Cliff Edwards
Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American musician and actor. He 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 he is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947), and Dandy (Jim) Crow in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941). |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 75 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-25760 | 10-in. | 11/11/1921 | You've had your day | Al Bernard | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-31164 | 10-in. | 11/12/1924 | Wait till you see me with my baby (That little somebody of mine) | Ralph Williams Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36880 | 10-in. | 10/28/1926 | No wonder she's a blushing bride | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | PBS-042393 | 10-in. | 1/22/1940 | When you wish upon a star | Jiminy Cricket | Dubbed recording from film: Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | PBS-042395 | 10-in. | 1/22/1940 | Give a little whistle | Jiminy Cricket ; Pinocchio [Fictitious character] | Dubbed recording from film: Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | PBS-042398 | 10-in. | 1/22/1940 | Finale (Turn on the old music box & When you wish upon a star) | Jiminy Cricket ; Pinocchio [Fictitious character] | Dubbed recording from film: Male vocal duet, with vocal ensemble and orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | PBS-061711 | 10-in. | 10/3/1941 | When I see an elephant fly | Dumbo Orchestra ; Cliff Edwards ; Hall Johnson Choir | Dubbed recording from film : Male vocal solo, with male vocal ensemble and orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | [Trial 1921-06-02-01] | 10-in. | 6/2/1921 | Yellow dog | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | [Trial 1923-11-17-01] | 10-in. | 11/17/1923 | You need some loving | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with ukulele (self-accompaniment) | instrumentalist, ukulele, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | 78837 | 10-in. | 12/3/1919 | There's a lot of blue-eyed Marys down in Maryland | Cliff Edwards ; Pierce Keegan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | 78838 | 10-in. | 12/3/1919 | Poor little butterfly is a fly gal now | Cliff Edwards ; Pierce Keegan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | 78891 | 10-in. | 12/24/1919 | Darktown dancin' school | Cliff Edwards ; Pierce Keegan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | 78892 | 10-in. | 12/24/1919 | I'm gonna spend my honeymoon in Dixie | Cliff Edwards ; Pierce Keegan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | 78923 | 10-in. | 1/12/1920 | I'll buy the ring and change your name to mine | Cliff Edwards ; Pierce Keegan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | 80390 | 10-in. | 6/19/1922 | You've had your day | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W143459 | 10-in. | 2/10/1927 | No wonder she's a blushing bride | Edith Clifford | Female vocal solo, with celeste, chimes, and piano | composer | |
Columbia | W145457 | 10-in. | 12/31/1927 | (I'm cryin' 'cause I know I'm) Losing you | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with ukulele and instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, ukulele, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W145458 | 10-in. | 12/31/1927 | After my laughter came tears | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with ukulele and instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, ukulele, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W145459 | 10-in. | 1/3/1928 | Mary Ann | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W145460 | 10-in. | 1/3/1928 | Together | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W145461 | 10-in. | 1/3/1928 | The grass grows greener 'way down home | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W145462 | 10-in. | 1/3/1928 | When day is done | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W146396 | 10-in. | 6/5/1928 | Anything you say! | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W146397 | 10-in. | 6/5/1928 | Just like a melody out of the sky | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | W146621 | 10-in. | 7/3/1928 | Anita | Cliff Edwards | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Edwards, Cliff," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105385.
Edwards, Cliff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105385.
"Edwards, Cliff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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