Tiny Tim - Living In the Sunlight

TINY TIM - THROUGH THE TULIPS

Tiny Tim was a one off...who became a hit as a result of his appearances on the U.S. comedy show The Rowan and Martin Laugh-In in the early 1970's.Born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932 in New York City,the son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother. Singing old music hall ditties in his distinctive falsetto voice accompanied on the ukulele and with his other-age impeccable manners he came across as a gentle eccentric soul who seemed oddly adrift in the 2o th century.At 17 I was intrigued by this 'misfit' and he became one of my (unlikely!) heroes.
Later I discovered that Tiny Tim was a Christian and that behind all the show-biz veneer there was a very sensitive and perhaps troubled soul. He married on three occasions to women all much younger than himself, the first and most notable whom he addressed as 'Miss Vicky'. He said one time "I'd love to see Christ come back to crush the spirit of hate and make men put down their guns."...which he followed with another aspiration..."I'd also like just one more hit single."
His big hit was Tiptoe Through The Tulips which was originally recorded by Maurice Chevaliar, and a follow up hit On The Good Ship Lollipop originally sung by child star Shirly Temple.
He suffered a heart attack performing at a ukulele festival in September of 1996. After getting out of the hospital, Tiny Tim the trouper resumed his concert schedule. The schedule proved too taxing, and on November 30, he suffered another heart attack while performing "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" in Minneapolis, and died an hour later. He was 64 years old.
Most definitely his likes we will not see again !

Gerard O'Shea