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Candy Candido (December 25, 1913 – May 19, 1999) was an American radio performer, bass player, vocalist and animation voice actor, best remembered for his famous line, "I'm feeling mighty low." Born Jonathan Joseph Candido in New Orleans, Louisiana, Candido, who later used the legal name John B. Candido, was a bassist and vocalist in Ted Fio Rito's big band, and they can be seen in a Soundie, "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me." In 1933 he married to Anita Gordon, a singer who worked in radio and as the Singing Harp in Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947), and the singing voice for Jeanne Crain in... MORE

Candy Candido (December 25, 1913 – May 19, 1999) was an American radio performer, bass player, vocalist and animation voice actor, best remembered for his famous line, "I'm feeling mighty low." Born Jonathan Joseph Candido in New Orleans, Louisiana, Candido, who later used the legal name John B. Candido, was a bassist and vocalist in Ted Fio Rito's big band, and they can be seen in a Soundie, "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me." In 1933 he married to Anita Gordon, a singer who worked in radio and as the Singing Harp in Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947), and the singing voice for Jeanne Crain in State Fair (1945) "It Might As Well Be Spring." Candido's distinctively deep voice became a fixture on radio where he was a regular on Jimmy Durante's radio program. His weekly repetition of "I'm feeling mighty low" made it a national catchphrase. The running gag became so familiar that he recorded a song of the same title with Durante. The line can be heard in the 1950 Bugs Bunny cartoon Homeless Hare, although it was not spoken there by Candido. Candido provided the voice of a skeleton in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, and he later teamed with Bud Abbott during Abbott's attempted LESS