Godfrey, Arthur

Arthur Godfrey Singer, ukulele player, and radio and television personality New York City, August 31, 1903; New York City, March 16, 1983. Pleasant-voiced Godfrey was a fixture on radio and television for several decades. He learned to play the ukulele while serving in the Navy in the early 1920s. He joined the Coast Guard in 1927, and began to perform as part of an entertainment unit. After leaving the Coast Guard in 1930, Godfrey worked as a radio announcer until the mid-1930s, and then…