Don Ho sings “Tiny Bubbles” – Hollywood Palace 1/21/67

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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?”
Released1966
Recorded1966
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:45
LabelReprise
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).

Evie Sands – Any Way That You Want Me (1969)

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

Tiny Bubbles
  • In 1967, Roger Williams performed a piano version on the album, Roger!
TINY BUBBLES by ; ROGER WILLIAMS ****1967
  • In 1968, American country singer Rex Allen released a cover, which peaked at #71 in the Billboard country charts.
Rex Allen – Tiny Bubbles
  • In 1974, Scottish country singer Sydney Devine performed “Tiny Bubbles” for his album, Encores; it is considered to be his signature song.
Sydney Devine – Tiny Bubbles
  • Others who have done renditions of the tune included Al Caiola,
Al Caiola Tiny Bubbles
Nora Aunor – Tiny Bubbles (Lyrics Video)
  • Ray Conniff – Tiny Bubbles
Tiny Bubbles
  • Dean Martin – Tiny Bubbles
DEAN MARTIN TINY BUBBLES
  • All Star Hawaiian Band – Tiny Bubbles
Tiny Bubbles
Tiny Tim Tiny Bubbles

Tiny Bubbles (album)

Tiny Bubbles

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Studio album by Don Ho
Released1966
Recorded1966
GenrePop standards Hawaiian Music
Length32:47
LabelReprise
ProducerSonny 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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.“Please Wait For Me”Ben Raleigh, Howlett Smith2:48

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2.“One Paddle, Two Paddle”Kui Lee1:48

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3.“Beautiful Kauai”Kui Lee2:49

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4.“Young Land”Lani Kai2:22

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5.“Happy Me”Irmgard Aluli, Leon Pober, Mary Kawena Pukui2:36

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6.HawaiiElmer BernsteinMack David2:45

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Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7.“You’ll Never Go Home”Leon Pober1:47

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8.“She’s Gone Again (I’ll Remember You)”Kui Lee3:30

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9.“Geev’um”Eaton Magoon, Jr.2:27

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10.“The Lights Of Home”Leon Pober, Steve Graham3:03

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11.Tiny BubblesLeon Pober2:45

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12.“I Love The Simple Folks”Howlett Smith4:07

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Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Billboard 20015

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