I Remember Tiny Tim
Herbert Butros Khaury aka Tiny Tim American Musician, Musical Archivist April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996 |
It was later that I came to understand his knowledge of what were the (very) oldies at that point in my life. While I thought his life was quite dramatic and theatrical to a fault ...
Herbert Butros Khaury, known also as Herbert Buckingham Khaury known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer and ukulele player, and a musical archivist.
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.
Some of his later selections were more on the barritone side of range and these appealed to me less than his upper range material.
He passed on stage before his audience on November 30, 1996 while playing a gala benefit hosted by the Women's Club of Minneapolis.
Two days prior he had suffered a heart attack and ignored strong medical advice to cease performing with multiple lifestyle disease vectors in play.