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Herbert Butros Khaury [1] [2] (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), also known as Herbert Buckingham Khaury, [3] and known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American musician and musical archivist. [4]
Dec 2, 1996 · Tiny Tim, whose quavery falsetto and ukulele made ''Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me'' a novelty hit in 1968, died on Saturday night at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He...
May 13, 2016 · 13 May 2016. The glory days of the late, falsetto-voiced ukulele strummer Tiny Tim were long gone when high school student JUSTIN MARTELL had his mind blown by the '60s...
Tiny Tim, the ukulele-playing singer of 1920s ditties who was a true icon of the 1960s, was born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932, in New York City. The son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother, the young Khaury grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
In the late 1960s, Tiny Tim fascinated audiences with his weird outfits, ukulele, and falsetto so high that it could shatter glass—or wilt flowers. As a sensitive and tender-hearted musician, he just wanted to bring joy to people’s lives.
Apr 9, 2013 · From Wikipedia: Herbert Khaury (April 12, 1932 November 30, 1996), better known by the stage name Tiny Tim, was an American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice (though his normal singing voice was in a standard male ...
Nov 30, 1996 · Tiny Tim. High-pitched novelty singer, champion of the ukelele, tip toed thru the tulips to unlikely pop superstardom in the 1960s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1960s - 1990s. Born. April 12, 1932 in New York, NY. Died.
Tiny Tim, the ukulele-playing singer of 1920s ditties who was a true icon of the 1960s, was born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932, in New York City. The son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother, the young Khaury grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
Dec 2, 1996 · MINNEAPOLIS - Tiny Tim's one hit became his swan song. Nearly three decades after he first crooned "Tiptoe Thru' the Tulips" in his trademark falsetto, the ukulele-strumming singer fell ill...
Dec 13, 1996 · Long before Tony Bennett’s rediscovery, Tiny Tim was the first ironic mascot of pop’s counterculture. Were his fans responding to his fetishistic musicology? Were they laughing with him, or at...
