Tiny Tim (nacido como Herbert Khaury; 12 de abril de 1932 en Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos - 30 de noviembre de 1996 en Minneapolis, Minnesota, Estados Unidos) fue un cantante y vocalista, compositor, cantautor, cronista y trovador. Artista estrafalario que hacía uso de trajes y corbatas de colores y acompañado de un ukelele e interpretaba canciones antiguas en su inconfundible voz de falsete/vibrato.Su primer álbum se editó en 1968, God Bless Tiny Tim que incluye su sencillo más conocido Tiptoe Through The Tulips que ahora se conoce en Insidious, el disco incluye su versión de I Got You Babe de Sonny & Cher en la que hace un dúo consigo mismo mezclando su voz de barítono con la de falsete en el álbum que también narra un cuento.susegundo disco, Tiny Tim's 2nd Album, no tuvo tanto éxito como el primero pero incluye una destacada versión de Great Balls of Fire de Jerry Lee Lewis.
En la cima de su éxito grabó un disco con canciones infantiles, uno en vivo, apareció en el Festival de Woodstock, y protagonizó uno de los shows más bizarros de la televisión norteamericana al casarse en vivo en el programa de Johnny Carson, Tonight Show, con su novia de diecisiete años, Victoria Mae Budinger ó "Miss Vicki", en 1969 con quien tuvo a su única hija Tulip Khaury
Herbert Butros Khaury[1][2] (April 12, 1932 - November 30, 1996), known also as Herbert Buckingham Khaury[1] and known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist.[3] He is best remembered for his cover hits "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight", which he sang in a high falsetto voice.
At eleven years of age, Khaury began learning to play the violin and enjoyed performing at home for his parents. He later picked up the mandolin and the ukulele (which became his signature instrument). During his recovery from having his appendix removed in 1945, he read the Bible and listened to music on the radio; after his recovery, he rarely left his room except to go to school, where he was a mediocre student. After repeating his sophomore year of high school, he dropped out, taking a series of menial jobs
In 1963, he landed his first paying gig at Page 3, a gay and lesbian club in Greenwich Village, playing 6 hours a night, 6 nights a week, for $96 per month. He performed for the next two years as "Dary Dover", and after that, "Sir Timothy Timms". After being booked to follow a "midget" (sic) act, his manager, George King, billed the 6'1" (185 cm) Khaury using the ironic stage name "Tiny Tim"
Tiny Tim appeared in Jack Smith's Normal Love (1963), as well as the independent feature film You Are What You Eat (1968) in which he sang the Ronettes song "Be My Baby" in his falsetto range; also featured was a rendition of Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe", with Tim singing the Cher parts in his falsetto voice, along with Eleanor Barooshian singing Sonny Bono's baritone part. These tracks were recorded with musicians who later joined The Band. The "I Got You Babe" performance led to a booking on the Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, a popular American television comedy-variety show. Co-host Dan Rowan announced that Laugh-In believed in showcasing new talent, and introduced Tiny Tim. The singer entered carrying a shopping bag, pulled his Martin soprano ukulele from it, and sang a medley of "A Tisket A Tasket" and "On The Good Ship Lollipop" as an apparently genuinely dumbfounded co-host Dick Martin watched.[12] For his third number on Laugh-In, Tiny Tim entered blowing kisses, preceded by an elaborate procession of the cast and, after a short interview, he sang "Tiptoe Through the Tulips"
Tiny Tim played the ukulele left-handed (but the guitar right-handed), though he retained the standard string placement. The instruments he played included a vintage Martin, a Favilla, and a Johnston metal resonator. Tiny was a huge fan of Arthur Godfrey and taught himself to play using a method book that came with the Godfrey-endorsed Maccaferri Islander plastic ukulele
On September 28, 1996, Tiny suffered a heart attack just as he began singing at a ukulele festival at the Montague Grange Hall in Montague, Massachusetts (this hall is often confused in accounts of the incident with the nearby Montague Bookmill, at which he had recorded a video interview earlier that same day). He was hospitalized at the nearby Franklin County Medical Center in Greenfield for approximately three weeks before being discharged with strong admonitions not to perform again because of his health, weight, and dietary needs for his diabetic and heart conditions. Nevertheless, he ignored the advice...
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