Elsie Janis  (1889-1956)
Last updated: 13.08.23
p_janise.jpgAccording to the Internet source given below, Elsie Janis was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "The Sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). Of ragtime interest is her Anti Rag-Time Girl (1913).


Websites:
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url15.gif Elsie Janis Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards  
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Ragtime Music CDs:
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url15.gif Florrie Was a Flapper Herman Finck (music)
Arthur Wimperis (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
 
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Anti Rag-Time Girl (1913) E. Janis (w&m)
Sallie Fisher (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Under an Oak (1894) V. Herbert (music)
Francis Neilson (words)
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pdf15.gif Village Belles (1908) E.F. Kendall (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif My Sweetheart Went Down With the Ship (1912) F.H. Klickmann (music)
R. Lewis (words)
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pdf15.gif There's Only One Pal After All (1920) F.H. Klickmann (music)
Harold G. Frost (words)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif Bygones (1922) M. Kortlander (music)
Harry Alpert (coauth.)
L. Weslyn (words)
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pdf15.gif Sweetheart (1909) C.B. Kummer (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Raggity-Rag (1907) J-P. Lafreniere (music) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Jolly Jingles Rag Op. 306 (1913) F.H. Losey (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Troubadour (1904), The W.C. Polla (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Sunny Jim (1906) L.M. Stout (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
This list is arranged by composer and contains 31 works performed by Elsie Janis who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER
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perf15.jpg My House Boat Beau (1906) Robert Hood Bowers(w&m) Elsie Janis (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg It's a Long Way to Dear Old Broadway (1918) Ernest Breuer(w&m) George Fairman (co-author)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg For I Love Only You (1911) Hermann E. Darewski Elsie Janis (perf.)
perf15.jpg You're Just a Flower From an Old Bouquet (1924) Lucien Denni Gwynne Denni (words)
Arthur Hall (perf.)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
Walter Pidgeon (perf.)
John Ryan (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Florrie Was a Flapper (1914) Herman Finck Arthur Wimperis (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
Julia Sanderson (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Gretchen Mädchen Mine (1907) John L. Golden(w&m) Elsie Janis (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg My Yankee Doodle Girl (1910) John L. Golden Henry Blossom (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Lady of the Slipper (1912), The Victor Herbert James O'Dea (words)
Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
David Craig Montgomery (perf.)
Elizabeth Spencer (perf.)
Fred Stone (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Fo De Lawd's Sake, Play a Waltz (1912) Elsie Janis(w&m) Elsie Janis (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg My June-Time Rose (1904) Lester Keith John Kemble (words)
Milton Aborn (words)
Sargent Aborn (words)
Reginald De Koven (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg  Just a Little After Taps (1918) William B. Kernell Richard Fechheimer (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg In the Latin Quarter (1919) William B. Kernell Elsie Janis (perf.)
perf15.jpg Let's Go (1919) William B. Kernell Elsie Janis (perf.)
perf15.jpg Put Me Amongst the Girls (1907) Dan Lipton Elsie Janis (perf.)
perf15.jpg Fair Co-Ed (1908), The Gustav Luders George Ade (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I'll Dream of That Sweet Co-Ed (1908) Gustav Luders George Ade (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg Please Don't Keep Me Waiting (1908) Gustav Luders George Ade (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg Bless Your Ever Loving Little Heart (1911) Henry I. Marshall Stanley Murphy (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg When I Used to Lead the Ballet (1916) Cole Porter T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Queen of My Dreams (1910) Leslie Stuart Leslie Stuart (co-author)
Henry Blossom (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg Slim Princess (1910), The Leslie Stuart Henry Blossom (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg  Under an Oak (1894) Victor Herbert Francis Neilson (words) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Village Belles (1908) Edwin F. Kendall wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Jolly Jingles Rag Op. 306 (1913) Frank Hoyt Losey wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Troubadour (1904), The William C. Polla Edison Concert Band (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Sunny Jim (1906) L.M. Stout wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Sweetheart (1909) Clare Beecher Kummer(w&m) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Raggity-Rag (1907) Jean-Baptiste Lafreniere wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg There's Only One Pal After All (1920) Frank Henri Klickmann Harold G. Frost (words)
Edward Allen (perf.)
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perf15.jpg My Sweetheart Went Down With the Ship (1912) Frank Henri Klickmann Roger Lewis (words) Pub.
perf15.jpg Bygones (1922) Max Kortlander Harry Alpert (co-author)
Louis Weslyn (words)
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 9 works by Elsie Janis (1889-1956). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I'd Rather Love What I Cannot Have (w&m) 1911  wvicon.gif
Fo De Lawd's Sake, Play a Waltz (w&m) 1912 Elsie Janis (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Anti Rag-Time Girl (w&m) 1913 Sallie Fisher (perf.)  Pub.
I Never Knew 1919 Irving Berlin (words)
Regular Girl, A 1919 Bert Kalmar (words)
Harry Ruby (words)
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I've Waited All My Life (w&m) 1922  wvicon.gif
Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere 1929 Edmund Goulding (words)
Anytime's the Time to Fall in Love 1930 Jack King (words)  wvicon.gif
Oh, Give Me Time for Tenderness ? Edmund Goulding (co-author)
     Title Duration Performer
       
youtube15.jpg Florrie Was a Flapper (1914) 3:30 E. Janis