Ed Smalle

Birth and Death Data: Born November 3, 1887 (Roxbury), Died November 23, 1968 (Westerly)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, piano, composer, kazoo, arranger

Notes: Sometimes sings as a baritone. Performed with Ed Smalle as "The Radio Aces."

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 343 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick E27352 10-in. 4/16/1928 Just a little way away from home Joe Rines Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take G) vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27432 10-in. 4/26/1928 Blue bird why don’t you call on me? Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take G) vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick XE27536 12-in. 5/11/1928 Alexander’s ragtime band Casa Lopez Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27620 10-in. 5/31/1928 Because my baby don’t mean “maybe” now Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take G) vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E28261 10-in. 9/18/1928 Once in a lifetime Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take G) vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E28309 10-in. 9/24/1928 Sleep, baby, sleep Arrowhead Inn Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E28310 10-in. 9/24/1928 Good little bad little you Arrowhead Inn Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E29450 10-in. Mar. 1929 (When I’m walkin’ with my sweetness) Down among the sugar cane Dick Robertson ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with clarinet and piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E29451 10-in. Mar. 1929 Where did you get that name? Dick Robertson ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick XE35289 12-in. approximately Nov. 1930 Irresistable Imps program N, pt. 2 Macy and Smalle Radio transcription disc : Male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E35883 10-in. 12/29/1930 Blue Pacific moonlight Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E35884 10-in. 12/29/1930 Little sweetheart of the prairie Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick XE37066 12-in. 8/26/1931 Macy, Smalle and Llewelyn program 1, pt. A [?] Llewelyn ; Gerald Macy ; Ed Smalle Radio transcription disc vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E1747-E1749 10-in. 11/18/1925 Prancin' dancin' yodelin' man Al Bernard ; Frank Kamplain Male vocal solo and yodeling, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick E1750-E1752 10-in. 11/18/1925 Paddlin' Madelin' home Al Bernard Male vocal solo, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick E1906-E1908 10-in. 12/5/1925 My puppy Bud Al Bernard ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E3638-E3639 10-in. 8/26/1926 Any ice today, lady? Six Hayseeds Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E3640-E3641 10-in. 8/26/1926 Sing, Katie (But leave the piano alone) Six Hayseeds Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E3648-E3649 10-in. 8/30/1926 My dream of the big parade Hi & Si Male vocal duet, with trumpet, piano, and drums vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E3650-E3651 10-in. 8/30/1926 I’d love to meet that old sweetheart of mine Hi & Si Male vocal duet, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E3674-E3675 10-in. 9/3/1926 I’d love to meet that old sweetheart of mine Hi & Si Male vocal duet, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E17296-E17299 10-in. 12/30/1925 I never knew The Merrymakers Male vocal quartet, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick E17390½-E17393 10-in. 1/8/1926 Keep on croonin’ a tune The Merrymakers Male vocal quartet, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick E17454-E17456 10-in. 1/12/1926 Down by the winegar woiks Ed Smalle Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E17457-E17459 10-in. 1/12/1926 I wish’t I was in Peoria Ed Smalle Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
(Results 226-250 of 343 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smalle, Ed," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108216.

Smalle, Ed. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108216.

"Smalle, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108216

External Sources

Discogs: Ed Smalle

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Smalle, Ed - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2002008173

Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q96267526

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/107072607

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