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 Song of the Prune", "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 composed the fight song, "Buckeye Battle Cry" for a song contest. His song "Donald the Dub" was used as the theme music to the BBC radio adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse's "The Oldest Member". He was a graduate of Ohio University, but had many friends in Columbus and was an Ohio State fan.

Crumit sometimes accompanied his singing on ukulele.

He married Julia Sanderson in 1927.

Crumit was born in Jackson, Ohio and died in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.