Eddie Elkins(1897-1984)
- Actor
Eddie Elkins was a violinist and leader of the jazzy Knickerbocker
Grill Orchestra, a popular supper-club orchestra in New York during the
Roaring Twenties. All musicians from California made up his original
band, many of whom had played in the L.A. Symphony Orchestra, according
to a 1922 press release. Elkins made several dance records of his ten
piece band between 1921 and 1925 for Columbia Records. His last
recordings for Perfect Records in April 1934 included the popular
songs, "May I?", and "All I Do Is Dream Of You".
