Showing posts with label Tiny Tim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tiny Tim. Show all posts
May 19, 2026
May 18, 2026
Tiny Tim ~ Tiptoe through the Tulips
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Nick Lucas - 1929
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On Saturday, May 18, 1968, the Tiny Tim song Tiptoe Through the Tulips, was released. It
was originally a number one hit for Nick Lucas in 1929.
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Tiptoe Through the Tulips published in 1929, was written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke and made popular by guitarist Nick Lucas. On February 5, 1968, Tiny Tim made the song a novelty hit by singing it on the popular American television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
It was in the musical "talkie" film Gold Diggers of Broadway. Lucas's recording held the number 1 position for 10 weeks. Other artists charted with the song in 1929, including Jean Goldkette (number 5), Johnny Marvin (number 11), and Roy Fox (number 18).
The Tiny Tim version of the song plays in Insidious, the first installment of the titular franchise of the same name, as well as the fifth film of the series, Insidious: The Red Door. A cover version by American rock band Cherry Glazerr is played in the trailer of the franchise's third installment and prequel, Insidious: Chapter 3.
Tiny Tim's last words immediately before collapsing from a fatal heart attack on stage were: "No, I'm not." These
final words occurred after a November 30, 1996, benefit gala
performance at the Women's Club of Minneapolis. Feeling ill, he left the
stage to join his wife, Susan. When she asked if he was all right, he
replied with "No, I'm not" before collapsing. He later passed away at a
local hospital. On November 30, 1996, Tiny Tim died. He was 64 years Old.
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September 5, 2025
Howard da Silva articles/mentions
mentions:
Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake ~ The Blue Dahlia
Martha Schlamme ~ The World Of Kurt Weill In Song
Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake ~ The Blue Dahlia
Martha Schlamme ~ The World Of Kurt Weill In Song
October 4, 2023
Roger Ebert articles/mentions
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mentions:
Bagdad Cafe LaserDisc
Tiny Tim ~ Keeping My Troubles To Myself
Roger Ebert - 1970
photo by Art Shay
December 22, 2021
Marcia Donahue ~ An Octopus' Garden in Winter
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Photos by Styrous®
Seven years ago, Tom and I along with our friends from Barcelona, Ana Briongos and Toni Alsina, visited the spellbinding garden of sculptor Marcia Donahue in Berkeley on a warm August afternoon (link below).
Ana and Toni are here again for Christmas and they wanted to revisit the garden. What
could be a better way to celebrate the holiday on a cold winter day? So,
off we trekked to her house. Marcia was out of town but her daughter was there and the garden was open, so, we
entered Marcia's fantasy world.
Although there aren't any, for some reason, when I am in her garden, I think of the 1969 song by The Beatles, Octopus' Garden, which was written by Ringo Starr.
It's a bouncy, happy song that always makes me feel good when I listen
to it. It's been covered by everyone, almost, in every form imaginable,
even a ukulele group (links below); now that I think about it, I wonder why Tiny Tim didn't.
Net links:
Berkeleyside ~ How Quirky is Berkeley? Marcia Donahue’s amazing world
Danger Garden ~ Where I return to the garden of Marcia Donahue
Fine Gardening ~ A Definition of Vertical Gardening – Marcia Donahue
Marin Art & Garden Center ~ An impossible hybrid in the gardens
Pacific Horticulture ~ Marcia’s Garden: a Conversation
Succulents & More ~ Serendipity in the jungle: Marcia Donahue’s art garden View from a Berkeley Optimist ~ Quirky Berkeley walk
Weird Homes ~ Art Garden
Works & Conversations ~ An Anti-Ivory Tower Device: Donahue Interview
YouTube links:
The Beatles ~
Octopus's Garden Composition Session (January 6 & 23, 1969)
Octopus' Garden (isolated guitars & piano)
Octopus' Garden (lyrics) Octopus's Garden (Punk Cover)
BEAT-LELE - Octopus's Garden (Ukulele Tribute)
Friends School of Baltimore 6th Grade Zoom - Octopus's Garden
The Hit Crew ~ Octopus's Garden (instrumental version)
Karaoke version - Octopus's Garden
Muppets - Octopus's Garden
Raffi - Octopus's Garden
Mr. Yen's 2nd grade interpretation - Octopus's Garden 
Styrous®, Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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