caption death_date death_place years_active alias birth_place notable_instruments name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
cliff `` ukulele ike '' edwards in 1947 17 july 1971 hollywood , california , u.s. 1918 -- 1970 `` ukulele ike '' or `` ukelele ike '' hannibal , missouri , u.s. martin ukulele cliff edwards solo_singer 14 june 1895 vocals ukulele jazz vaudeville cliff edwards 1947.jpg cliff edwards
 clifton avon edwards singer voice actor
cliff edwards

clifton avon edwards -lrb- june 14 , 1895 -- july 17 , 1971 -rrb- -- known as `` ukulele ike '' -- was an american singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early '30s , 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 '' -lrb- 1940 -rrb- .
