Maccaferri turned out about 9 million inexpensive ukuleles. [17]  Much of the instrument's popularity was cultivated via  The Arthur Godfrey Show  on television. [18]  Singer-musician  Tiny Tim  became closely associated with the instrument after playing it on his 1968 hit " Tiptoe Through the Tulips ". [ edit ]Post-1990 RevivalAfter the 1960s,