Kirby Allan in 1954...

Kirby Allan is a legend, known for his ecclectic musical tastes and wide range of talents in producing, composing, and managing talent in the music business.

Kirby Allan started off as a crooner in the Frank Sinatra era, recording many popular songs, including the top hit "Roamin", which launched his Hollywood career in 1952.

After his World War II discharge, Kirby used his GI Bill to enter Chicago's "Conservatory of Music", and began singing in various Chicago night clubs. After a succession of hits, Kirby moved to Hollywood in further pursuit of his music. He later introduced the hit orchestra piece "This is New York", elevating his status even further in the industry.

Kirby Allan Today...

Kirby's ecclectic musical taste found him on the Gold Coast of Africa, recording the sensual drummings of various tribes, used in wedding ceremonies and mating rituals. Kirby brought this music back to Hollywood, only to have it rejected by various producers, siting the music to repetitive for American audiences. In typical Kirby Allan style, he was uninhibited by this, and began experimenting with the Americanization of this primitive music...

This led to the discovery of Chaino. Kirby invented, what is still to this day, a trade secret for the Americanizing of this style of music, and led to the unbounded success of Chaino...

-Robert Campbell 2007

Read About Chaino

A story with a sad ending involving Kirby Allan and singer/icon Eddy Howard of Mercury records' "To Each His Own"...

In 1956, As an established ballad singer I wrote, published, (Maze Publications) and recorded my third release,  "Never, Never, Never." on my own "MAZE" label. After my two month tour across America and getting excellent response on it and upon my return to Hollywood, there was great news awaiting me.  My song had been "covered" (recorded) by the ever popular Mercury recording artist/singer  "Eddie Howard." One of the greatest successes a song writer can experience is a shot of electricity when his work is duplicated especially by a major artist.  I purchased 50 of Eddie's Mercury 45 RPM records to promote along with my own version.  My brains electricity turned into high voltage when my song showed three other people as writers and one of Eddie's own publishing firms as publisher. The word was spread that it was I who plagiarized the song from Eddy Howard.  My record sales dropped  and Disc Jockeys stopped playing my record damaging my career as my credability was questioned. I called my attorney and we sued. Since this was a federal lawsuit another attorney from the state where sued to sit on the bench for a plaintiff living in another state. During the next seven years Eddie Howard and Mercury records, through manipulation, were able to either scare off or buy off every Chicago attorney we dealt with in that city. 

In spite of the fact I had copy written my song two years prior to his,  the defendants were able to stall all action until the statute of limitations ran out.  So, I lost.  It was revealed that Eddie had put off his planned move to Palm Springs, California with his orchestra until the lawsuit was over.  Eddie made his move which was a promise of a career likened to Lawrence Welk's success performing at the famous Palm springs dance hall.  My friend, Frank Sinatra's first bouncer from Hoboken, New Jersey, Bob Anthony who was a ballad singer and an excellent writer offered to assist me with my battle if I could find some way to get around the statute and reopen the case when Eddie was then on my own turf and could no longer hide behind the skirts his buddies at Chicago's mafia land.  I felt if I would get a Hollywood disc Jockey to spin one of Eddie's "Never, Never, Never"  Mercury records, I may be able to reopen the case and prove my case. My attorney agreed but the monetary damage would be a moot thing, I could at least save my reputation and good name  proving my song was legally plagiarized.  We sued and won hands down. Eddy was ordered to pay my attorney's fees only.and because of the high profile of Eddie Howard's name the Judge forbade me to write about my win because it would damage Eddie's career.   On the way down in the elevator Eddie, his lawyer, Bob Anthony and myself were all alone bob whispered to me, "Do you want me to deck them?"  (Eddie and Attorney). I told him I don't play that kind of game and we have to think of some other way to reach the public with the news.  Bob later told me that the Judge didn't order him not to write about the win and he proceeded to write a half page in the Los Angeles newspaper entitled,  "Song shark Eddie Howard loses a plagiarism lawsuit to Kirby Allan."  This evidently crushed Eddy and severely damaged his long reign as a top singer so much so a few weeks later he choked to death while having dinner with his close friends.  It was a sad ending for both Eddy and myself.  I never dreamed that a great talent, an icon, like Eddy Howard's life would end in such a chaotic way.  Else I would have taken a different approach to the theft. 

--- Kirby Allan