Edward Heywood Sr. (c. 1901 – April 2, 1942) was an American blues and jazz pianist, popular in the 1910s and 1920s.

Eddie Heywood Sr. was a famed pianist of the 81 Theater on Decatur Street in Atlanta, Georgia.

In June of that year he accompanied Lucille Bogan on "The Pawn Shop Blues" in Atlanta, a song he had composed.

This was the first time a black blues singer had been recorded outside New York or Chicago.

[2] He recorded "The Pawn Shop Blues" again in New York in September 1923 with Martha Copeland on vocals.