Frank Crumit
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Frank Crumit (September 26, 1889 - September 7, 1943) was a popular United States singer and songwriter. His biggest hits were made during the 1920s and early 1930s, including popular phonograph records of "Frankie and Johnnie", "Abdul Abulbul Amir", "A Gay Caballero", "The Prune Song", "There's No-one With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance", "I Wish That I'd Been Born in Borneo", "What Kind of a Noise Annoys an Oyster?", and "I Learned About Women From Her".
Crumit sometimes accompanied his singing on ukulele.
Crumit married Julia Sanderson in 1927.
He was born in Jackson, Ohio and died in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.