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  • Lonesome Death of Ukulele Ike, The

    Charles de Lint posted on July 03, 2016 14:43

    From Tom Russell's 2011 album, Mesabi. Here is a great tribute song to "Ukulele Ike" Cliff Edwards. Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as "Ukulele Ike" — was an American singer, actor and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, 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).

    *****REVISED/REFORMATTED AUGUST 28, 2019 - SR****

    A video for this song:


    HERE'S TWO SAMPLES OF CLIFF EDWARDS "UKULELE IKE" PERFORMING AND A SHORT BIO VIDEO:


    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 20, 2016 - Anything Goes, October 2017, October 2019 (1 Comments)

Comments

Sue Rogers
# Sue Rogers
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:49 PM
I LOVE this song! My new favourite song! Thanks for finding Charles! It's a keeper!

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