"Cliff Edwards vs. Parker Gibbs" on Jazz-O-Rama #44 Saturday, June 1st, 3:30 pm ET on CRAGG!

NAPANOCH, N.Y. - May 31, 2013 - PRLog -- The voice of Walt Disney's Jiminy Cricket is featured on the 44th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour airing Saturday, June 1st at 3:30 pm ET / 12:30 pm PT, on http://www.cultradioagogo.com (part of Joe Bev 3-Hour Block, beginning at 2:20 pm ET / 11:30 am PT).

This Saturday Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Battle of the Crooners 1: Cliff Edwards vs. Parker Gibbs", including:

1. One Man Band  - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(Phil Baxter / Ted Weems)    10-28-1930    Chicago, Illinois Bluebird
6395

2. "Side by Side"- Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)
Lyrics by Gus Kahn and music by Harry M. Woods written in 1927, now considered a standard. Pathé Actuelle 25206 - Recorded In NYC 3-1927 - Peaked On US Billboard #12 - 1927 (3 weeks)

3. Piccolo Pete - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(Phil Baxter)    6-28-1929    Camden, New Jersey    Victor
22037-A

4.  "That's My Weakness Now" - Cliff Edwards
Columbia 1471-D, recorded 7-3-1928.

5. "Cobble-Stones" - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(Sidney Clare / Lew Pollack )    11-25-1927    Camden, New Jersey Victor
21105
40091-4

6. "I'm Going to Give It to Mary (With Love)"  - Cliff Edwards
(1933)

7. "Who Wouldn't Be Blue?" - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(Benny Davis / Joe Burke)    4-5-1928    Camden, New Jersey Victor
21511-B

8. "Charley, My Boy!" - Cliff Edwards
"Charley, My Boy" is a song written by Gus Kahn and Ted Fiorito in 1924
The song was introduced by the singing comedian Eddie Cantor who recorded it for Columbia Records in 1924.

9. "Miss Wonderful" - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(From First National picture "Paris")
(Eddie Ward / Al Bryan)    9-13-1929    Camden, New Jersey    Victor
22137-B

10. "California, Here I Come" - Cliff Edwards
Recorded in April 1924. A #1 hit for Al Jolson in May 1924.

11. "Talk Of The Town" - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(Cohn / Kahn)    12-7-1929    Chicago, Illinois    Victor
22304

12. Sunday - Cliff Edwards and His Hot Combination
Charted at #3 in 1927. Recorded October 1926. Written by Ned Miller, Chester Cohn, Jules Stein and Bennie Krueger. Among the musicians were the creme of the time: Red Nichols, Adrian Rollini, Dick McDonough, Miff Mole and Arthur Shutt.

13. "A Girl Friend Of A Boy Friend Of Mine" - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn)    7-25-1930    Camden, New Jersey Victor
22499

14. Stack O' Lee - Cliff Edwards
Recorded on July 25, 1928. "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee", "Stackerlee", "Stack O'Lee", "Stack-a-Lee" and several other variants, is a popular folk song based on the murder of William "Billy" Lyons by Stagger Lee Shelton. The first published version of the song was by folklorist John Lomax in 1910. The song was well known in African American communities along the lower Mississippi River by the 1910s.

15. Slappin' The Bass - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs and chorus
(Harry De Costa / Fred Phillips)    4-3-1930    Chicago, Illinois Victor
22411-B

16. Mysterious Mose - Ted Weems and His Orchestra
Vocal refrain by Parker Gibbs
(Walter Doyle)    4-2-1930    Chicago, Illinois    Victor
22411-A
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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). 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.

Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) is the recipient of the 2013 Kean University Distinguished Alumni Award.

Bev has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton.

In addition to The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, he also produces The Comedy-O-Rama Hour, The Joe Bev Experience and Cartoon Carnival, with new podcasts every week. Go to: http://www.waterlogg.com.

The June 1st Joe Bev 3-Hour Block includes:

1. Comedy-O-Rama #61: "The Return of Ron Drysdale or Homeland Security Has Got to Go-Go-Go!"
2. Jazz-O-Rama #44: "The Battle of the Crooners 1: Cliff Edwards vs. Parker Gibbs"
3. Joe Bev Experience #40: "Douglas McEwan Interview 1 & This Here is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes"

An announcement for Joe Bev Experience #40: "Douglas McEwan Interview 1 & This Here is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes" follows.

VIDEO: http://youtu.be/oS3MOix7gR0 (http://youtu.be/sEm2GH4z968)