Ed Kirkeby
Wallace Theodore "Ed" Kirkeby (October 10, 1891 – June 12, 1978) was an American bandleader, vocalist, manager, and salesman, best remembered as the manager of Fats Waller. He was one of the first recording managers at Columbia Records to record jazz and organized the California Ramblers to record it. He recorded extensively during the 1920s and early 1930s using many pseudonyms for recording including The Little Ramblers, The Goofus Five, Five Birmingham Babies, The Vagabonds, The Varsity Eight, Ted Wallace (And His Campus Boys), Ed Kirkeby Wallace, and Eddie Lloyd (and Loyd). Over the years he also managed the Pickens Sisters, was an A&R person at RCA Victor, and worked in the band booking department at NBC. As Fats Waller's manager he also acted as his archivist building a collection which is held today by the Institute of Jazz Studies. After Waller's death in 1943 Kirkeby remained active managing many other groups and musicians (including Pat Flowers) through 1977. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 10, 1891 (New York City), Died June 12, 1978
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: session supervisor, leader, vocalist, songwriter, director, lyricist, speaker, composer, piano
Notes: Name also appears as "W.T. Kirkeby," "Wallace T. Kirkeby," "W. T. Ed. Kirkeby," "Ted Wallace," "Eddy Lloyd," and "Skippy Carlstrum (Thesaurus), and other pseudonyms.
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 226-250 of 767 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | MS-95673 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early Sept. 1935 | I'm sitting high on a hill | Joe Haymes Orchestra ; Ed Kirkeby | Jazz/dance band, with vocal soloists | vocalist | |
Victor | BS-95675 | 10-in. | 10/29/1935 | The farmer in the dell | Clifford Johns | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | director | |
Victor | BS-95676 | 10-in. | 10/29/1935 | Ring around a rosy | Clifford Johns | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | director | |
Victor | BS-95677 | 10-in. | 10/29/1935 | Little Tommy Tucker | Clifford Johns | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | director | |
Victor | BS-95678 | 10-in. | 10/29/1935 | Robin sing for me | Clifford Johns | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | director | |
Victor | CS-95683 | 12-in. | 10/31/1935 | Porgy and Bess | Helen Jepson ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Soprano vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98094 | 10-in. | 11/20/1935 | How do I rate with you? | California Ramblers ; Joan Hope | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98100 | 10-in. | 11/7/1935 | Two hearts carved on a lonesome pine | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Cliff Weston | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98101 | 10-in. | 11/7/1935 | Don't give up the ship | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Cliff Weston | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98102 | 10-in. | 11/7/1935 | Alone | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Cliff Weston | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98103 | 10-in. | 11/7/1935 | At a little church affair | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Cliff Weston | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98104 | 10-in. | 11/7/1935 | Pagan star | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98117 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | My isle of golden dreams | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98118 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | Santa, bring my mommy back to me | Dolly Dawn ; George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98119 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | You took my breath away | Dolly Dawn ; George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98120 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | Alone | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98121 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | S-H-I-N-E | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98122 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | Twenty-four hours a day | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98123 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | Yankee Doodle never went to town | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98124 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | Georgia rockin' chair | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98153 | 10-in. | 11/26/1935 | With all my heart | California Ramblers ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-98154 | 10-in. | 11/26/1935 | A beautiful lady in blue | California Ramblers ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-98155 | 10-in. | 11/26/1935 | I feel like a feather in the breeze | California Ramblers ; Eddie Lloyd | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98156 | 10-in. | 11/26/1935 | I'll never forget I love you | California Ramblers ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98157 | 10-in. | 11/25/1935 | A little bit independent | Little Ramblers ; Eddie Lloyd | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, session supervisor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kirkeby, Ed," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
Kirkeby, Ed. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
"Kirkeby, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Kirkeby, Ed - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98005755
Wikidata: Ed Kirkeby - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5335038
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/85937938
MusicBrainz: Ed Kirkeby - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1b927fc9-3b51-4332-b0e9-fb78549e42b9
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