Elsie Janis (1889-1956)

Overview

According 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:
	Elsie Janis	Biography by Wikipedia
	Elsie Janis	Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Various Artists	Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Florrie Was a Flapper	Herman Finck (music) Arthur Wimperis (words) E. Janis (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Anti Rag-Time Girl (1913)	E. Janis (words & music) Sallie Fisher (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
As performer
Lady of the Slipper (1912), The	V. Herbert (music) James O'Dea (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Just a Little After Taps (1918)	W.B. Kernell (music) Richard Fechheimer (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Fair Co-Ed (1908), The	G. Luders (music) George Ade (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
When I Used to Lead the Ballet (1916)	C. Porter (music) T. Lawrason Riggs (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Slim Princess (1910), The	L. Stuart (music) Henry Blossom (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 18 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)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


My House Boat Beau (1906)	Robert Hood Bowers(w&m)	E. Janis (perf.)
For I Love Only You (1911)	Hermann E. Darewski	E. Janis (perf.)
You're Just a Flower From an Old Bouquet (1924)	Lucien Denni	Gwynne Denni (words) E. Janis (perf.) Walter Pidgeon (perf.)
Florrie Was a Flapper (1914)	Herman Finck	Arthur Wimperis (words) E. Janis (perf.) Julia Sanderson (perf.)
Gretchen Mädchen Mine (1907)	John L. Golden(w&m)	E. Janis (perf.)
My Yankee Doodle Girl (1910)	John L. Golden	Henry Blossom (words) E. Janis (perf.)
Lady of the Slipper (1912), The	Victor Herbert	James O'Dea (words) E. Janis (perf.) Montgomery & Stone (perf.)
Fo De Lawd's Sake, Play a Waltz (1912)	Elsie Janis(w&m)	E. Janis (perf.)
My June-Time Rose (1904)	Lester Keith	John Kemble (words) Milton Aborn (words) Sargent Aborn (words) Reginald De Koven (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Pub.
Just a Little After Taps (1918)	William B. Kernell	Richard Fechheimer (words) E. Janis (perf.)
⇑In the Latin Quarter (1919)	William B. Kernell	E. Janis (perf.)
Let's Go (1919)	William B. Kernell	E. Janis (perf.)
Put Me Amongst the Girls (1907)	Dan Lipton	E. Janis (perf.)
Fair Co-Ed (1908), The	Gustav Luders	George Ade (words) E. Janis (perf.)
Bless Your Ever Loving Little Heart (1911)	Henry I. Marshall	Stanley Murphy (words) E. Janis (perf.)
When I Used to Lead the Ballet (1916)	Cole Porter	T. Lawrason Riggs (words) E. Janis (perf.)
Slim Princess (1910), The	Leslie Stuart	Henry Blossom (words) E. Janis (perf.)	Pub.

Works

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

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'd Rather Love What I Cannot Have (w&m)	1911
Fo De Lawd's Sake, Play a Waltz (w&m)	1912	E. Janis (perf.)
Anti Rag-Time Girl (w&m)	1913	Sallie Fisher (perf.)	Pub.
I Never Knew	1919	Irving Berlin (words)
Regular Girl, A	1919	B. Kalmar (words) H. Ruby (words)
I've Waited All My Life (w&m)	1922
Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere	1929	Edmund Goulding (words)
Anytime's the Time to Fall in Love	1930	Jack King (words)
Oh, Give Me Time for Tenderness	?	E. Goulding (co-author)

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


	Florrie Was a Flapper (1914)	3:30	E. Janis