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 601-625 of 767 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W151705 | 10-in. | 7/30/1931 | Come to me | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151741 | 10-in. | 8/21/1931 | Life is just a bowl of cherries | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W151742 | 10-in. | 8/21/1931 | Guilty | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W152063 | 10-in. | 1/15/1932 | Starlight (Help me find the one I love) | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Columbia | W152064 | 10-in. | 1/15/1932 | How long will it last | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Columbia | W152065 | 10-in. | 1/15/1932 | One more kiss then good-night | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W152066 | 10-in. | 1/15/1932 | We've got to put that sun back in the sky | Campus Boys ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader | |
Columbia | W100363 | 10-in. | 2/19/1930 | Sweetheart Trail | Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Columbia | W351002 | 10-in. | 4/15/1931 | Ho hum! | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | S-72746 | 10-in. | 8/11/1924 | Them ramblin' blues | The Goofus Five | Jazz/dance ensemble | songwriter | |
OKeh | W80273 | 10-in. | 12/30/1926 | (I meet her in the moonlight but) She keeps me in the dark | The Goofus Five | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
OKeh | W80275 | 10-in. | 1/3/1927 | Usen't you used to be my sweetie? | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W80276 | 10-in. | 1/3/1927 | If all the stars were pretty babies (And I was the man in the moon) | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W80277 | 10-in. | 1/3/1927 | When I first met Mary | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80319 | 10-in. | 1/21/1927 | Ain't she sweet? | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W80320 | 10-in. | 1/21/1927 | There ain't no maybe in my baby's eyes | The New York Syncopators [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] ; Hal White | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80321 | 10-in. | 1/21/1927 | Crazy words—crazy tune (Vo-do-de-o) | The New York Syncopators [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] ; Ted Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W80418 | 10-in. | 2/14/1927 | Oh, Lizzie! | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80419 | 10-in. | 2/14/1927 | The cat | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80420 | 10-in. | 2/14/1927 | My regular gal | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W80639 | 10-in. | 3/17/1927 | Nesting time | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W80640 | 10-in. | 3/17/1927 | For Mary and me | Les Reis ; Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | W80730 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Muddy water | The Goofus Five | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
OKeh | W80732 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | The whisper song | The Goofus Five | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
OKeh | W81017 | 10-in. | 6/15/1927 | Ain't that a grand and glorious feeling? | Goofus Five | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kirkeby, Ed," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
Kirkeby, Ed. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110664.
"Kirkeby, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 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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