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On This Day - January 12th
World History
1979 - Singer "Tiny Tim" establishes a new world non-stop singing record of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 7 seconds.
"Tiny Tim", American singer and ukelele player, was born Herbert Khaury on 12 April 1932. The son of a Lebanese father and a Polish Jewish mother, he was raised Catholic. This gave him a traditional grounding that was hidden by his flamboyant on-stage persona which traded on his short stature and high falsetto singing voice.
Tiny Tim's natural singing voice was baritone, but there was little interest in a short person who could sing baritone and play the ukelele. He discovered his falsetto voice quite by accident whilst singing along to the radio one evening in 1952. When he entered a local talent show singing "You Are My Sunshine" in falsetto, the audience responded with resounding approval. Later, Tiny Tim became especially well known for his falsetto rendering of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".
In January 1979, Tiny Tim was on tour in Australia. During this tour, on 12 January 1979 at Luna Park in Sydney, he established the world non-stop professional singing record of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 7 seconds. the record has since been broken numerous times.