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 6 August 2012 Penny Lane "Penny Lane" was Paul McCartney's ode to the Liverpool he knew as a child, but the song also had a hidden inspiration: His white-hot competitive streak.
Songs 6 August 2012 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song credited to Lennon–McCartney that appears on the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing he called "Lucy—in the sky with diamonds".
Songs 6 August 2012 Here Comes The Sun "Here Comes the Sun" is a song written by George Harrison that was first released on the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road. Along with "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", it is one of Harrison's best-known compositions from the Beatles era.
Songs 6 August 2012 Please Please Me "Please Please Me" is a song and the second single released by English rock group the Beatles in the United Kingdom, and the first to be issued in the United States. It was also the title track of their first LP, which was recorded to capitalise on the success of the single.
Songs 6 August 2012 From Me To You "From Me to You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in April 1963 as their third single. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
Songs 6 August 2012 P.S. I Love You "P.S. I Love You" is a song recorded by English rock band the Beatles in 1962. It was composed principally by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and produced by Ron Richards.
Songs 6 August 2012 Things We Said Today "Things We Said Today" is a song by English rock band the Beatles written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 30 July 2012 Till There Was You "Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Willson for his musical play The Music Man (1957), and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version.
Songs 25 July 2012 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was written and sung by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released on the album Help! in August 1965.
Songs 24 July 2012 Let It Be "Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternate mix) as the title track of their album Let It Be. At the time, it had the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning its chart run at number 6.
Songs 23 July 2012 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a song by the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles (often called "the White Album"). Although credited to Lennon–McCartney, the song was written solely by Paul McCartney.
Songs 23 July 2012 Back In The U.S.S.R. "Back in the U.S.S.R." is a 1968 song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, and credited to the songwriting partnership Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 23 July 2012 Nowhere Man "Nowhere Man" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in December 1965 on their album Rubber Soul, except for in the United States and Canada, where it was first issued as a single A-side in February 1966 before appearing on the album Yesterday and Today.
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 9 May 2012 Ticket To Ride "Ticket to Ride" is a song by the English rock group the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
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 6 May 2012 Loco-motion, The "The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Songs 5 February 2012 And I Love Her "And I Love Her" is a song recorded by English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney).
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 14 January 2012 When I'm 64 "When I'm Sixty-Four" is a song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released in 1967 on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Songs 7 October 2011 Rain "Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was first released in May 1966 as the B-side of their "Paperback Writer" single. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the album Revolver although neither appears on that album.