Wendell began his recording career as a ballad singer, and started doing novelty songs in the mid-twenties. He recorded Irving King's classic song on a Brunswick side in late 1925, and the tune became an "evergreen" standard worldwide. (More
recently, it was featured in the movie, "Jaws".) Wendell's delivery is delightfully informal and joyous, for which he was justly famous. Occasionally one can still find a "Wendell Hall" ukelele which, in the ukelele world, has
prestige similar to a "Les Paul" guitar. This particular copy had some rough treatment in its time, and the worst of it is in the very outer grooves where there is lots of crackle, but noise reduction has improved it some. (further
examples of his work can be found at "VintageRecordings.com".)
