Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike" Jazz Vocal Crooner with Ukulele (1927-28) Enc 1 CD

Description: We combine shipping on all purchased items. It is now automatically calculated and discounted based on your location. Cliff Edwards (Hannibal, Missouri, June 14, 1895 - Hollywood, July 17, 1971) was a popular 1920's and 1930's jazz singer. Edwards was widely known during his career as “Ukulele Ike”. He is also remembered for his voice-over of the role of Jiminy Cricket in the Walt Disney cartoon Pinocchio of 1940. Edwards introduced When You Wish Upon A Star Entering vaudeville, partnered with pianist Bobby Carleton, he learned to play the ukulele, an instrument that had become imported from Hawaii. His partner Carleton had made a hit in World War I with his own song called Ja-Da, a sort of nonsense tune which sold over a million copies of sheet music. Edwards also enjoyed singing around the notes of a song, a technique had been pioneered by vaudeville singer Gene Greene. He used a very unusual type of musical interpolation, often strumming his ukulele chords as his voice improvised notes. During the 1920s Edwards often appeared strumming the ukulele and singing in full blackface. In 1924, a banner year for Edwards, he appeared in the Broadway show Lady Be Good with Fred Astaire and headlined at the Palace. In 1925 his novelty song about canoeing called Paddlin' Madeleine Home was a smash. In 1928 he introduced the classic I Can't Give You Anything But Love. In addition his performing with ukulele did more than anyone to ensure the surge in popularity of that instrument. He even marketed his own ukulele line for kids and books on how to play the ukulele. The recordings included in the 3 CD’s were made at the peak of his career. They display his unusual jazz singing style and are filled with his vocal sound effects. His ukulele accompaniment is used on many of the songs. All recordings were digitally restored by Vintage Recordings. Several Items will have a symbol next to a song. You can listen to a sound clip with the windows media player. Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike" Jazz Vocals with Ukulele Encore 1 (Recorded 1927-1928) 01 After My Laughter Came Tears 1927 02 Collette 1927 03 I'm Back In Love Again 1927 04 I'm Cryin’ Cause I'm Losing You 1927 05 Magnolia 1927 06 All Of The Time 1928 07 Anita 1928 08 Anything You Say 1928 Your browser does not support the audio element. 09 Can You Blame Me 1928 10 Chiquita 1928 11 Good Little Bad Little You 1928 Your browser does not support the audio element. 12 Halfway To Heaven 1928 13 I Can't Give You Anything But Love 1928 14 I Can't Make Her Happy 1928 -Take1 15 I Can't Make Her Happy 1928 -Take2 16 It Goes Like This That Funny Melody 1928 17 Just A Sweetheart 1928 18 Just Like A Melody Out Of The Sky 1928 19 Just A Night For Meditation 1928 20 Mary Ann 1928

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