Tiny Bubbles (Song)
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“Tiny Bubbles” | |
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Single by Don Ho | |
from the album Tiny Bubbles | |
B-side | “Do I Love You?” |
Released | 1966 |
Recorded | 1966 |
Genre | Traditional pop |
Length | 2:45 |
Label | Reprise |
Songwriter(s) | Leon Pober |
Producer(s) | Sonny Burke |
“Tiny Bubbles” is a song written by Martin Denny and Leon Pober. It was released in 1966 by Don Ho. The song was also recorded by Wayne Newton and Rex Allen.
It comes from the album of the same name. The single peaked at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Easy Listening charts in March 1967. By 1968, “Tiny Bubbles” was covered about 34 times. It was considered to be Ho’s signature song.
It is widely considered to be Ho’s most famous song. Nearly three years later Evie Sands’ “Any Way That You Want Me” tied “Tiny Bubbles” for longevity among 1960s hits failing to reach the Hot 100’s top 50 (at 17 weeks).
Production
The song was requested by producer Sonny Burke after Ho couldn’t successfully perform the song “Born Free“. “Tiny Bubbles” was originally written for Lawrence Welk, since he tended to perform “champagne music”. Welk turned it down, although he later performed the song several times on his television show after it became a hit.
Legacy
“Tiny Bubbles” was considered to be Ho’s signature song: *During one performance, after nearly thousands, Ho reportedly quipped “God, I hate that song”.
- The second season of the American game show The Mole incorporated the song in a creative way – one test had a contestant confined to sleeping or staying on a bed while “Tiny Bubbles” was played on repeat in various versions (sped up, slowed down, backwards, etc). By its fans it is considered an iconic moment of the short-lived series.
- It was featured in the 2001 film Bubble Boy.
- Alongside Ho’s other songs, “E Le Ka Lei Lei (Beach Party Song)” and “Wish They Didn’t Mean Goodbye”, “Tiny Bubbles” was featured in the Season 7 Hawaii Five-0 episode, “Elua la ma Nowemapa”,
- The song alone was also featured in the Season 3 episode, “Mohai”.
Covers
- In 1966, Billy Vaughn released an instrumental cover and charted at #31 in the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- In 1967, Roger Williams performed a piano version on the album, Roger!
- In 1968, American country singer Rex Allen released a cover, which peaked at #71 in the Billboard country charts.
- In 1974, Scottish country singer Sydney Devine performed “Tiny Bubbles” for his album, Encores; it is considered to be his signature song.
- Others who have done renditions of the tune included Al Caiola,
- Ray Conniff
- Barbara Ray
- The Waikikis
- Dean Martin
- Judy Ongg
- All Star Hawaiian Band
- and Tiny Tim.
Tiny Bubbles (album)
Tiny Bubbles | |
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Studio album by Don Ho | |
Released | 1966 |
Recorded | 1966 |
Genre | Pop standards Hawaiian Music |
Length | 32:47 |
Label | Reprise |
Producer | Sonny Burke |
Don Ho chronology | |
The Don Ho Show (1965)Tiny Bubbles (1966)Don Ho – Again! (1966) |
Tiny Bubbles is an album by Hawaiian singer Don Ho. Released in 1966, the album peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 chart due to the success of the single, the title track.
Track listing
Tiny Bubbles includes the following tracks.
Side one
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | “Please Wait For Me” | Ben Raleigh, Howlett Smith | 2:48 |
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2. | “One Paddle, Two Paddle” | Kui Lee | 1:48 |
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3. | “Beautiful Kauai” | Kui Lee | 2:49 |
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4. | “Young Land” | Lani Kai | 2:22 |
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5. | “Happy Me” | Irmgard Aluli, Leon Pober, Mary Kawena Pukui | 2:36 |
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6. | “Hawaii“ | Elmer Bernstein, Mack David | 2:45 |
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Side two |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | “You’ll Never Go Home” | Leon Pober | 1:47 |
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8. | “She’s Gone Again (I’ll Remember You)” | Kui Lee | 3:30 |
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9. | “Geev’um” | Eaton Magoon, Jr. | 2:27 |
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10. | “The Lights Of Home” | Leon Pober, Steve Graham | 3:03 |
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11. | “Tiny Bubbles“ | Leon Pober | 2:45 |
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12. | “I Love The Simple Folks” | Howlett Smith | 4:07 |
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Charts
Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200 | 15 |
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