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Tiny Tim ~ Keeping My Troubles To Myself
vinyl 12" 45 rpm front cover
cover photo by Willyoung
photo of record cover by Styrous®
Today is the birthday of American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist of Tiptoe Through the Tulips fame, Herbert Buckingham Khaury aka professionally as Tiny Tim.
Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age. At the age of five, his father gave him a vintage wind-up Gramophone
and a 78-RPM record of "Beautiful Ohio" by Henry Burr. He would sit for
hours listening to the record. At the age of six, he began teaching
himself guitar. When he was eleven years old, he began learning to play the violin and later, the mandolin and the ukulele.
By his pre-teen years, he developed a passion for records, specifically
those from the 1900s through the 1930s. He began spending most of his
free time at the New York Public Library,
reading about the history of the phonograph industry and its first
recording artists. He researched sheet music, often making photographic
copies to take home to learn and became an aficionado of vaudeville and early twentieth century music and its singers, e. g. Rudy Vallée, a hobby he continued for his entire life.
Tiny Tim ~ Keeping My Troubles To Myself
vinyl 12" 45 rpm back cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®He was actually a baritone and did not have such a bad voice as witness his covers of the classic songs Highway to Hell by AC/DC, Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees and, somehow, it seems totally apporpirate that in 1988 he did a cover of the Frank Sinatra classic, My Way (links below).
Tiny Tim ~ Keeping My Troubles To Myself
vinyl 12" 45 rpm back cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®On September 28, 1996, Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack just as he began
singing at a ukulele festival at the Montague Grange Hall in Montague, Massachusetts. He had recorded a video interview earlier that same day at the Montague Bookmill). He
was hospitalized at the nearby Franklin County Medical Center in Greenfield
for approximately three weeks before being discharged with
admonitions not to perform again because of his health, weight, and
dietary needs for his diabetic and heart conditions. He ignored the
advice.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A1 - The Bible My Mother Left For Me - 4:02
A2 - Forever Miss Dixie - 4:15
Side 2:
B1 - Keeping My Troubles To Myself - 4:15
B2 - The Last Mile Of The Way - 5:23
Companies, etc.
Side 1:
A1 - The Bible My Mother Left For Me - 4:02
A2 - Forever Miss Dixie - 4:15
Side 2:
B1 - Keeping My Troubles To Myself - 4:15
B2 - The Last Mile Of The Way - 5:23
Companies, etc.
Pressed By – EMI Custom Records
Notes:
A Noive and Voive production for Street of Dreams.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
A Noive and Voive production for Street of Dreams.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout: YPRX 2095A
Matrix / Runout: YPRX 2095B
Matrix / Runout: YPRX 2095B
Tiny Tim – Keeping My Troubles To Myself
Label: Noive & Voive – YPRX 2095
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Mini-Album
Country: Australia
Released: 1983
Genre: Pop
Style: Novelty
YouTube links:
The Bible My Mother Left For Me
Label: Noive & Voive – YPRX 2095
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Mini-Album
Country: Australia
Released: 1983
Genre: Pop
Style: Novelty
Viewfinder links:
NY Times ~ Tiny Tim Dies at 64 With Fame
Roger Ebert ~ The last days of Tiny Tim
RollingStone ~ Tiny Tim: His hard road to success interview
Ukulele Magazine ~ The Strange and Improbable Rise of the Bizarre Tiny Tim YouTube links:
The Bible My Mother Left For Me
Styrous® ~ Monday, April 12, 2020
Tiny Tim - 1968
photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty
“Death is never polite, even when we expect it.”
~ Tiny Tim
