Edward Meeker

{{short description|US singer and performer}}

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| name = Edward Meeker

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| birth_date = January 22, 1874

| birth_place = East Orange, New Jersey

| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|4|19|1874|1|22|mf=y}}

| death_place = Orange, New Jersey

| spouse = Margaret Wood Meeker {{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.woods11/2nd%20Generation%20info/2.3%20Margaret%20Woods.htm |title=2 |accessdate=2015-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134815/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.woods11/2nd%20Generation%20info/2.3%20Margaret%20Woods.htm |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}

| children = 3

| parents = Enoch and Hattie Meeker

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{{listen |filename=MeekerBallGame.ogg |title=Take Me Out to the Ball Game |description="Take Me Out to the Ball Game", announced and sung by Edward Meeker}}

Edward Meeker (January 22, 1874 – April 19, 1937) was an American singer and performer, best known for his appearances on the recordings of Thomas Edison both as an announcer and singer, performing songs such as "Chicken Reel", "Go Easy Mabel", "Harrigan" and most notably, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". Original music by Meeker includes, "That Railroad Rag" released in 1911.{{Cite web |title=Songs originally by Edward Meeker {{!}} SecondHandSongs |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/81157/originals#nav-entity |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=secondhandsongs.com}} Shortly before the enactment of Prohibition, in 1919, he released an anti-prohibition song, "Every Day Will Be Sunday When The Town Goes Dry".{{cite book |last1=Dethlefson |first1=Ronald |last2=Buchak |first2=Michael |title=Edison Blue Amberol Recordings |date=1980 |publisher=APM Press |page=167 }}

As well as reading vaudeville skits and providing sound effects throughout the remainder of his career.{{Cite web |title=Edward Meeker discography - RYM/Sonemic |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/edward_meeker |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Rate Your Music |language=en}}