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, vocalist

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 26-50 of 347 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-29654 10-in. 3/12/1924 What does the pussy-cat mean when she says 'me-ow'? Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with violin and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-29655 10-in. 3/12/1924 Home in Pasadena Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-29952 10-in. 4/30/1924 Bringin' home the bacon Ross Gorman ; Virginians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-30246 10-in. 6/5/1924 Hinky dinky parlay voo Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-30405 10-in. 6/19/1924 We don't get much money, but we have a lot of fun Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-30415 10-in. 6/25/1924 Boll weevil blues Vernon Dalhart ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with kazoos and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-30620 10-in. 7/25/1924 Hey! hey! and hee! hee! (I'm Charleston crazy) International Novelty Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-30623 10-in. 8/8/1924 It ain't gonna rain no mo' International Novelty Orchestra ; Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Orchestra, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-30626 10-in. 8/8/1924 Boll weevil blues Vernon Dalhart ; International Novelty Orchestra ; Ed Smalle Orchestra, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-30671 10-in. 8/25/1924 Way out West in Kansas Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31109 10-in. 10/20/1924 How do you do Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31110 10-in. 10/20/1924 I want to see my Tennessee Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31112 10-in. 10/22/1924 Oh, you can't fool an old hoss fly Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31113 10-in. 10/22/1924 Choo-choo (I gotta hurry home) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31438 10-in. 11/21/1924 Charleston chuckles Zez Confrey Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal effects vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31615 10-in. 12/26/1924 Little by little Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31616 10-in. 12/26/1924 That old flannel shirt (My father wore) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31637 10-in. 1/8/1925 I'm gonna tramp, tramp, tramp Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-31907 10-in. 2/4/1925 I will ne'er forget my mother and my home Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-32016 10-in. 2/26/1925 In the baggage coach ahead Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar (takes 1 and 2); with violin and piano (takes 3 and 4) vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-32293 10-in. 4/3/1925 I don't want to get married (I'm having too much fun) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor BVE-32741 10-in. 6/23/1925 Row! Row! Rosie George Olsen and his Music Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor BVE-33014 10-in. 6/23/1925 It's just the feeling for home Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-33018 10-in. 6/23/1925 Dear old back yard days Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with piano instrumentalist, piano, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor BVE-33072 10-in. 7/13/1925 Just a bundle of sunshine The Revelers Male vocal quartet, with guitar, piano, and whistling vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, piano  
(Results 26-50 of 347 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smalle, Ed," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108216.

Smalle, Ed. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108216.

"Smalle, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.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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