Earl Shirkey
Birth and Death Data: Born March 25, 1900, Died December 22, 1951
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: yodeling, composer, vocalist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W147226 | 10-in. | 10/18/1928 | Steamboat man | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W147227 | 10-in. | 10/18/1928 | When the roses bloom for the bootlegger | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W147228 | 10-in. | 10/18/1928 | Poor little Joe | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W147229 | 10-in. | 10/18/1928 | We parted at the gate | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W148130 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | The yodeling mule | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal duet, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling, composer | |
Columbia | W148132 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | When I'm gone | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W148133 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | My mother and my sweetheart | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal duet, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W148134 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | The cowboy's lullaby | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal duet, with yodeling and guitar | composer, vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W148135 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | The bootlegger's dream of home | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling, composer | |
Columbia | W148136 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | The railroad blues | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling, composer | |
Columbia | W148137 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | Keep Bachelor's Hall | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | composer, vocalist | |
Columbia | W148138 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | Kitty waltz yodel | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo (yodeling), with guitar | vocalist, yodeling, composer | |
Columbia | W149226 | 10-in. | 10/22/1929 | The Virginian strike of '23 | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W149227 | 10-in. | 10/22/1929 | The little lost child | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W149228 | 10-in. | 10/22/1929 | My yodeling sweetheart | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W149229 | 10-in. | 10/22/1929 | I'm longing to belong to someone | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W149230 | 10-in. | 10/22/1929 | We have moonshine in the West Virginia hills | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W149231 | 10-in. | 10/22/1929 | A hobo's pal | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W150341 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | Down the trail to home sweet home | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W150342 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | The pal that I love | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W150344 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | Peggy O'Neil | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W150345 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | When I lost you | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W150352 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | Learning MacFayden to dance | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W150353 | 10-in. | 4/22/1930 | Eileen | Roy Harper ; Earl Shirkey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | vocalist, yodeling |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Shirkey, Earl," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/209376.
Shirkey, Earl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/209376.
"Shirkey, Earl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Shirkey, Earl, 1900-1951 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018147863
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