Stanley Kirkby, baritone

Stanley Kirkby was a popular music hall singer, with a phonogenic voice which led to an extensive series of recordings for many labels, under several aliases, and across a range of genres.

Sullivan - HMS Pinafore - Captain’s song
(My gallant crew good morning... I am the captain of the Pinafore)
Orchestra
Sullivan Quartette:
Thorpe Bates, baritone
Peter Dawson, bass-baritone
Stanley Kirkby, baritone
Ernest Pike, tenor

Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-4404 (10”)
Matrix 8352b (4404 II)
Recorded 16th June 1906

Notes:

Thorpe Bates listed as soloist in Gramophone Company archives. Though the record label notes “Sullivan Quartette”, the ledgers give “Sullivan Operatic Party.” As noted earlier, Dawson is distinctly audible in the chorus. The recording ledgers do not list the chorus members, but Pike, Dawson and Kirkby were all in studio on the same day, recording with Bates and Eleanor Jones-Hudson in various combinations: Kirkby (recording as Walter Miller) was accomapnied by the Minster Singers, comprising Dawson, Bates, Pike and Jones-Hudson), and when Pike was the soloist his place is the same named group was taken by Kirkby.