Ralph Bennett 7 Aces (All 11 Of 'Em)-I can't Write The Words

Some sources state this orchestra was Fred Rich's Orchestra. However I am almost positive those are erroneous credits and that in fact it refers on this record to Ed Kirkeby's band. Indeed, the same recording was also issued as Sleepy Hall & His Collegians, Ed Loyd & His Orchestra and the Southern Syncopators. Moreover the vocal is explicitly credited to Elmer Feldkamp, who did work with the Kirkeby band and (as far as I know) not with Fred Rich. Ed Kirkeby (1891-1978) was a band leader, 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. Over the years he also managed the Pickens Sisters. 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. This wonderful recording was made in 1931. Update: After my upload I found in the reference book "Brunswick Records: New York sessions, 1927-1931" regarding this recording session the intriguing remark that "The recording sheets shows the artist as "KIRKEBY" [sic], but this has been crossed out and the credits shown above written in.". By adding [sic] he author is - in my opinion unjustly - questioning those credits, and to me this is another confirmation of the Kirkeby thesis.