Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike" Jazz Vocal Crooner Perfect Discs 1922-24 Enc 4 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 4 (Recorded 1922-1924) 01 Virginia Blues (1st record) 1922 02 Nobody Lied 1922 03 Old Fashioned Love 1923 04 Lovey Came Back 1923 05 If You'll Come Back Version 1 1924 06 How My Sweetie Loves Me 1924 Your browser does not support the audio element. 07 If You'll Come Back Version 2 1924 08 Where the Lazy Daisies Grow 1924 09 Red Hot Mama 1924 Your browser does not support the audio element. 10 Who's the Meanest Gal in Town, Josephine 1924 11 Feeling the Way I Do 1924 12 I Want to Walk In Again Blues 1924 13 California, Here I Come 1924 14 It Had to Be You 1924 15 I Can't Get the One I Want 1924 16 You're So Cute 1924 17 Hard Hearted Hannah 1924 18 When My Sweetie Puts Her Lovin' On 1924 19 Little Somebody of Mine 1924

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