Recordings Stanley Kirkby

1 recordings

1.1 recordings
1.2 gilbert , sullivan recordings
1.3 topical events
1.4 collaborations
1.5 post war

recordings

kirkby must regarded 1 of prolific of recording artists in united kingdom, making many records under variety of pseudonyms own name, every record label, during first 3 decades of 20th century. have credited him making largest number of records in britain 1900s 1930s; others shares title singer peter dawson. although kirkby among first record roles in gilbert , sullivan operas, highly popular ballad singer output containing high proportion of sentimental ballads patriotic items , small amount of comic material.

kirkby considered star performer and, according joe batten, pioneer recording manager, paid; between 1909 , 1918 earning £90 per week (£7,927 in 2017 adjusted inflation) record 6 titles (normally 3 hours work), freelance , doing similar work 2 other companies @ same time, earn as £270 in week (£23,780 in 2017 adjusted inflation).

he used following pseudonyms hmv: charles holland, walter miller, murray johnson, fred cooper, george dent, rupert hazell, gerald orme, jim donovan, frank williams, george daly, george claff, sam ireland, frank ashton , mike magee; walker in cobbett & walker (with ernest pike). known have used following pseudonyms edison bell: frank miller, walter miller , frank emerson. used pseudonyms stanley barnes (scala), f. elliot (scala), keith james (edison bell radio) , charles lester (polyphon).

kirkby recorded on 200 tracks gramophone & typewriter company (g&t) , associated labels: hmv, zonophone , victor. of recorded output 1912 edison bell (winner, velvet face , radio labels), , label became particularly, not exclusively associated. recorded clarion cylinders 1907, 4-minute edison cylinders 1911 , pathé etched-label discs 1913. recordings released on following record labels: beka, beta, coliseum, columbia, empire, favorite, john bull, jumbo, lyceum, regal , scala. on forty of records included in 1912 ariel grand record catalogue.

early recordings

kirkby started record 1903 g&t, of these tracks not issued; 1 of earliest catalogue number village blacksmith (by willoughby weiss) recorded on 27 april 1904. recorded ballads , songs typical of edwardian era. selection of these recorded zonophone given below year of recording , pseudonym used:

violets , 1907
miner s dream of home , 1906 (as charles holland), 1907 (as kirkby denise orme may loveday)
father o flynn , 1907
sergeant of line , 1910
silver bell , 1910
hear calling me , 1916 (as rupert hazell)

he recorded songs of more humorous nature. here selection year of recording, record company , pseudonym used:

walked shop , 1905, g&t, (as walter miller)
go away, mr. crocodile , 1906, zonophone, (as walter miller)
ll tell tilly on telephone , 1907, zonophone, (as walter miller assisted miss topsy may original tilly )
s lassie lancashire , 1908, zonophone, (as walter miller)
galloping major , 1907 , 1912, zonophone, (as walter miller)
yiddle, on fiddle , 1912, edison bell winner, (as stanley kirkby)
can lot of things @ seaside , 1912, scala, (as stanley barnes)

gilbert , sullivan recordings

kirkby sang in of earliest recordings made of gilbert , sullivan operas, commencing in december 1906, singing pish-tush , part or of roles of ko-ko , pooh-bah in first recording of mikado g&t. released on single-sided gramophone records , re-released on double-sided discs in 1912. in 1907 sang jack point in yeomen of guard g&t. in 1907 made number of recordings part of chorus called sullivan operatic party both yeomen of guard , gondoliers, again g&t. in 1908 sang captain corcoran in g&t recording of excerpts h.m.s. pinafore. in 1912 sang mikado, pooh-bah , parts of ko-ko edison bell recording of highlights mikado.

topical events

kirkby made number of recordings topical events of time, example in 1910 don t go down in mine, dad – song said have been written in response great 1907 mining disaster @ st. genard in south wales , in 1913 british! – memorial song raise funds families of victims of titanic disaster. in 1913 made famous recording scott s antarctic expedition tis story shall live ever . recorded first world war songs both popular , propaganda, example didn t want fight jingo , king , country want edison bell winner; recorded s long way tipperary zonophone (also released on regal , scala). following war 1 of greatest hits rose of no man s land sold total of 163,000 copies; had become popular men returning home civilian life front in france.

collaborations

sheet music eeh! gum ... c. 1921. kirkby (standing) , hudson.

kirkby collaborated other artists @ hmv, example ernest pike in when wore tulip in 1916 (as cobbett , walker) , sells sea shells on seashore in 1908 (as fred cooper herbert payne). recorded duets female singers, example denise orme in kissing duet geisha, , music-hall star florrie forde in change me? , both in 1906. collaborations artists other record companies included 1 contralto jessie broughton in if girl in world in c. 1916 scala.

occasionally form part of backing group or chorus in hmv recording studio known minster singers along or of following: ernest pike, peter dawson , arthur gilbert; there additional singers in group. minster singers recorded songs in own right, example christmas eve in old homestead in 1907. in zonophone church hymn singing ensemble church choir , recording onward, christian soldiers in 1909 along eleanor jones-hudson, ernest pike, harold wilde , a. h. gee.

post war

between 1916 , 1925 kirkby , hudson recorded number songs resulting stage collaboration, edison bell winner, example: shout out shop (1916), body in bag (1920) , eeh! gum, real fine do! (1922). continued record late 1920s 1930s on 8-inch edison bell radio electrically recorded series, example: lonesome tonight? , don t poor puss cat , hot pot , 1 of last of series recorded in 1931: m last 1 left on corner .

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