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 1-25 of 347 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-23019 10-in. 6/19/1919 I ain't 'en got 'en no time to have the blues Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-24344 10-in. 7/21/1920 Dardanella blues Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with xylophone and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-24345 10-in. 7/21/1920 I've got the A-B-C-D blues Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-24647 10-in. 10/21/1920 All she'd say was 'umh-hum' Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-24648 10-in. 10/21/1920 The hula blues Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with mandolin and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-25525 10-in. 8/19/1921 Humpty Dumpty Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-25526 10-in. 8/19/1921 Ten little fingers and ten little toes Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-26563 10-in. 6/21/1922 Kicky-koo, kicky-koo (You for me, me for you) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with mandolin and orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Victor B-26564 10-in. 6/21/1922 A sleepy little village (Where the Dixie cotton grows) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Victor B-26885 10-in. 9/19/1922 The Yankee Doodle blues Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-26886 10-in. 9/19/1922 Homesick Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27355 10-in. 12/28/1922 Down by the old apple tree Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27371 10-in. 1/4/1923 Toot, Toot, Tootsie (goo' bye) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27608 10-in. 2/20/1923 You said something when you said Dixie Ross Gorman ; Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle ; Virginians Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27621 10-in. 2/26/1923 Nobody loves you any better than your M-A-double-M-Y Ross Gorman ; Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle ; Virginians Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27706 10-in. 3/22/1923 Seven or eleven (my Dixie pair o' dice) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27786 10-in. 4/30/1923 Down among the sleepy hills of Ten-Ten-Tennessee Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27997 10-in. 6/5/1923 That old gang of mine Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-27998 10-in. 6/5/1923 Hi lee hi lo Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with traps and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-28455 10-in. 9/6/1923 My sweetie went away (She didn't say where,when, or why) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-28817 10-in. 10/31/1923 Oh! How she lied to me Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-29125 10-in. 12/13/1923 It's a man, every time, it's a man Aileen Stanley Female vocal solo, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Victor B-29166 10-in. 12/31/1923 Happy and go-lucky in my old Kentucky home Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle ; Virginians Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-29168 10-in. 12/31/1923 Chili bom bom Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band vocalist, tenor vocal  
Victor B-29303 10-in. 1/11/1924 So this is Venice! Paul Whiteman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and accordion vocalist, tenor vocal  
(Results 1-25 of 347 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smalle, Ed," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108216.

Smalle, Ed. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108216.

"Smalle, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 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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