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 (Results 276-300 of 767 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-98392 | 10-in. | 12/21/1935 | Then I shan't love you any more | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98398 | 10-in. | 12/27/1935 | The music goes 'round and around | Bill Dillard ; Little Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | director | |
Victor | BS-98399 | 10-in. | 12/27/1935 | I'm building up to an awful let-down | Bill Dillard ; Little Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-98419 | 10-in. | 12/13/1935 | Cosi cosa | Jimmy Ray ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98420 | 10-in. | 12/13/1935 | A street in old Seville | Jimmy Ray ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98421 | 10-in. | 12/13/1935 | Little rose of the rancho | Jimmy Ray ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98422 | 10-in. | 12/13/1935 | Cigarette | Jimmy Ray ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98423 | 10-in. | 12/13/1935 | Just once around the clock | Jimmy Ray ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98424 | 10-in. | 12/13/1935 | Para vigo me voy (Congo rhythm) | Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and shouts | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98425 | 10-in. | 12/14/1935 | It ain't necessarily so | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98426 | 10-in. | 12/14/1935 | I got plenty o' nuttin' | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98427 | 10-in. | 12/14/1935 | When a great love comes along | Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98428 | 10-in. | 12/14/1935 | Quicker than you can say Jack Robinson | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98429 | 10-in. | 12/14/1935 | The broken record | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98430 | 10-in. | 12/14/1935 | Alone at a table for two | Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98435 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | One night in Monte Carlo | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98436 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | I dream too much | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98437 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | Lights out | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98438 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | Moon over Miami | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98439 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | I'm sittin' high on a hilltop | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98440 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | Quicker than you can say Jack Robinson | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98441 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | Eeny meeny miney mo | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98442 | 10-in. | 12/20/1935 | The broken record | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | session supervisor | |
Victor | BS-98454 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | Words without music | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-98455 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | That moment of moments | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kirkeby, Ed," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
Kirkeby, Ed. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
"Kirkeby, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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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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