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The Lonesome Death of Ukulele Ike (WORD)
The Lonesome Death of Ukulele Ike (PDF)
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). You can see a documentary on Ukulele Ike on our TIPS & HELP page: Documentary - Cliff Edwards (bytownukulele.ca)