Frank Crumit
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Biography
[Edit]Born in Jackson, OH, on September 26, 1889, Frank Crumit developed his skills as a comedic actor, singer, and ukulele player while enrolled at the University of Ohio. In 1912, he narrowly avoided a future in engineering by becoming a singer with Paul Biese's Orchestra, first in Chicago and then in New York. Soon Crumit was touring in vaudeville, performing his own original songs and routines under the heading of "the One-Man Glee Club." His first appearance on Broadway was in the Greenwich Village Follies of 1919. Subsequent stage successes included Betty Be Good (1920), Tangerine (1921), the Ziegfeld Follies of 1923, the Gershwin brothers' Oh, Kay, Lewis Gensler's Queen High, and, in 1924, Con Conrad's Moonlight. In 1927, Crumit was married to Julia Sanderson, an actress and ex-chorus girl with whom he had worked in various shows beginning with Tangerine. The pair began performing over the radio in 1929 as "the Singing Sweethearts" and continued their broadcast collaborations until 1942.
Crumit's career as a phonographic recording artist began in 1919 and ended in 1941, leaving in its wake an estimated 250 performances. Initially signed by Columbia, he switched to Victor in 1924, becoming quite popular over the next few years for his clever novelty songs delivered in a succinct and somewhat glib manner while strumming on his little ukulele. In 1931, the Singing Sweethearts recorded a duet version of Harry Warren's "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" for Victor. In 1932 and 1933, Crumit waxed a number of sides that were released exclusively in England, then switched over to Decca in 1934. Soon after recording "There's No One with Endurance Like the Man Who Sells Insurance," Crumit eased himself out of the entertainment racket, maintaining only modest involvement in radio and peripheral contact with the theatrical community in New York. Crumit passed away in Longmeadow, MA, on September 7, 1943, just 16 days short of his 55th birthday.
Title: 1920's Popular & Comic Vocals (Encore 2) [Recorded 1924-1927]
Artist: Frank Crumit
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: 1920's Popular & Comic Vocals (Encore 1) [Recorded 1920-1924]
Artist: Frank Crumit
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: The Gay Caballaro
Artist: Frank Crumit
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical, Opera, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: 1920's Popular & Comic Vocals (Encore 3) [Recorded 1927-1930]
Artist: Frank Crumit
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O) (Recordings 1920 - 1928)
Artist: Frank Crumit
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of the 1920's, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of the 1920's, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits of the 20'S
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Vintage Comedy Collection 2
Genre:
Title: Epic Music of the 1920's
Genre: Jazz
Title: Classic Comedy Records, Vol. 2
Genre: Humor
Title: Top Hits of the Roaring '20s
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Wonderful 30s
Genre: Pop
Title: Odd Numbers of the 1920s
Genre: Jazz
Title: Stars to Remember / The Immortals
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage American Comedy
Genre: Humor
Title: Rodgers & Hart - The Collection
Genre: Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Personalities of the 1920s
Genre: Pop
Title: Sentimental Journey - Early Big Band and Other Hits Vol4
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Stars, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Roaring 20s Revue, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Songwriters - Richard Rodgers
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Runaway Train - Songs From The Great Age Of Steam
Genre:
Title: Vintage American Comedy
Genre:
Title: Children's Favorite Songs
Title: 1930 in Music, Vol. 1
Title: Wonderful Nonsense : Fun Songs of The Roaring Twenties
Genre: Jazz
Title: Goofball 1920S
Title: 1930 in Music, Vol. 2
Title: Favourites of Rodgers & Hart, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Vintage Comedy Collection 2, Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: 100 Greatest Songs Of The 1920s (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: A Taste Of 1933
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs of the Jazz Age, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: From Avenue A To The Great White Way: Yiddish & American Popular Songs 1914-1950
Artist: Various
Genre: Pop