{{about|the song|the album|Tiny Bubbles (album)|the Paul McCartney song|Tiny Bubble}} {{Infobox song | name = Tiny Bubbles | cover = TinyBubbles.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Don Ho | album = Tiny Bubbles | B-side = Do I Love You? | released = 1966 | format = | recorded = 1966 | studio = | venue = | genre = Traditional pop | length = 2:45 | label = Reprise | writer = Leon Pober | producer = Sonny Burke | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} "'''Tiny Bubbles'''" is a song written by Leon Pober and performed by Don Ho.<ref name=Hawaii>{{cite journal|last1=Ryan|first1=Tim|title=Don Ho: Beyond the Bubbles|journal=Islands Magazine|date=March 2003|volume=23|issue=2|pages=40; 42; 44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oiyBdIIcmdwC&q=%22Tiny+Bubbles%22+%2B+%22Don+Ho%22&pg=PA42|accessdate=January 15, 2018}}</ref> It comes from the album of the same name. The single peaked at #57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tiny Bubbles / Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/don-ho-and-the-aliis/chart-history/hsi/|accessdate=January 14, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=March 25, 1967}}</ref> and #14 on the Easy Listening charts in March 1967.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tiny Bubbles / Adult Contemporary|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/don-ho/chart-history/asi/|accessdate=January 15, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=February 11, 1967}}</ref> By 1968, "Tiny Bubbles" was covered about 34 times.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Spotlight|first1=A Billboard|title=Hawaii: Evolutionary State|magazine=Billboard|date=May 18, 1968|page=H-10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwgEAAAAMBAJ|accessdate=January 15, 2018}}</ref> It was considered to be Ho's signature song.
==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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ho|first1=Don|last2=Hopkins|first2=Jerry|title=Don Ho: My Music, My Life|date=2007|publisher=Watermark Publishing|location=Honolulu, Hawaii|isbn=9780979064746|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780979064746|accessdate=January 15, 2018}}</ref>
==Legacy== "Tiny Bubbles" was considered to be Ho's signature song.<ref name=Hawaii/><ref>{{cite news|last1=McLellan|first1=Dennis|title=Don Ho, 76; singer was best known for '66 hit 'Tiny Bubbles'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-15-me-ho15-story.html|access-date=January 15, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 15, 2007}}</ref> During one performance, after nearly thousands, Ho reportedly quipped "God, I hate that song".<ref name=Hawaii/> *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). Fans believe it is an iconic moment of the short-lived series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2007/04/the-mole-2-tiny_bubbles_artist_dies/|title=Don Ho dies; his "Tiny Bubbles" song was part of a Mole 2 challenge|work=reality blurred|author=Andy Dehnart|author-link=Andy Dehnart|date=April 15, 2007|access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref> *It was featured in the 2001 film ''Bubble Boy''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Armond|title=Bubble Boy Is the Happiest Comedy Surprise of the Season; Rat Race Gives It a Run for Its Money|url=https://www.nypress.com/bubble-boy-is-the-happiest-comedy-surprise-of-the-season-rat-race-gives-it-a-run-for-its-money/|accessdate=January 15, 2018|work=New York Press|date=September 4, 2001|language=en}}</ref> *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".<ref>{{cite web|title=Music from Hawaii Five-0 S7E09|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/hawaii-five-0/season-7/38636|website=Tunefind|accessdate=January 15, 2018|date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> *The song alone was also featured in the Season 3 episode, "Mohai".<ref>{{cite web|title=Music from Hawaii Five-0 S3E05|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/hawaii-five-0/season-3/12382|website=Tunefind|accessdate=January 15, 2018|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref>
==Covers== *In 1966, Billy Vaughn released an instrumental cover and charted at #31 in the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bubbling Under the Hot 100|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-11-05.pdf|access-date=January 15, 2018|volume=78|issue=45|date=November 5, 1966|page=22}}</ref> *In 1967, Roger Williams performed a piano version on the album, ''Roger!''<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Roger Williams - Ad|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-04-22.pdf|access-date=January 15, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=April 22, 1967}}</ref> *In 1968, American country singer Rex Allen released a cover, which peaked at #71 in the Billboard country charts.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tiny Bubbles / Country Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rex-allen/chart-history/country-songs/song/835035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514063649/https://www.billboard.com/music/rex-allen/chart-history/country-songs/song/835035|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2018|accessdate=January 15, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=July 13, 1968}}</ref> *In 1974, Scottish country singer Sydney Devine performed "Tiny Bubbles" for his album, ''Encores'';<ref>{{cite news|title=Sydney Devine - Encores|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sydney-Devine-Encores/master/807785|work=Discogs|language=en|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> it is considered to be his signature song.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sydney Devine tours again despite heartbreak|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43501592|accessdate=May 16, 2018|work=BBC News|date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> *Others who have done renditions of the tune included Al Caiola, Nora Aunor and Tiny Tim.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.secondhandsongs.com|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/search?search_text=Tiny+Bubbles|website=secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=March 30, 2023}}</ref>
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