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Featured BUG Jam 05/24 1 January 2024 BUG "Dance Party" Jam Live @ Red Bird! May 15, 2024 It's a dance party theme - 'cuz who doesn't dance around the Maypole in May! Any songs with the word "dance" in them, or any songs that are your favourites to dance to! Don't worry - no dancing required just enthusiastic uke playing and singing! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 06/24 1 January 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! June 19, 2024 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Songs 20 March 2016 Doggie In The Window, The "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a popular novelty song published as having been written by Bob Merrill in 1952 and very loosely based on the folk tune, Carnival of Venice.
Songs 25 October 2015 Rawhide "Rawhide" is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine.
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 7 April 2015 Can't Take My Eyes Off You "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli.
Songs 8 January 2015 We'll Meet Again "We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Dame Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles.
Songs 27 November 2014 Aspenglow "Aspenglow" is by John Denver and appears on the album "Take Me To Tomorrow" (1970) and on the album "Rocky Mountain Christmas" (1975).
Songs 24 November 2014 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a Christmas song written in 1951 by Meredith Willson. The song was originally titled "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas".
Songs 27 October 2014 Memories Are Made Of This "Memories Are Made of This" is a popular song written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller in 1955. The song was first issued by Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff's Orchestra and The Columbians. Carson's version reached No. 53 on Billboard's Top 100 chart.
Songs 2 July 2014 You, You, You "You, You, You" is a popular song published in 1953. The music was written by Lotar Olias, the original German lyrics by Walter Rothenberg, with English lyrics written by Robert Mellin. The song was a major hit for The Ames Brothers in 1953.
Songs 28 May 2014 Having My Baby, (You're) "(You're) Having My Baby" is a song written and recorded in 1974 by Canadian singer Paul Anka (born and raised in our own city of Ottawa, Ontario).
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 22 January 2014 Perhaps Love "Perhaps Love" is a song that John Denver wrote and originally recorded as a duet with Plácido Domingo. The song appeared on Domingo's 1981 album of the same title. "Perhaps Love" is the only song on the album with Denver's vocals alongside Domingo's.
Songs 28 December 2013 Diana The song "Diana" brought Ottawa native Paul Anka stardom in 1957 as it rocketed to #1 on the Canadian and U.S. music charts. "Diana" is one of the best selling singles ever by a Canadian recording artist.
Songs 8 December 2013 Must Be Santa "Must Be Santa" is a Christmas song written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks and first released in November 1960 by Mitch Miller. A cover version by Tommy Steele reached Number 40 on the UK Singles Chart in the same year.
Songs 23 March 2013 Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Desi Arnaz (1948), Bing Crosby (1951), Doris Day (1964), Cake (1996), The Pussycat Dolls (2008), and many others, have all given this song a go! Why not us?
Songs 19 January 2013 Yellow Bird Choucoune (Haitian Creole: Choukoun) is a 19th-century Haitian song composed by Michel Mauléart Monton in 1893 with lyrics from an 1883 poem by Oswald Durand.
Songs 16 December 2012 White Christmas "White Christmas" is a 1942 Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The version sung by Bing Crosby is the world's best-selling single with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.
Songs 16 December 2012 Christmas in Killarney "Christmas in Killarney" is an Irish Christmas song written by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh and Frank Weldon in 1950.
Songs 2 July 2012 Those Lazy-Crazy-Hazy Days Of Summer "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" is a popular song composed by Hans Carste. It was originally written as "Du spielst 'ne tolle Rolle", with German lyrics by Hans Bradtke (de), and was first recorded under that title in 1962 by Willy Hagara.
Songs 6 May 2012 Sentimental Journey "Sentimental Journey" is a popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by Les Brown and Ben Homer, and the lyrics were written by Bud Green.
Songs 27 January 2012 I Love How You Love Me "I Love How You Love Me" is a song written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber.
Songs 25 January 2012 Side By Side "Side by Side" is a popular song with lyrics by Gus Kahn and music by Harry M. Woods written in 1927, now considered a standard. It has been recorded by many artists, but is probably best known in a 1953 recording by Kay Starr. (Wikipedia)
Songs 14 January 2012 April Showers "April Showers" is a popular song with music written by Louis Silvers and lyrics by B. G. De Sylva. First published in 1921, it is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer. ("So keep on looking for a bluebird, and waiting for his song.")