Cliff Edwards

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Cliff Edwards
Edwards in 1947
Born	Clifton Avon Edwards (1895-06-14)June 14, 1895 Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.
Died	July 17, 1971(1971-07-17) (aged 76) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Other names	Ukulele Ike
Occupations	Musician actor
Years active	1918–1971
Spouses	Gertrude Ryrholm ​ ​ (m. 1919; div. 1923)​ Irene Wylie ​ ​ (m. 1923; div. 1931)​ Judith Barrett ​ ​ (m. 1932; div. 1936)​
Musical career
Genres	Jazz vaudeville
Instruments	Vocals ʻukulele
Labels	Audiophile Records Walt Disney Records
Musical artist

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)^[1] and Fun and Fancy Free (1947), and Dandy (Jim) Crow in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941).^[2]