Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike" Jazz Vocal Crooner Perfect Discs 1926-27 Enc 7 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 Encore 4 to Encore 7 CD’s were made from Pathé / Perfect Discs. These are the earliest set of Cliff Edwards recordings that were made. These recordings were originally recorded onto large cylinder masters by Pathé. They were then dubbed onto disc masters for pressing and release. The vocals on these discs appear to be clearer compared to those released by other record companies of this period. However, there are occasional thumping sounds that were inherent from the original recording process. His unusual creative jazz singing style contains his vocal sound effects with extensive scat singing. 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 & Ukulele (Perfect Discs) Encore 7 (Recorded 1926-1927) 01 When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along 1926 02 Who Do You Think I'm Doing It For 1926 03 For No Good Reason At All 1926 Your browser does not support the audio element. 04 Don't Be Angry with Me 1926 05 If You Can't Land 'Er on the Old Veranda 1926 06 Sunday 1926 07 Don't Mind Being All Alone 1926 08 Meadow Lark 1926 09 I'm Tellin' The Birds, Tellin' The Bees 1926 10 Lonely Eyes 1926 11 I Know That You Know 1926 12 Lo Do Dode O 1926 13 Oh! Baby, Don't We Get Along 1927 14 Broken Hearted 1927 15 Whisper Song 1927 16 Side By Side 1927 Your browser does not support the audio element. 17 Me and My Shadow 1927 18 That One Day in June 1927 19 Give Me a Night in June 1927

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