Harry A. Yerkes | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 18 August 1872 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | 24 December 1954 New York |
| Genres | popular, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | instrumentalist, inventor, record executive |
| Years active | 1905–1920s |
| Labels | Columbia Records, Vocalion Records, others |
Harry A. Yerkes (1872-1954) was a marimba player, inventor, and recording manager who assembled many recording sessions in the early years of jazz. Many of the sessions organized by Yerkes used his name for the artist credit, including Yerkes' Jazarimba Orchestra and Yerkes' Marimbaphone Band on Columbia Records, which are estimated to have some of the best selling records of 1919 and 1921.[1]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. pp. 461–162. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.