Editing God Bless Tiny Tim

{{Infobox album
| name       = God Bless Tiny Tim
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]]
| cover      = God Bless Tiny Tim.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 1968
| recorded   = December 11, 1967 – February 1968
| venue      =
| studio     = [[TTG Studios]], Los Angeles
| genre      = 
*[[Outsider music|Outsider]]
*[[psychedelic pop]]
*[[traditional pop]]
| length     = 41:48
| label      = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| producer   = [[Richard Perry]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Tiny Tim's 2nd Album]]
| next_year  = 1968
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r82602|pure_url=yes}} link]
}}

'''''God Bless Tiny Tim''''' is the debut studio album by American musician [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hopkins |first=Jerry |date=1968-07-06 |title=Interview: Tiny Tim |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/interview-tiny-tim-77153/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> released in 1968 by [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]. It contains a variety of [[Pop music|contemporary]] and [[traditional pop]] standards, including his signature hit song "[[Tiptoe Through The Tulips]]", which was a [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] top 20 hit single.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loudon |first=Christopher |date=2016-02-02 |title=On World Ukulele Day: Tiny Tim, 'real and true' |url=https://macleans.ca/culture/arts/on-world-ukelele-day-tiny-tim-real-and-true/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Macleans.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> ''God Bless Tiny Tim'' reached No. 7 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard 200|Top LPs chart]] during a 32-week run.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1968-07-13 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1968-07-13/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=billboard.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

''God Bless Tiny Tim'' was not available on [[compact disc]] until 1998, when in it was issued in Japan only; in 2013, the album was reissued on CD worldwide with eleven bonus tracks including alternate and instrumental versions of the album's songs as well as non-album singles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Veronin |first=Nick |title=Long Live Tiny Tim |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/film/long-live-tiny-tim/article_5d11b0a3-953d-5646-959d-7f33a9a29df8.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=SFWeekly |language=en}}</ref>

==Background==
The album was produced by [[Richard Perry]], who had produced [[Captain Beefheart]]'s first album ''[[Safe as Milk]]'' and later produced albums by [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Carly Simon]] and [[Ringo Starr]]. The arrangements are by [[Artie Butler]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tiny Tim {{!}} Artie Butler {{!}} Composer, Songwriter, Orchestrator |url=https://artiebutler.com/portfolio/tiny-tim/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The songs were written by a variety of composers, most from the early 20th century, and most rather obscure; however, "[[I Got You Babe]]" was by [[Sonny Bono]], and "[[Stay Down Here Where You Belong]]" was by [[Irving Berlin]].

For some of the album, Tiny Tim sings in his unusual [[falsetto]] style. However, on a number of songs ("Stay Down Here Where You Belong", "The Coming Home Party" and others) he sings in a rich [[baritone]], demonstrating his voice's range. In "On the Old Front Porch", "Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like?" and on "I Got You Babe", he sings both baritone and falsetto, alternating between the two. A joke in "I Got You Babe" is revealed in the last words where both baritone and falsetto voices unexpectedly sing at once, revealing the apparently agile duet is actually himself singing double-tracked.

==Track listing==
===Side one===
#"Welcome to My Dream" ([[Jimmy Van Heusen]], [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]) – 1:27
#"[[Tiptoe Through The Tulips|Tiptoe Thru' the Tulips with Me]]" ([[Al Dubin]], [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]]) – 1:51
#"[[Living In the Sunlight, Loving In the Moonlight|Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight]]" ([[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]], [[Al Sherman]]) – 2:06
#"On the Old Front Porch" (Bobby Heath, [[Arthur Lange]]) – 3:40
#"The Viper" (Norman Blagman) – 2:23
#"[[Stay Down Here Where You Belong]]" ([[Irving Berlin]]) – 2:40
#"Then I'd Be Satisfied with Life" ([[George M. Cohan]]) – 2:52
#"Strawberry Tea" (Gordon Alexander) – 3:23
===Side two===
#"The Other Side" (Bill Dorsey) – 4:32
#"Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm a Nut)" ([[Edgar Leslie]], [[Grant Clarke]], [[Jean Schwartz]]) – 2:42
#"Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like?" ([[Artie Wayne|Art Wayne]]) – 2:23
#"The Coming Home Party" ([[Diane Hildebrand]], [[Jack Keller (songwriter)|Jack Keller]]) – 3:01
#"Fill Your Heart" ([[Biff Rose]], [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]]) – 3:09
#"[[I Got You, Babe]]" ([[Sonny Bono]]) – 2:13
#"[[This Is All I Ask]]" ([[Gordon Jenkins]]) – 3:20

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