I vividly remember seeing his first appearance on Laugh-In when I was a kid. My family just looked at each other in disbelief. We didn't know whether to laugh or not as he seemed to be performing seriously, but what he did was just so weird to us. He was an eccentric but had a great ear, and extensive knowledge of music that was mostly forgotten. He deserves respect for his talent and for the laughter he gave us..

@amierikke6225

10 ай бұрын

@helenbirch5719, that’s exactly what happened at my house, too! I remember it so well. And then when he married Miss Vicky on the Tonight show.

@hannahpumpkins4359

10 ай бұрын

I remember him on Laugh-In too!

@peachespavalko1980

10 ай бұрын

Oh, drats. I was a religious watcher of Laugh In and I somehow missed that. Thanks for sharing your story & opinion.

@SummerRain368

10 ай бұрын

Not that it’s competition, but I saw him in person in the late 70’d at a Police benefit in the USA. He was not the headliner. I believe Martha Reeves and Vandellas were. Although they had broken up before the late ‘70’s. But it was a long time ago so I could be wrong. I recall Joe Frazier the boxer was there with his one song he’d recorded too. 😄. The world could have done without that. 😅 Almost 50 yrs ago? Days are long but years fly by!

@helenbirch5719

10 ай бұрын

@@SummerRain368 You are fortunate!

Tim was both 70 years behind and ahead of his time.

@David-fp1fj

10 ай бұрын

Ahead of his Tim.

@FenceThis

10 ай бұрын

your face is 70 years ahead of its time

@David-kz6up

10 ай бұрын

Quite an accomplishment!! Now can he do the"Windmill" on that thing like Townsend?!!!! Ha. I bet brother Fil can!

@toneenorman2135

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. That was a lot of work,for you,and,very interesting for us:)

@dalem4039

10 ай бұрын

That is an interesting thought!

Thank you for another terrific analysis. My brother and I heard Tiny Tim perform live in Sydney Australia in January, 1980. At the end of his first set, his keyboard player came to our table and asked us if we were American. (we had been rather boisterous when Tiny Tim launched into a medley of America patriotic songs, such as "It's a Grand Old Flag.."). We told him we were and he asked us if we would like to meet him. He escorted us to a dark isolated booth where Tiny Tim was seated by himself. As we talked with him I explained that I played with a band that took a few songs from the early 20th century (e.g. "I Feel Like Steppin' Out" by Wille Dixon recorded by Leonard Carton). He really lit up then and began to explain that his purpose for choosing the songs and singing style he did was to try to bring awareness to an important musical era that had been all but forgotten. We took our conversation back to the dressing room where we shared different tunes (Tiny Tim on his ukulele and my brother on guitar). We even shared mailing addresses and kept in touch for awhile. A good song for Tiny Tim might be "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" written by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott, and Sol Marcus and made popular by The Animals. He did feel that he was misunderstood and had been taken advantage of. I'd love to hear him sing that tune with his amazing falsetto voice.

@SummerRain368

10 ай бұрын

What a great story! Thank you!

@graybeard2113

8 ай бұрын

Yes, excellent addition to the comments!

@Hector-yl1kh

5 ай бұрын

What great comment and reflection. I am old enough to remember him touring and making TV appearances in Australia myself.

@darlaalonzo2177

22 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing that amazing encounter and relationship with Tiny Tim. 🪄✨️🪄

Tim actually had a beautiful voice, but he could sing baritone and tenor. He sang 1930s type music but he didn't get any notice till this song. Great reaction

@katherinea.rodgers8366

10 ай бұрын

Yes he did.

@robertakerman3570

10 ай бұрын

I believe He did everything just by listening.@@katherinea.rodgers8366

@duaneburcham8445

10 ай бұрын

I think I recall him saying that his style was trying to imitate the sound of a wind up victrola, which he absolutely does.

@hlhs42

10 ай бұрын

I never knew that! I was little in the 70's & remember him from this song & marrying Miss Vicki on the Tonight show. I need to see if I can find his other songs now!

@absynthe1972

10 ай бұрын

He was brilliant. Have you heard his Highway to Hell cover?

I remember him. He could actually sing. It was an act and he was very popular.

@David-fp1fj

10 ай бұрын

A fantastic but short lived novelty act.

The guy was a genius. His knowledge of music was encyclopedic.

True story: During my childhood, Tiny Tim attended the same midnight Christmas church service as my family for several years. One year, we ended up sitting close enough to him that I could clearly hear his voice when we sang hymns/carols. I was stunned both by its beauty and its normalcy - and admittedly, being a kid, pretty disappointed it wasn't the "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sound.

Thanks for this one. He's mimicing the singing style of women like Jeanette McDonald he heard as a young boy with that vibratto on 78's or in early movies. That's where you will hear it. Tiny Tim started as a young man with an agenda and a passion beyond personal fame. He was enthralled as a youth by the forgotten music of the 1920's -40's. which deserved to be preserved and celebrated, an amateur musicologist trying to bring attention to songs from '78 records and from the hey day of radio that he was obsessed with as a lonely kid, and that explains his choice of material throughout his career. In an odd way, he's sort of a Liberace figure, but instead of all that theatricality showcasing the works of Bethoven or Chopin like Liberace, his theatricality showcased the works of Jimmy Davis, Burke and Duban, Richard Whiting, or Al Sherman and Lewis.

@catsmeow4264

10 ай бұрын

Too much to comment on here. Did you purposely leave out a heart filled like for bturner1969 so viewers read his comment? It's the one I read because there was no heart. He sounds informed when he speaks of birds like "Jeanette McDonald". For all I know I may have heard her on a "Three Stooges" episode or some other old black and white show or movie on the tele. I realized he was copying old music. My mother just said he was "fruity". Can't argue with that. If I knew that he was dead, I must have forgotten. At least he died doing what he enjoyed. Singing falsetto can be straining. It May have killed him. I think one can also collapse a lung. Good singers that can sing soprano need no falsetto. The difference between AC/DC Highway to Hell and Back in Black. Though I like Humble Pie better. You have to learn to relax your throat and you can sing like the singer from Saxon. Who by the way I don't care for on record, but live is a wall of sound! Which brings me to the music bturner mentioned. Roaring twenties and rag. The recording wasn't great back then but I bet live they kicked some ass! Guess we'll never really know for sure!

@jlester8584

10 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking. It sounds like he grew up listening to Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and others of that era, probably singing along to both parts, as kids do. How much of the trilling they did was their operatic training, and how much was due to what could sound good and be be reproduced in cinemas using the technology available?

I was a Tiny Tim fan at the time and even owned one of his albums. I will always defend him as a true music historian and not just a novelty act. Herbert Khaury loved the old music from the early 1900's and did his best to document and perform those songs faithfully to the original recordings. It required a falsetto at times, and this song became his most famous. He was weird for sure, easy to make fun of, but he was also very knowledgable and sincere with his music.

@1951Witewater

10 ай бұрын

NPR interviewer, Terry Gross did an interview with Tiny Tim and with the leader of this unusual group called Brave Combo years ago. The interview covered Tiny Tim's breadth of knowledge of music from the first part of the 20th century. I gained a new respect for him. The tie in with Brave Combo is that he sang on several of the songs on one of theirs albums. Their version of Stairway to Heaven is a surrealistic masterpiece

@SummerRain368

10 ай бұрын

He might have been (seemed) weird, but everybody would go around singing “Tiptoe Through The Tulips 🌷” so it did serve a purpose. 😁

@andrewmole745

10 ай бұрын

I certainly did. I don’t know where I heard it as I lived in the U.K.

@noracola5285

10 ай бұрын

❤ Brave Combo! I've seen them a few times & met some of them while they were shopping at a guitar store in Denton, TX where I was working. Cool guys!

He was actually a baritone, but this is what sold. He was also an outstanding musical scholar and collector of songs (some very obscure) from the period between WW1 and WW2.

Tiny was an encyclopedia of Tin Pan Alley songs from the 1900s to 1930s. He knew the composer, when it was released as a song and who sang it first. Those songs constituted his act. When he was on a Bing Crosby special, Bing was amazed at his knowledge of Bing's early tunes. On his albums, he typically sang in a truer baritone voice but as you analyzed, he could swoop to a high soprano falsetto at any time. Factoid: Tiny played "Tiptoe" in the ukulele key of F but the true key was E. So Tiny, for whatever reason, tuned his ukulele down a half step. I urge viewers to seek out the single version of "Tiptoe" with backing which was a sizable hit back in the day. It's quite good. It's too bad Tiny was mocked and ridiculed on the variety shows he played on, Laugh-in, Dean Martin, etc. mostly by the hosts mugging to the audience while he sang. They're on You Tube and they don't wear well.

@tim9s

10 ай бұрын

Yes, I remember the Bing interview.

@mdj-ie7rj

10 ай бұрын

Sad. Even as a kid, I could see he was recreating the music of yesteryear, with just his vocal chords and ukulele. It was quite incredible actually. Unfortunately, many adults didn’t ‘get’ or appreciate what Tiny Tim was trying to convey

@martinmcdonald4207

10 ай бұрын

At least good ol` Bing Crosby showed Tiny Tim the respect he deserved.

Even though Tiny Tim is best remembered by his version of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" Tiny Tim was more then a novelty act, he was loyal to his fans as they were to him. thanks, Fil, for adding Tiny Tim to your list of analysis you have done.

It's hard to explain, to those who didn't experience it, how big a phenom Tiny Tim was in 1969 in the USA. There were only three TV networks, one public TV station and several UHF stations in major cities. You had AM Top 40 and AM news radio, and few knew about FM radio. Outside major cities there was even less media. So, when something like Tiny Tim hit, everybody was aware of it. You had a much more shared popular culture. As a 9 year old I had seen and heard Tiny Tim numerous times. Great analysis.

@lukereilly9844

2 ай бұрын

I wish i could have seen it

Tiny Tim was respected for having an encyclopedic knowledge of the old American songbook from the mid-1800s forward

OMG what a blast from the past this is!! Back in the 1960's, Tim's parents lived in the same NYC apartment building as my grandparents and my own parents, then recently engaged to marry, became friendly with him and his beloved Miss Vickie. Tim even recorded a song to my mom called Terry -- my mom and his song title! -- on a 78 record which regrettably got lost over the ensuing years. They did not stay in touch for a long time but I remember my parents owned many of his records as he released them and they never missed him when he appeared on television. They always smiled very brightly when reminiscing about Tim!

A fun analysis, Fil! I remember watching Tiny Tim’s wedding to Miss Vicki on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Tiny Tim was quite an entertainer. His Earth Angel does sound a lot like Elvis. Tim did unfortunately pass away here in Minneapolis, and he was buried here as well.

@katherinea.rodgers8366

10 ай бұрын

I remember his wedding to Miss Vicki.

@robertakerman3570

10 ай бұрын

I replied B/4 reading UR comment. Great times back then.@@katherinea.rodgers8366

Tiny Tim was a scholar of pop music of the first quarter of the 20th century. He was a terrific guy, too. I had a couple of opportunities to spend time with him. Very sincere and interesting.

I have always found Tiny Tim, born Herbert Khaury, to be a fascinating individual. I was born in '62, and I remember listening to his debut album, "God Bless Tiny Tim," over at my aunt's house in the late '60s. That particular album was exceptionally well-produced and featured Tim singing many songs from the '20s and '30s using his higher and lower ranges. Jazz historian Will Friedwald actually included that album in his book, "The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums," and he was completely serious in his admiration of it. So there was Tiny Tim's first album listed among the best of Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby Judy Garland, Doris Day, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme among others. Thank you, Fil, for reacting to the one and only Tiny Tim.

Tiny Tim played the Isle of Wight festival in 1970! So he was somewhat known in the UK. "Tulips" was a top 20 hit in the US.

@richbryce5006

10 ай бұрын

I saw him there, early Sunday iirc.

@candydale8380

10 ай бұрын

oh wow, very cool!!!❤❤

@johnbethell1952

10 ай бұрын

He was a hit in New Zealand as well

@hawkmoon03111951

10 ай бұрын

I think it was the Saturday evening because I was there to see The Who and they played later that night, well actually they came on in the early hours of Sunday morning after The Doors. I do remember Tiny Tim singing There'll Always be an England and a hot air balloon crossing above with everyone waving to it.

@candydale8380

10 ай бұрын

@@richbryce5006 😆😆 Haha one of the engineers with whom I work uses IIRC, I find it completely hilarious!!!!!

One thing that I find fascinating about this song. any time I hear it, I close my eyes and it feels like I'm listening to an original recording on one of the first records from the early 1900's. His sound is vintage. Great video Fil.

The first big hit on the ukulele. I remember him from my childhood. He was fun and apparently a really smart and very kind man.

@jlester8584

10 ай бұрын

Ukuleles and songs featuring them were very popular in the 1920. Look up "Singin' in the Rain" by Cliff Edwards (1929)

@peteannells4218

8 ай бұрын

And George Formby @@jlester8584

Tiny Tim broke the World Non-Stop Professional Singing Record at Luna Park, Sydney Australia (1979) For the record Tim sang 120 songs of the (1930)s and (1940)s in 120 minutes

This was a novelty and you can tell he was a musician. I actually got a little teary eyed thinking about hearing this song originally with my Grandparents, my parents and aunts and uncles...... all have passed away now...😢

@pattysherwood7091

10 ай бұрын

Me too. Seems so long ago, being with beloved family , who are now gone.

@andrewpetik2034

10 ай бұрын

@pattysherwood7091 I hope and pray that we both may be, in time, be comforted by and draw strength from our memories 🙏 ✌️

@splitimage137.

10 ай бұрын

me too

@kateh.2327

9 ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss but I'm glad u derived pleasure from this unique singer!

I have the CD. He was quite a custodian of almost lost 1920s etc gems of songs.

He has a good voice, honestly, yes not everyone's cup of tea. but worth persevering

The best part was your million dollar smile Fil on your journey with Tip toe through the tulips.👏❤

@robertakerman3570

10 ай бұрын

Yah, Fil is worth watching 4 that 2.

@glamgal7106

2 ай бұрын

I think when listening to Tiny Tim for the first time, it’s somewhat of a reflex action not to smile. Fil mentioned the comedic effect of his voice. But yes, there was a lot of technique in it as well. I tend to wonder if sometimes people downplay comedic effect in singers and don’t realize their talent.

Fil, NO ONE ever expected that voice when they heard it the first time...and you're never going to be able to forget that voice either. It's impossible to forget. Tiny Tim was truly unique and memorable. When he first appeared and even later, I was never quite sure what was a put on and what was serious with him, but that has nothing to do with him as a genuinely unique phenomenon. In interviews, he was very knowledgeable about both singers and the songs of the early twentieth century, especially the 1930s. His favorite vocalist from the 1930s was Bing Crosby. He was a trouper and he definitely give it his all in performance.

He was popular when I was a kid. The falsetto style got our attention, but his authentic nature is what made him appealing.

Fil - I met Tiny Tim (Herbert Kaury) in 1981 and spent a couple of hours talking to him as well as watching his show. He did a great impersonation of Elvis and a comical impersonation of Sonny and Cher singing "I've Got You, Babe." After the show while chatting, he let me play his ukelele and he wrote down the lyrics to a song that I sang for him. The most astounding thing I learned from meeting him was his devotion to music. For instance, his ukelele had a hole worn into it just below the sound hole from strumming. I asked him how old it was assuming many years only to be told -- three months! He told me he practiced eight hours every day when he wasn't performing. Thank you for a great analysis of his vocal ability.

A regular on Laugh-In and we loved him. His marriage to Miss Vicki was treated almost like a royal wedding.

Not gonna lie, we all just laughed at him back in the day, but he does have quite a voice. He was pretty huge on US TV in the late '60s and early '70s, mainly on Laugh In, which was the highest rated show in America for a couple of years, and his wedding on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1969 was a ratings monster, huge viewership. I think in the 1980s he was in a movie as a creepy serial killer, lol. He had a run as frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show for several years. He had some bad health problems. RIP legend.

@catherinelw9365

10 ай бұрын

Did he marry Miss Vicky?

@charliesaucier3352

10 ай бұрын

@@catherinelw9365 Yes, that's who he married on The Tonight Show.

@paulmackenzie1850

10 ай бұрын

I watched him marry Miss Vicky on Johnny Carson. He was actually a good singer in the Baritone range. He made his living with songs like this.

@OuterGalaxyLounge

10 ай бұрын

@@catherinelw9365 Yes.

@user-qk5zw8sc7p

10 ай бұрын

Back when Pat Paulsen was running for president.

I loved hearing about Tiny Tim. Something about him was so fun, and silly, to see on TV. But I sensed there was a special talent in him. Thank you for explaining his special vibrato and range.

This was a novelty song. It was such a fun song. Not at all his real singing voice. Also he was a very kind person. A musisian friend of mine knew him personally. Thanks for your analysis of Tiny Tim. You always pleasantly surprise me.

His first and 2nd albums are really good! I don't care how many people are going to hate me for saying that.

@garretteulett8600

10 ай бұрын

People don't seem to realize that, while he can go really high, he can also go really low. Quite a few of his songs are duets with himself. On The Old Front Porch, Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like, I Got You Babe. And sometimes he just stays in his lower register for a whole song, like Stay Down Here Where You Belong.

@katherinea.rodgers8366

10 ай бұрын

Why would anyone hate you for enjoying his music??

@garretteulett8600

10 ай бұрын

@@katherinea.rodgers8366 Just take a look deeper into this comment section

@1msbucket

10 ай бұрын

Tiny Tim the Tulip Tip Toe -er. Grew up with that song forever in my head. As kid, I thought he was rather creepy. 😮

@josephpaul4548

10 ай бұрын

​@@katherinea.rodgers8366Uh, does that make me a bad person?

Tiptoe Through the tulips was definitely a hit in Australia.

Oh, Tiny Tim! Do absolutely try his version of "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" as it shows of both his falsetto and his baritone. The video is a surreal experience and beautiful because of that.

Oh Nooo. Tiny Tim! He was a frequent guest on a variety show called "Laugh In" in the late 60's. We used to listen and then laugh so hard we would start crying! Thanks for reviewing this, the memories are great!

Just to mention Tim did have a period of fame in the UK. Among other appearances, I recall he performed "There'll always be an England" on the David Frost TV show in a very crowd-pleasing way.

So glad you covered him, Fil! Tim was unique to say the least, but he was immensely talented and a true entertainer and we loved him. He was for real. He had that hair before the hippy era. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of the music he was devoted to, that of the roaring twenties, etc. He was a straight shooter. Something childlike about him but that was not an act. An amazing man and an important part of the 1960s pop culture. A gift from God. I don't know if folks bought his albums aside from nostalgia fans but he was a popular television personality. He may have been more normal than anybody. Tim espoused love and Mr. Rogers probably liked him.

Fil you are really an educator your videos could be a curriculum in school, I’m learning so much about voice and music thank you very much you are certainly appreciated!

Thanks for the video. I saw Tiny Tim in concert several times in the 80s and 90s. It was incredible. He delighted us with some excellent patriotic versions. I remember an incredible version he did of Jim Reeves' Hell Have to Go in one of his concerts. People loved it. He stood up and gave him a loud ovation. I had the opportunity to meet him in person in Santa Cruz in 1993, a charming and very educated man. People are totally unaware of Tiny's work. His latest works are delicious, but his unreleased country album from 1989 It's my favorite (tiny loved country) I'm left with an impressive version he made in the 90's of amazing grace. (the colors are for taste). I hope he starts editing his recordings decently little by little, and thanks to you tube we can listen to some songs that many people don't know from the great tiny tim. Thank you tiny for your wonderful music.

Tiny Tim was awesome, the eukulele was the perfect instrument for him too.

@glamgal7106

10 ай бұрын

Because of Tiny Tim, I’ve purchased a ukulele set-the soprano ukulele which is the common type, along with strings, tuner, case, etc. Now I just need to remember what strings are which. I know how to play and tune a guitar- that is, the strings. The thing is that on the ukulele, the strings don’t really go from low to high like a guitar does. It’s a different kind of setup.

In about 1988 I was working with Sir Christopher Hogwood in Sydney. Tiny Tim was touring at the time and Hogwood (a great early music conductor) had been talking to Tiny Tim and watching a performance. Hogwood told me he was absolutely astonished at Tiny Tim’s voice but also his. Ability to remember hundreds of Tin-Pan Alley songs. Great video and commentary Fil.

Odd, Fil, but, he had achieved quite a bit of fame back in the day. Given his appearance and the voice, he was yet another unique sound aming many during that era. Great memories..I am so blessed to have been young in the 1960's/70's. TYSM! Rosemarie 🩷

Truth be told...NO ONE expected that voice, until after he sang...then it was a given! He was on The Beatles Christmas Fan Club (1968 I believe) recording as he sang, "Nowhere Man"! It is on KZread, you can also find it as him singing it for George Harrison. Great job Fil!👍🏻😎

@patticrichton1135

10 ай бұрын

oh you beat me to it, I was going to MENTION that the Beatles even had Tim on their Christmas message recording, if no one else had

@louisb5563

10 ай бұрын

@@patticrichton1135 👨🏻‍🦱We're great minds Ms. Patti, GREAT MINDS ROCK!🤘🏻

@frankiebowie6174

10 ай бұрын

Yes, the Beatles were among his fans. I would imagine that Paul, especially, was impressed by his familiarity with and love for Tin Pan Alley.

@louisb5563

9 ай бұрын

@@frankiebowie6174 That makes sense, I never thought of that! 👍🏻

When I first saw Tiny Tim, I was a kid and I kept looking at him because he was so scary to me with his look and that voice. Now I understand how unique his voice was with that really fast vibrato, and his ability to sing so high and sound like a woman. He sounded totally different with his lower voice. I'm glad he performed throughout the remainder of his life after his first success. Thank you, Fil, for this very fun and interesting video.

Honestly, the first time I saw him sing this song on TV, I thought he was a comedy act. Just because of his strange appearance and the totally unexpected singing voice. Now I realize how talented he actually was. Thanks for the analysis Fil.

😂😅😊😂❤❤❤. THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE DURING THE ANALYSIS WAS PRICELESS. I STILL WANT TO SEE YOU BEND YOUR ARM BACKWARDS! 😂😅😊😅😂❤!

The songwriter Paul Williams ("We've Only Just Begun", "Rainy Days and Mondays" and many more) co-wrote the song that just happened to be the B side of Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" single (this was back in the days when singles were actual records-- vinyl discs.) Back then, the royalties were split evenly between the writers of Side A and the writers of Side B. "Tiptoe" was quite a big hit and Paul said he got a great free ride on it!

Only in the mid to late 1960s could such an act like Tiny Tim even get noticed. The general mood was on the creatively different, bordering on oddities. Being different, being 'far out' was sometimes a bonus. While Tiny Tim actually had an excellent voice, he found he got more attention when singing in the style that made him famous. At the same time, he was very entertaining. A perfect example of the style Tim uses when singing Tiptoe is from the 1935 Mark Brothers movie A Night At The Opera, where Allan Jones uses a very similar style, trying to emulate Opera, but more of a Hollywood version. If you want another great example of a late 1960s musical oddity, Fil, check out a performer called The Legendary Stardust Cowboy with the song Paralyzed. He plays guitar and sings/mumbles/yells, then adds a bugle solo that is insane, all the while the drummer plays like he's falling down a flight of stairs while he plays. It's magnetically ..... bizarre, yet well worth hearing, at least once. David Bowie heard this record and loved its off the wall style so much that he used Stardust for his new Ziggy character in tribute to the Legendary Cowboy.

I remember seeing him quite often as a child on TV. Depending on your age I’m sure you remember seeing him to. TIP TIMY TIM.💐

Oh my gosh what a flashback Tiny Tim!!!!!!!!!!😊 "Tiptoe thru the Tulips with mmeeeeeeeeeee"❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Tiny Tim was actually a great musical historian. He loved music from turn of the 20th century into the 30's. Tiptoe has the feel and sound of the songs from that time period. He was able to take that style and make it popular again.

Tiny Tim was an almost naively sincere human being. He consciously entertained, but his music performances always emerged from a genuine, loving nature. As I get older I crave more and more his emotional authenticity. I just love the guy. He makes me happy in an almost childlike way.

Oh that must have been a shock to the system, Fil!! We got him back in the 60's when everything wild grew in abundance! Tiny Tim married Miss Vicki on live TV, creating a record-breaking mass audience! It was a great era!

He seemed to be a very gentle person in interviews with such as Johnny Carson show. Of course we chuckled at the Tiptoe Thru The Tulips song, but it really was reminescent of a 1920's vaudeville performance. I think he was very interested in songs of that era.

I never before heard Tiny Tim sing in his lower register. Sounds good!

Hi Fil, When you were doing your evaluation at the slower speed, I wasn’t sure if I was hearing Elvis or Tiny Tim. Your comparison was amazing. 🙏

Takes me back to my childhood... Was mesmerized by his huge stature and unusual voice

I was just a kid when I saw him on television...Nine years old, living in NYC... He made his TV debut 55 years ago on the series premiere of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In on January 22, 1968... Speaking of Laugh In, have you heard Goldie Hawn sing..? Check her out on George Martin's album, In My Life...she makes the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night her own..!

Tim was a fixture on the Johnny Carson show. He even married his girlfriend 'Miss Vickie' on that show. And I remember when their daughter Tulip was born. Yes, Tim was well known here in the states.

he could play thousands of songs. A living musical encyclopaedia

I remember him from Laugh-in, too. One of the rare times my dad let me stay up late to watch it. But now that I’m older & have heard lots of different singing styles, his vibrato is what stands out to me, more than the falsetto. In fact, it sounds very much like the singing voice in Walt Disney’s Snow White to me. I think that was a popular singing style of that era (& earlier).

Hahaha, I'm on the floor laughing. I didn't expect that at all . 😂 I needed that laugh after work. ❤ I have tears running down my face. ❤

I remember watching Tim on The Tonight Show as a kid! I also rember his wedding on TV. Quite the character. 😂

Oh my gosh, I remember watching him when I was a child and hearing my parents dying with laughter! 😄 Really enjoyed this blast from the past, Fil!

Tiny Tim and Leon Redbone were my introduction to vintage songs from the early 20th century. Fil, you should definitely do an analysis of Leon Redbone. He was another singer with a very distinctive voice. And he was a great guitar player.

When you mentioned France, I thought of how Peter Sellers sang like that as Inspector Clouseau performing “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” in Revenge of the Pink Panther.

He was vaudeville music scholar. I remember hearing him on talk radio in the 90s. He was fascinating and his musical knowledge was encyclopedic. Thank you for doing this video, Fil.

He really had a beautiful voice. Which is unexpected. But he could really sing it!

Memories. 😂 Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky. Late 60’s were an interesting time.

He was on "Laugh-In" a lot. He was a large man, so the falsetto was even stranger. And, the original song was from 1929, so it was from my parents' childhood. But, after seeing a lot of movies from the late 1920s/early to mid 1930s, many of the singers used what seems to be an artificially high voice. Plus, he released this in 1968, so the hair, too.😮 But he was happy, and that made you happy to watch him.

Nice offering. I was 'there' as a kid in the late '60s.' TT was step above a novelty act. Saw he had a heart attact and died on stage,,,,maybe mentioned here. Rest In Peace, Tiny Tim.

I believe that Tiny Tim was once billed as, "Larry the Canary." Tiny Tim sang a few times on an American TV show, "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In." Tim revived some very old and great tunes. It takes a lot of physical ability to sing that high. Cheers.

Oh dear Fil.. where have you been lol !! I am a 70 yo English woman and I remember Tiny Tim back in the day !!! He was just thought of here in Britain as just a weurdo !! But he was definitely well known he was here in the UK, unlike what you thought.

I still remember the first time we saw him on tv. My Dad, born in the early 20s, was a little freaked out all during the 60s - it was all just a little too weird. As soon as Tiny Tim started singing, my Dad's eyebrows just about hit his receding hairline ... until that pause where he sang "OOoooooh!" Dad started laughing hysterically and loved every moment afterward.

I was about 15, grew up in Michigan. My sister and I saw him at a small amusement park. Blazing hot weather, he came thru the crowd, looking totally terrorized, sweating bullets in a tweed jacket, and shook my hand.

@martinmcdonald4207

10 ай бұрын

Maybe he was on LSD ! HA.

I had an internship at a New York City magazine in the summer of 1969, and I got a lot of comped tickets to concerts and such. One was for a performance of Tiny Tim in Central Park. I expected to hear the same thing I saw on television, where he was treated as nothing more than a funny oddity. That's not what I heard and saw at the concert. The man was a skilled entertainer, bringing in all the various "tricks" and trade secrets professionals use. He did sing the tunes like "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" that he'd gained his fame from. But he also did other things - ballads and such, some with quite a bit of emotion.

Tiny Tim was quite an eccentric. He was a great man and very much loved in the United States❤. May he rest in peace tiptoeing through the tulips in heaven❤

I really liked him. He could actually sing as a Baritone....He made his money with songs like this. I really enjoyed your analysis of Tiny Tim, thank you Fil.

I grew up listening to Tiny Tim on various variety or late night shows. We loved his entertainment. He was really ahead of his time. He was the Weird Al Yankovic of his time.

Who remembers when Tim got married on the Johnny Carson show live on air?

Well, I did it. I watched you do Tiny Tim. Here in the States, everyone over 60 remembers Tiny Tim. I was wondering how you were going to do him. You are a serious musician. I don't remember anyone taking him seriously. But you did it. My hats off to you. I guess I am am going look at Tiny Tim in a whole new light.

@martinmcdonald4207

10 ай бұрын

Bing Crosby took him seriously and who is a better judge than him. Legends all.

@gbjewelers1

10 ай бұрын

I was in high school in the late 60's and I don't remember anyone taking Big Crosby seriously either. Well, ... maybe my parents and grandparents did.@@martinmcdonald4207

When Tiny Tim first did "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" in Greenwich Village, story has it that people cried because they found it beautiful. When the record came out, we all, of course, laughed ourselves silly. He didn't have any other hits, but he was quite a media figure. He even got married on the #1 evening talk show in the US! I had the opportunity to see him perform in 1993. He sounded the same. When he spoke, it was in a tenor register. The "Earth Angel" cut you played was in his lowest register. I was drooling over his electric ukulele (I play ukulele). He was still the showman, but not as zany as he was in the 60s.

Hahaha! You trying to sing “me” along with Tiny Tim. Laughing/crying here! Brilliant, Fil!

When we were kids we used to try and mimic him and just Crack up laughing. He was fun. I think everyone knew him in the US. 😊🌻🐝👏👏

Remember him very well in UK. Good to hear him again. Very different. Thank's Phil.

His wedding ceremony to Ms. Vicky was televised on the Ed Sullivan Show and up to that point, it was the most viewed event in history. His life was very sad. On the night he died on stage, the house band refused to accompany him claiming they didn’t know how to play Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover. I think he died of a broken heart.

great analysis Fil- not everyone would give such a generous and accurate review - a sidebar- he was married on the Johnny Carson show , the huge late night show in the States for many years and the audience was massive

Tiny did a great rendition of a Rudy Vallée song from 1929 called Good Evenin’.

His wedding to Miss Vicky was a bigger deal than Harry and Meaghan. 🤣🤣🤣

I enjoyed watching this video and analysis of Tiny Tim. I saw him on TV a couple of times. Once was when he married his first wife "Miss Vicki" who was 17 at the time, and he was 37. They got married on the Johnny Carson show as the whole country watched . It's so sad to me the way he died, singing the same song that made him a super star back in the 60s . Thank you, however, for letting me know .

Now Sounds Records has released a Deluxe CD version of his debut album God Bless Tiny Tim as well as a Complete Reprise Singles Collection. A totally unique artist.

I heard him perform in the early 80s. Not at a concert, but at a church dinner. He was a friend of one of the parishioners! It was a very small church, so I was quite near him. It was funny seeing an ordinary guy sitting near you at dinner get up and go to the bathroom only to return as strange guy with a ukulele!

As a kid I remember him on TV around this time and my family were laughing at him - I think because he was so different- and I was thinking, this guy is really good.

Talent comes in many forms. Tiny Tim had lots of talent and was a great entertainer.

Tiny tim was a national treasure with a great soul🤘❤️

@hifijohn

10 ай бұрын

And now hes a buried treasure.

PS - Your BROAD, GENUINE smile as you were watching him was delightful. I can plainly tell you really got a kick out of him.

The only thing better than listening to Tiny Tim and reminiscing is seeing your smile next to the video!

With that large pear-shaped body that tiny ukelele ,oh that face,and that voice he was booked on shows more as a comedy act than a musical act. In 69 he married 17 y o model miss Vicki on the tonight show(popular talk show), he really was unique ,in one interview he knew nothing about current music or even music of his generation but knew much from his parent's generation,I did meet him once in early 80's he has some red dye in his hair and because of the summer heat it was running down and staining his reddish colored jacket.