Leroy Kirkland
Leroy E. Kirkland (February 10, 1904 or 1906 – April 6, 1988) was an American arranger, bandleader, guitarist and songwriter whose career spanned the eras of big band jazz, R&B, rock and roll and soul. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 10, 1906 (South Carolina), Died April 6, 1988 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1967
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, leader, arranger, composer, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-058772 | 10-in. | 1/7/1941 | Charleston Alley | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-067727 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | Foo-gee | Sunset Orchestra ; Julius Watson ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-067728 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | How 'bout that mess | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-067729 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | Take a tip | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | BS-067730 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | Baby, I just want you | Frohsine Stewart ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-068152 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Gabby | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-068166 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Big and fat and forty-four | Hardway Four ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-068167 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Sarghum switch | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-068168 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Leave the rest to me | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-073487 | 10-in. | 3/30/1942 | Who threw the whiskey in the well? | Hardway Four ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-073488 | 10-in. | 3/30/1942 | Me and my Melinda | James Otis Lewis ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | arranger, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-073489 | 10-in. | 3/30/1942 | Tunies' tune | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-073490 | 10-in. | 3/30/1942 | Keep jumpin' | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5VB-0112 | 10-in. | 2/23/1945 | After hour stuff | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D5VB-0945 | 10-in. | 11/21/1945 | Good dip | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5VB-0946 | 10-in. | 11/21/1945 | I guess I'll have to get along without you | Dolores Brown ; Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5VB-0947 | 10-in. | 11/21/1945 | Holiday for swing | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5VB-0948 | 10-in. | 11/21/1945 | Let's have fun tonight | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Ace Harris | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D6VB-1955 | 10-in. | 10/7/1946 | Feelin' low | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Erskine Hawkins | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D6VB-1956 | 10-in. | 10/7/1946 | Hawk's boogie | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D6VB-1957 | 10-in. | 10/7/1946 | Sammy's nightmare | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D8VB-4090 | 10-in. | 12/21/1948 | Corn bread | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D8VB-4091 | 10-in. | 12/21/1948 | Bewildered | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Jimmy Mitchell | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D8VB-4092 | 10-in. | 12/21/1948 | Cold hearted woman | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Jimmy Mitchell | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D8VB-4093 | 10-in. | 12/21/1948 | Brooklyn bounce | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0280 | 10-in. | 3/11/1949 | Texas hop | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0281 | 10-in. | 3/11/1949 | I wish somebody cared enough to cry | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Jimmy Mitchell | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Chess | 6982 | 10-in. | 8/6/1952 | Mumbles blues | Leroy Kirkland ; Bobby Lewis | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | ||
| Chess | 6983 | 10-in. | 8/6/1952 | Travelin' days | Leroy Kirkland ; Bobby Lewis | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | ||
| Decca | 76827 | 9/11/1950 | so long, goodbye blues | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76828 | 9/11/1950 | Skippin' and hoppin' | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76829 | 9/11/1950 | Down beat | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 76830 | 9/11/1950 | Tennessee waltz | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80262 | 12/6/1950 | After hours-1 | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80263 | 12/6/1950 | No regrets | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80264 | 12/6/1950 | Tuxedo junction-2 | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80265 | 12/6/1950 | Bear mash blues-3 | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80409 | 1/18/1951 | Love never comes around | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80410 | 1/18/1951 | Nona-1 | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80411 | 1/18/1951 | Please don't put me down | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 80412 | 1/18/1951 | Station break | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 82349 | 2/28/1952 | Coffee Daddy blues | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 82350 | 2/28/1952 | Come on home baby-1 | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 82351 | 2/28/1952 | Moanin' and groanin' for you | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 82352 | 2/28/1952 | Blues got me rockin' | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 82357 | 2/28/1952 | Midnight sun | Morris Lane | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 82358 | 2/28/1952 | Pale moon | Morris Lane | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 82359 | 2/28/1952 | Moon ray | Morris Lane | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 82360 | 2/28/1952 | I don't want to set the world on fire | Morris Lane | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 82976 | 6/19/1952 | Sweet lovin' Daddy | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 82977 | 6/19/1952 | Walkin' in my sleep | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 82978 | 6/19/1952 | Sittin' here thinkin' | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 82979 | 6/19/1952 | I've been doin' it too | Danny Taylor | leader | |||
| Decca | 86340 | 6/1/1954 | Exactly like you | The Barons | leader | |||
| Decca | 86341 | 6/1/1954 | Forget about me | The Barons | leader | |||
| Decca | 86342 | 6/1/1954 | A year and a day | The Barons | leader | |||
| Decca | 86343 | 6/1/1954 | My baby's gone | The Barons | leader | |||
| Decca | 105059 | 6/2/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Rosemarie McCoy | leader | |||
| Decca | 105060 | 6/2/1958 | Remembering | Rosemarie McCoy | leader, arranger | |||
| Decca | 105061 | 6/2/1958 | Joy and jubilation | Rosemarie McCoy | leader, arranger | |||
| Decca | 105062 | 6/2/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Rosemarie McCoy | leader, arranger | |||
| Decca | 107927 | 10/7/1959 | Wonderful girl | Bill Baker | arranger | |||
| Decca | 107928 | 10/7/1959 | Chit chat | Bill Baker | arranger | |||
| Decca | 109332 | 7/5/1960 | Deep purple | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109333 | 7/5/1960 | Hawkin' around | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109334 | 7/5/1960 | Things ain't what they used to be | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109335 | 7/5/1960 | Love is here to stay | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109336 | 7/6/1960 | Cherry | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109337 | 7/6/1960 | Tippin' in | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109338 | 7/6/1960 | Birth of the blues | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109339 | 7/6/1960 | Someone's rocking my dreamboat | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109340 | 7/7/1960 | Midnight stroll | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109341 | 7/7/1960 | If I could be with you | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109342 | 7/7/1960 | Tuxedo junction | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109343 | 7/7/1960 | Blue Embers | Erskine Hawkins Sextet | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 109678 | 9/23/1960 | Zing went the strings of my heart-1 | The Kalin Twins | leader | |||
| Decca | 117676 | 7/8/1966 | I'm not made of clay-1 ; I'm not made of clay | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 117677 | 7/8/1966 | All night-1 ; All night | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 117678 | 7/8/1966 | Mountain jive-1 ; Mountain jive | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 117679 | 7/8/1966 | I'll be there-1 ; I'll be there | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 119493 | 10/10/1967 | The loner | The Sidewinders | arranger | |||
| Decca | 119494 | 10/10/1967 | Time marches on | The Sidewinders | arranger | |||
| Decca | 119495 | 10/10/1967 | Sweet Lorene | The Sidewinders | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kirkland, Leroy," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/205422.
Kirkland, Leroy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/205422.
"Kirkland, Leroy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Kirkland, Leroy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94074973
Wikidata: Leroy Kirkland - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1247109
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/305521337
MusicBrainz: Leroy Kirkland - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e8bcbe69-2442-4370-b616-41e5c94455ce
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