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 576-600 of 767 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | [W]151259 | 10-in. | 1/30/1931 | On a night made for love | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter, leader | |
Columbia | W151270 | 10-in. | 2/4/1931 | One little raindrop | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151271 | 10-in. | 2/4/1931 | Thrill me | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151302 | 10-in. | 2/11/1931 | It's a lonesome old town | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151305 | 10-in. | 2/13/1931 | I want you for myself | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | [W]151384 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | Waiting | Golden Gate Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter, leader | |
Columbia | [W]151385 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | All alone on my own | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter, leader | |
Columbia | [W]151386 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | I can't keep you out of my dreams | Wally Edwards and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, leader | |
Columbia | [W]151387 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | Underneath the weeping willow | Golden Gate Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter, leader | |
Columbia | [W]151388 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | Why have you forgotten? | Jack Whitney and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter, leader | |
Columbia | [W]151389 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | One hour with you | Golden Gate Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter, leader | |
Columbia | W151433 | 10-in. | 3/18/1931 | Mary Jane | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151434 | 10-in. | 3/18/1931 | By a lazy country lane | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151461 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | Whisper your love | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, songwriter | |
Columbia | W151462 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | You're my ideal | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, songwriter | |
Columbia | W151463 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | No-one but you | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo. | leader, songwriter | |
Columbia | W151464 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | It wouldn't take much to fall in love | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, songwriter | |
Columbia | W151465 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | When I look in your eyes | Wally Edwards and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, songwriter, vocalist | |
Columbia | W151466 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | On the beach at Waikiki | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter, leader | |
Columbia | W151477 | 10-in. | 3/30/1931 | On a night made for love | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
Columbia | W151575 | 10-in. | 5/29/1931 | Have you forgotten? | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151576 | 10-in. | 5/29/1931 | Star dust | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151664 | 10-in. | 7/3/1931 | I'm an unemployed sweetheart | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151665 | 10-in. | 7/3/1931 | It's the girl | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151704 | 10-in. | 7/30/1931 | Shine on, harvest moon | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kirkeby, Ed," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
Kirkeby, Ed. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
"Kirkeby, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 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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