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In a 1968 interview on The Tonight Show, he described the discovery of his ability to sing in an upper register: 'I was listening to the radio and singing along as I was singing I said 'Gee, it's strange.

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He dropped out of high school after continuously repeating his sophomore year, taking a series of menial jobs. During recovery from having his appendix removed in 1945, he read the Bible and listened to music on the radio after his recovery, he rarely left his room except to go to school, where he was described as a mediocre student. He later picked up the mandolin and the ukulele – the latter of which became his signature instrument.

John Wayne and Tiny Tim help celebrate the 100th episode of Laugh-In, 1971īy the time Khaury was 11 years old, he began learning to play the violin and enjoyed performing at home for his parents' entertainment. He attended George Washington High School in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He researched sheet music, often making photographic copies to take home to learn, a hobby he continued for his entire life.

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He began spending most of his free time at the New York Public Library, reading about the history of the phonograph industry and its first recording artists. By his pre-teen years, he developed a passion for records, specifically those from the 1900s through the 1930s. At the age of six, he began teaching himself guitar.

He would sit for hours listening to the record. At the age of five, his father gave him a vintage wind-up gramophone and a 78-RPM record of 'Beautiful Ohio' by Henry Burr. Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age. Khaury's father, Butros Khaury, was a textile worker from Beirut, present-day Lebanon, whose father was a Maronite Catholic priest. She had immigrated from Brest-Litovsk, present-day Belarus, as a teen in 1914.

His mother Tillie (née Staff), a Polish-Jewish garment worker, was the daughter of a rabbi. Khaury was born in Manhattan, New York City, on April 12, 1932. He is best remembered for his 1968 hit ' Tiptoe Through the Tulips', which he sang in a falsetto voice. Herbert Butros Khaury (Ap– November 30, 1996), also known as Herbert Buckingham Khaury, and known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist.