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This Labor Day: Catch Red Nichols and Cliff Edwards a.k.a Ukulele Ike (Sorta)

Labor Day 2025 falls unconscionably early this year (September 1), but there is an excellent way that you can spend the evening if you’re in New York. You can let some highly skilled entertainers work for you! There is a much publicized tribute show to Red Nichols, Cliff Edwards (a.k.a. Ukulele Ike), and the Hot Combination happening at Birdland. Behind this necromantic musical miracle are…

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This Day in Buster…September 26, 1931 

Buster Keaton drags it up with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards in “Sidewalks of New York" which opens in the U.S.

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#WIPWednesday Buster Keaton leans on Cliff ‘Ukulele Ike’ Edwards in this promo pic for “Sidewalks of New York,” 1931

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#ThrowbackThursday Cliff ‘Ukulele Ike’ Edward’s song, “Sing (A Happy Little Thing,) featured in “Dough Boys,” 1930 - here’s the sheet music & Buster Keaton struggling with the choreography!

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#SaturdayCaptions Caption this pic of Buttster Keister…Buster Keaton & Cliff Edwards on the set of “Sidewalks of New York,” 1931…and keep it family friendly!

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Buster Keaton and Cliff Edwards in The Sidewalks of New York

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Doughboys 1930

Buster Keaton with Cliff Edwards aka Ukulele Ike. Edwards voiced Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio (1940) he therefore sang the original recording of “When You Wish Upon a Star”. He was also the voice of one of the crows in Dumbo. He recorded the hit song “Singin’ in the Rain” in 1929.

The actor who comes in at the end of the clip is Edward Brophy who was the voice of Timothy Q. Mouse in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941)