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 651-675 of 767 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | W402896 | 10-in. | 9/3/1929 | Waiting at the end of the road | Smith Ballew ; Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W402897 | 10-in. | 9/3/1929 | I'm doing what I'm doing for love | Smith Ballew ; Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403047 | 10-in. | 10/10/1929 | Lonely troubadour | Ed Loyd and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403048 | 10-in. | 10/10/1929 | Wouldn't it be wonderful? | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403049 | 10-in. | 10/10/1929 | I may be wrong (But I think you're wonderful) | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403248 | 10-in. | 11/11/1929 | If you were the only girl | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403249 | 10-in. | 11/11/1929 | Waiting at the end of the road | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403250 | 10-in. | 11/11/1929 | I love you, believe me, I love you (The dream of my heart) | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403251 | 10-in. | 11/11/1929 | A little kiss each morning (A little kiss each night) | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403547 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | Wrapped in a red, red rose | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403548 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | Put a little salt on the bluebird's tail (Before it flies away) | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403549 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | What do I care? | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio | leader | |
OKeh | W403655 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | Singing a vagabond song | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403656 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | Beside an open fireplace | Ed Loyd and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403657 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | There's danger in your eyes, chérie | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403843 | 10-in. | 3/10/1930 | I feel you near me | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403844 | 10-in. | 3/10/1930 | A pair of blue eyes | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403845 | 10-in. | 3/10/1930 | The "free and easy" | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403849 | 10-in. | 3/11/1930 | When it's springtime in the Rockies | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403859 | 10-in. | 3/18/1930 | Stein song (University of Maine) | Gotham Collegians [Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W403863 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | You brought a new kind of love to me | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403864 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | Livin' in the sunlight, lovin' in the moonlight | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W403966 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | Reminiscing | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
OKeh | W403967 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | Nobody cares if I'm blue | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
OKeh | W403968 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | Mysterious Mose | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader |
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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