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 626-650 of 767 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | W81110 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Bless her little heart | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W81111 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Who-oo? You-oo! That's who! | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W81112 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Pleading | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W81113 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Love and kisses (From baby to you) | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W81429 | 10-in. | 9/9/1927 | Cornfed! | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
OKeh | W81430 | 10-in. | 9/9/1927 | Buffalo rhythm | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (scat) | leader | |
OKeh | W81431 | 10-in. | 9/9/1927 | Zulu wail | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
OKeh | W81858 | 10-in. | 11/23/1927 | Mary (What are you waiting for?) | Ed Kirkeby Goofus Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W81859 | 10-in. | 11/23/1927 | Changes | Ed Kirkeby Goofus Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
OKeh | W81924 | 10-in. | 12/7/1927 | For my baby | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | leader | |
OKeh | W81925 | 10-in. | 12/7/1927 | There's something Spanish in your eyes | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | leader | |
OKeh | W81926 | 10-in. | 12/7/1927 | Cobble-stones | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | leader | |
OKeh | W400059 | 10-in. | 1/30/1928 | What do you say? | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W400060 | 10-in. | 1/30/1928 | I still love you | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W400061 | 10-in. | 1/30/1928 | In the sing-song sycamore tree | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W401451 | 10-in. | 12/13/1928 | I love you, I love you, I love you, sweetheart of all my dreams | Goofus Five | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | W401452 | 10-in. | 12/13/1928 | My troubles are over | Ed Kirkeby Wallace and his Orchestra [Goofus Five] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | W401493 | 10-in. | 1/7/1929 | Rambling wreck from Georgia Tech | Goofus Five Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W401494 | 10-in. | 1/7/1929 | Alma mater : Georgia Tech | Goofus Five | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W401495 | 10-in. | 1/7/1929 | That's her now! | Goofus Five | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W401677 | 10-in. | 2/28/1929 | Caressing you | Goofus Five | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
OKeh | W401893 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | The one in the world | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W401894 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | Pagan love song | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W401895 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | I get the blues when it rains | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W402895 | 10-in. | 9/3/1929 | Lovable and sweet | Smith Ballew ; Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | 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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