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Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early '30s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' In The Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940).
Edwards was born in Hannibal, Missouri. He left school at age 14 and soon moved to St. Louis, Missouri and Saint Charles, Missouri, where he entertained as a singer in saloons. As many places had pianos in bad shape or none at all, Edwards taught himself to play ukulele to serve as his own accompanist (choosing it because it was the cheapest instrument in the music shop). He was nicknamed "Ukulele Ike" by a club owner who could never remember his name. He got his first break in 1918 at the Arsonia Cafe in Chicago, Illinois, where he performed a song called "Ja-Da", written by the club's pianist, Bob Carleton. Edwards and Carleton made it a hit on the vaudeville circuit. Vaudeville headliner Joe Frisco hired Edwards as part of his act, which was featured at the Palace in New York City, the most prestigious vaudeville theater, and later in the Ziegfeld Follies.
Cliff Edwards HIGH QUALITY Ukelele Ike "It's magic"
Cliff Edwards - It's only a paper moon
The Cliff Edwards Story (Ukulele Ike)
Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards) Sings When You Wish Upon A Star
Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star 1940 Ukulele Ike
Cliff Edwards - If I had you
Cliff Edwards - I'll See You In My Dreams (1930)
I'll See You In My Dreams (1930) Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)
Cliff Edwards - Night Owl 1933 Ukulele Ike
Cliff Edwards - Singin' In The Rain 1929 Ukulele Ike
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