Here's a well worn old kiddie record, a 6-inch, 78 rpm orange disc, the old 'Little Golden Record' format.
◀ (Click on image to view outer sleeve ENLARGED in a new window)
On Side A, Jiminy Cricket sings his 'Safety Song', just as he did in several educational cartoons that aired on TV's 'Mickey Mouse Club' show, beginning in 1955.
- Follow link to a list of the different 'I'm No Fool' educational cartoons at The Big Cartoon DataBase.
Cliff Edwards (1895 - 1971) originated the voice of Jiminy Cricket for 1940's 'Pinnochio', and continued in the voice role until the 1960s.
Though he was uncredited in the film, the role helped to revive his career, which had been in decline since the depression.
In the 1950s, his return to the role on TV would do so again, for a time.
During the 1920s and into the early '30s, Cliff Edwards, a.k.a. 'Ukulele Ike' had been a Genuine Super Star as a recording artist, and on stage and screen.
His flair for jazzy scat singing, crooning and vocal 'tromnet' influenced many, and it was quite likely his use of the ukulele that helped make the instrument a staple of the era.
By the latter-half of the 1930s though, problems with money and problems with substance abuse and high-living began a roller-coaster of ups and downs that would follow him through the rest of his life, which ended, sadly, in obscurity.
See also: - The Red Hot Jazz Archive has many fine archived vintage Cliff Edwards recordings. (audio requires RealPlayer)
- Assorted other Cliff Edwards recordings at the Internet Archive If you've never heard Ukulele Ike, you must investigate.
Here's a well worn old kiddie record, a 6-inch, 78 rpm orange disc, the old 'Little Golden Record' format.
Cliff Edwards (1895 - 1971) originated the voice of Jiminy Cricket for 1940's 'Pinnochio', and continued in the voice role until the 1960s.
