygeon" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in February 1999 as a single from their sixth album, Phantom Power, and has come to be recognized as one of the band's most enduring and beloved signature songs.
Songs 19 October 2017 Total Eclipse Of The Heart "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983.
Songs 19 October 2017 Shape Of You "Shape of You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released as a digital download on 6 January 2017 as one of the double lead singles from his third studio album (2017), along with "Castle on the Hill".
Songs 19 October 2017 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.
Songs 4 August 2017 Mother Nature's Son "Mother Nature's Son" is a song written primarily by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released by the Beatles on The Beatles ("the White Album"). It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India.
Songs 24 February 2017 McNamara's Band "McNamara's Band" (originally "MacNamara's Band") is a popular song composed in 1889 by Shamus O'Connor (music) and John J. Stamford (lyrics).
Songs 11 November 2016 A Pittance of Time A HUGE THANKS TO TERRY KELLY FOR LETTING US POST THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG FOR OUR GROUP with the understanding that the piece and songsheet is for private use only and remains non commercial – no compensation is extended to anyone.
Songs 6 November 2016 Red Poppy, The "The Red Poppy" was written by our own BUG member, Charles de Lint in 2004.
Songs 30 August 2016 This Train Is Bound For Glory "This Train", also known as "This Train Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.
Songs 6 January 2016 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was written by Robert Hazard, who only recorded a demo of it in 1979. Robert Hazard wrote this song from a male point of view. Cyndi Lauper changed the lyrics with Hazard's approval.
Songs 31 December 2015 Don't Stop Believin' "Don't Stop Believin'" is a song by the American rock band Journey, originally released as a single from their seventh studio album Escape (1981).
Songs 31 December 2015 Every Breath You Take "Every Breath You Take" is a song by English rock band The Police from their 1983 album Synchronicity.
Songs 8 September 2015 Sweet Caroline "Sweet Caroline" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single with the title "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)".
Songs 30 June 2015 Downtown "Downtown" is a song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark in 1964, became an international hit, reaching number one in Billboard Hot 100 and number two in UK Singles Chart.
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 15 June 2013 Call Of Angels "Call Of Angels" is a song from Canadian Bluesman Manitoba Hal Brolund's 2008 album "Little Box Of Sadness".
Songs 2 April 2013 Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day.
