Tiny Tim

One has to admit that Herbert Khaury, AKA Tiny Tim, is best referred to as an acquired taste. He seemed to come out of nowhere in the Sixties, and he seemed to be quite genuine. The song below was his biggest hit, but his most popular moment was when he was married, live, on the Tonight Show. It was the real thing; Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon stood off to the side, just like any wedding guests. (Sadly, the marriage did not last.)



TT was born on this date in 1932, and died (almost literally while playing the ukulele onstage) in 1996.

There's more TT on YouTube. Most of it is about the same. As we said, he was, at best, an acquired taste. But one has to point out that as offbeat as he was, he had a love of old music at a time when old music was almost going out of business. He had the courage of his convictions, in other words. He just happened to have unique convictions.