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Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935

Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards

Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935

Format: CD
Label: Retrieval
UPC: 0608917906820
Catnr: RTR 79068
Release date: 28 October 2011
2 CD
 
Label
Retrieval
UPC
0608917906820
Catalogue number
RTR 79068
Release date
28 October 2011
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The first thing that needs to be said about Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards is that, contrary to all information published in books and discographies, he did NOT play a Kazoo. Those trumpet-like sounds that he made (somewhere between “scat” singing and yodelling) were produced vocally with no help from any sort of instrument, however primitive. He called it “eefing”. There has been surprisingly little critical appraisal of his work. When one considers that in a career that lasted from the 'teens to the '60s he made close to 200 records, including several major hits, more than 70 movies and had a TV series, it's a record that few artists could even begin to match. How many people today who watch Walt Disney programmes on TV realize that the voice that sings “When You Wish Upon a Star” at the start of each Buena Vista presentation is that of Cliff Edwards? (part of the linernotes written by Chris Ellis)

More than any other performer Edwards was responsible for the soaring popularity of the ukulele in the 1920s. Millions of ukuleles were sold during the decade, and Tin Pan Alley publishers added ukulele chords to standard sheet music. Edwards always played American Martin ukuleles favoring the small soprano model in his early career. In his later years Edwards moved to the sweeter, large tenor ukulele more suited to crooning which was becoming popular in the 1930s. (source: Wikipedia)
Cliff Edwards, a.k.a. Ukulele Ike, den heute kaum noch jemand kennt, war zu seiner Zeit unglaublich populär. 1895 geboren, nahm er zu Beginn der 20er Jahre seine ersten Platten auf - am Ende waren es über 200! Er spielte verschiedene Ukuleles (und löste einen Boom in diesem Markt aus), er sang von Bariton bis hohem Falsett, er scattete mit einer Stimme, die viele Biografen fälschlicherweise als "kazoo" auslegten (letzteres verhalf ihm übrigens zu einer späteren Karriere als Vertoner von Walt-Disney-Comics). Diese Doppel-CD umfasst auf 2 CDs 48 Titel, teilweise bisher unveröffentlichte! Und oft sind die ganz großen Musiker jener Zeit dabei: Red Nichols, Ed Lang, Jimmy Dorsey usw. Chris Ellis, der diese Doppel kompilierte und produzierte, ist stolzer Besitzer einer unglaublichen Original-Platten und -bändern - möge er uns noch lange erhalten bleiben, damit wir immer wieder solche Schätze entdecken können!

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Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), also known as 'Ukelele Ike', was an American singer and voice actor who 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 is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940). (source: Wikipedia)
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Cliff Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), also known as "Ukelele Ike", was an American singer and voice actor who 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 is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940). (source: Wikipedia)
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Disc #1
01.
Virginia Blues
03:00
(Fred Meinken) Ladd's Black Aces
02.
Old Fashioned Love
03:13
(Cecil Mack, James P. Johnson) Cliff Edwards
03.
Lovey Came Back
02:42
(Lou Handman, Sam Lewis, Joc Young) Cliff Edwards
04.
You're So Cute (Mama o' Mine)
02:42
(Cliff Edwards) Cliff Edwards
05.
He's The Hottest Man In Town
03:29
(Moe Baer, Owen Murphy) Cliff Edwards
06.
Fascinating Rythm
03:14
(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Cliff Edwards
07.
That's All There Is (There Ain't No More)
03:10
(Harry Woods) Cliff Edwards
08.
If I Never See You As Long As I Live
03:17
(Roy Turk, Moe Baer) Cliff Edwards
09.
I'm A Hard To Get Papa Looking For A Hard To Get Girl
02:47
(Chick Endor, Edward Ward) Cliff Edwards
10.
Paddlin' Madelin' Home
02:51
(Harry Woods) Cliff Edwards
11.
Oh! Lovey Be Mine
03:09
(Walter Donaldson) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
12.
Say, Who's That Baby Doll?
03:12
(Al Turk, Marceo Pinkard) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
13.
Someone's Stolen My Sweet, Sweet Baby
03:22
(Lew Brown, Sidney Clare, Marceo Pinkard) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
14.
How Can You Look So Good
02:36
(Chick Endor) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
15.
Dinah
03:01
(Harry Akst, Joe Young, Sam Lewis) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
16.
Keep On Croonin' A Tune
02:51
(Sammy Fain, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Weill) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
17.
Sweet Child
02:39
(Al Lewis, Seymour Simons, Richard Whiting) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
18.
I Want Somebody To Cheer Me Up
02:46
(Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
19.
Sunday
02:59
(Sonny Miller, Jule Styne, Chester Cohn, Benny Kreuger) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
20.
I Don't Mind Being All Alone
03:09
(Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill, Irving Mills) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
21.
Meadow Lark
03:12
(Ted Fiorito, Hal Keidel) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
22.
I Never Knew What The Moonlight Could Do
02:38
(Sam Coslow, Larry Spier) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
23.
I'm Tellin' The Birds, Tellin' The Bees
02:36
(Lew Brown, Cliff Friend) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
24.
Lonely Eyes
03:08
(Harry Akst, Benny Davis) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination

Disc #2
01.
Since I Found You
03:00
(Sidney Clare, Harry Woods) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
02.
I Know That You Know
03:13
(Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
03.
Oh Baby! Don't We Get Along
02:42
(Buddy de Sylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
04.
Anything You Say
02:42
(Walter Donaldson) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
05.
That's My Weakness Now
03:29
(Bud Green, Sam H. Stept) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
06.
Halfway To Heaven
03:14
(Al Dubin, J Russel Robinson) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
07.
Good Little, Bad Little You
03:10
(Bud Green, Sam H. Stept) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
08.
Stack O' Lee
03:17
(Cliff Edwards) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
09.
Singin' In The Rain
02:47
(Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
10.
Sophomore Prom
02:51
(Jesse Greer, Ray Klages) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
11.
Hang On To Me
03:09
(Jesse Greer, Ray Klages) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
12.
Sing (A Happy Little Thing)
03:12
(Howard Johnson, Joseph Meyer) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
13.
Bless You Sister
03:22
(Al Dubin, J Russel Robinson) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
14.
Dream Sweetheart
02:36
(Bud Green) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
15.
A Great Big Bunch Of You
03:01
(Mort Dixon, Harry Warren) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
16.
All Of A Sudden
02:51
(Harry Woods) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
17.
Crazy People
02:39
(Edgar Leslie, James V. Monaco) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
18.
Come Up And See Me Sometime
02:46
(Arthur Swanstrom, Louis Alter) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
19.
Night Owl
02:59
(Herman Hupfield) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
20.
Hush My Mouth (If I Ain't Goin' South)
02:55
(Maurice Siegler, Michael H. Cleary, Al Hoffman) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
21.
It's Only A Paper Moon
03:09
(Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
22.
I Want To Call You Sweet Mama
02:51
(Cliff Edwards) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
23.
It's An Old Southern Custom
03:14
(Jack Yellen, George W. Meyer) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
24.
I Got Shoes, You Got Shoesies
02:55
(Jack Yellen, George W. Meyer, Herb Magidson) Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
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