 Cliff Edwards playing ukulele with phonograph, 1947 Image by William P. Gottlieb, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Cliff EdwardsCliff Edwards Cliff Edwards American musician and actor (1895–1971) For another person, see Cliff Edwards (footballer). Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike",[1] was an American pop singer, musician and actor. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes, including "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929. Later in his career, he appeared in films and did voices for animated cartoons, and is well-remembered as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940)[2] (introducing the standard "When You Wish Upon a Star") and Fun and Fancy Free (1947), and Dandy Crow in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).[3] This article includes a… (Source: Wikipedia)
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