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Tiny Tim

"Tiptoe Through the Tulips". CP Lee tells the story of the eccentric American falsetto singer and ukulele player. From 2005.

With his ukelele and his falsetto renditions of pre-Second World War popular songs like Tiptoe through the Tulips, Tiny Tim was an unlikely star, and an even less likely sex symbol.

Yet during the 1960s, he became the darling of the hippie counterculture.

He married three times, most famously live, on US network television, in front of 45 million viewers.

Writer and musician CP Lee tells the story of a very unusual talent and a genuine eccentric, Tiny Tim.

Tiny Tim died aged 64 in 1996.

Producer: Bob Dickinson

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in June 2005.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 1 Dec 2021 02:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 23 Sep 2014 06:30
  • Tue 23 Sep 2014 13:30
  • Tue 23 Sep 2014 20:30
  • Wed 24 Sep 2014 02:30
  • Sat 15 Apr 2017 07:30
  • Sat 15 Apr 2017 17:30
  • Sun 16 Apr 2017 05:30
  • Tue 30 Nov 2021 14:30
  • Wed 1 Dec 2021 02:30