Red Ingle

Red Ingle (1906-1965) was a novelty singer and musician. A trained violinist, he was originally a straight musician with Ted Weems' orchestra (even heard occasionally on Jack Benny's 1932 radio series) before joining Spike Jones and the City Slickers in 1944. Occasionally playing clarinet and saxophone, Ingle was the soloist on Jones' recordings of "Chloe" (including a "You don't say" routine) and "Glow Worm," among others. He became a solo recording artist for Capitol Records in 1947, backed by his own band The Natural Seven.
Ingle's records usually employed hillbilly humor, scoring a hit with his first single, a 1947 cover of "Temptation," spelled "Tim-Tayshun," with guest vocalist Jo Stafford (credited under the comedic alias Cinderella G. Stumpf). He continued to record into the early 1950s and made early sixties TV appearances on Startime (with Stafford) and Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall.
==References==
* The rendition of "Cigarettes and Whiskey" on The Muppet Show episode 219 is taken from Ingle's 1948 cover version (spelled as "Cigareetes, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild Women"). It incorporates Ingle's spoken introduction ("A preachment, dear friends...") and asides from an audience member, including a request to sing "Temptation."
==Songs Used on Sam and Friends==
* December 23, 1958: "Let Me In" (1951 single)Shemin, Craig. Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show. p. 318
* January 15, 1959: "Git Up Off'n The Floor, Hannah! Or (A Bitter New Year's Eve)" (1948)ibid. p. 329
* March 6, 1959: "Serutan Yob" (1948) with Karen Tedder and Jim Hawthorneibid. p. 348
* April 24, 1959: "Nowhere" (1947)ibid. p. 366
* December 31, 1959: "Git Up Off'n The Floor, Hannah!"ibid. p. 419
* February 8, 1960: "Let Me In"ibid. p. 431
* April 27, 1960: "Nowhere"ibid. p. 452
* September 15, 1960: "You don't say" lines from "Chloe" (1945)ibid. p. 463
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