"Tiny Tim's Songs and Stories of the Crooners"

is the last recorded interview and performance of 1960's icon and ukulele legend Tiny Tim. Accompanying himself on ukulele, Tiny Tim sings 24 songs and snippets interspersed with remembrances of his life and musical influences.

    This professionally produced, 38-minute entertaining and enlightening DVD shows that Tiny Tim was much more than a "one hit wonder." In addition to his trademark falsetto singing voice, Mr. Tim has a strong baritone and expertly mimics the great crooners Bing Crosby, Russ Columbo and Rudy Vallee. He tells why he started playing the ukulele and, with songs and stories, demonstrates his encyclopedic knowledge of the history of the great era of American popular song from the 1890s to the 1940s.

    Videotaped at Ukulele Expo '96 just two hours before he suffered a non-fatal heart attack in front of a standing-room-only audience of admiring fans, it was Tiny's wish that "Songs and Stories of the Crooners" be produced expressly for the benefit and promotion of the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of ukulele music and history.

    Although perhaps best remembered for his 1968 novelty hit "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" and for his wedding to Miss Vicky on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in front of 40 million viewers, Tiny Tim continued recording and entertaining as America's troubadour to the end. While singing "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" at a comeback performance on November 30th, 1996, he suffered another heart attack and died, ending an amazing five decade career. Tiny Tim remains one of the most instantly recognized personalities in entertainment.