Edgar Clyde "Skinnay" Ennis Jr. (August 13, 1907 – June 3, 1963)[1] was an American jazz and pop music bandleader and singer.

"[6] Ennis joined Kemp's orchestra as a drummer and vocalist in the late 1920s, playing with him through 1938,[3] including one tour of Europe in 1930.

Ennis began performing comedy routines, and in 1938 he landed a job as bandleader on Bob Hope's radio program, appearing as a regular until he entered the Army.

[3] Ennis joined the Army in 1943, serving as a "warrant officer in charge of a 28-piece band" during World War II.

[11] Ennis, whose nickname originally was "Skinny," changed it to "Skinnay", after it was misspelled that way on the label of a record early in his career.