Harry Jentes (1887-1958)

Overview

Harry Jentes was an American vaudeville performer and composer of popular music. He wrote a number of rags the best known probably being The Rhapsody Rag (1911) , The Soup and Fish Rag (1913 ) which he co-authored with Pete Wendling and Bantam Step (1916). His best known song is probably I Don't Want To Get Well (1917). In the 1920's, Jentes cut several piano rolls. He was born and died in New York City.

Websites:
	Harry Jentes	Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards

Harry Jentes (1887-1958) has at least 9 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Among the Whispering Pines
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Richard Howard

Publisher:	Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music.

At the Yankee Military Ball
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Howard E Johnson

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music.

Cla-wence Don't Tweat Me So Wuff
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Joe Manuel, Mack Henshaw

Publisher:	Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music.

Duchess Threw Her Crutches Away, The
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: F. Fisher

Publisher:	Fred Fisher Music Co. Inc.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1936.	Sheet Music.

I Don't Want to Get Well
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Harry Pease

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:	Also see:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody Wake Me Up With A Rag
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Sam M. Lewis, Dick Howard

Publisher:	Broadway Music Corp.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music.

Turn the Hands Back, Father Time
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Lewis F Muir

Publisher:	F. A. Mills
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music.

Way Down Barcelona Way That Diddle-De-Um-Te-Dum
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Fred Fisher

Publisher:	McCarthy & Fisher
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1920.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Where the Oceans Meet in Panama
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Charles McCarron

Publisher:	The Knickerbocker Music Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music.

	Title	Instruments	Performers


DBE MP3 Sample
Bantam Step (1916)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
California Sunshine (1913)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Cat's Pajamas (1922), The	D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
I Don't Want to Get Well (1917)	T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Rainbow Waltz (1922)	A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Soup and Fish (1913)	A/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Bantam Step (1916)	Midi	Colin D. McDonald
California Sunshine (1913)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Cat's Pajamas (1922), The	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
I Don't Want to Get Well (1917)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody (1915)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Rainbow Waltz (1922)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Soup and Fish (1913)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Hits of '21: Ain't We Got Fun?
Elite Syncopators	Ragtime Special
Alan Martin	Everything is Ragtime Now
Brent Watkins	The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bryan Wright	Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bill Edwards	Rhapsodies in Ragtime

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE1015	Bantam Step (1916) - Fox Trot - One-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins.	print-on-demand	€9.00	£7.50	$11.75
DBE1016	California Sunshine (1913) - Trot and Rag Intermezzo D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	print-on-demand	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE1017	The Cat's Pajamas (1922) - Novelty D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.	print-on-demand	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE1018	I Don't Want to Get Well (1917) - Song T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3 mins.	print-on-demand	€9.00	£7.50	$11.75
DBE1020	Rainbow Waltz (1922) - A Novel Syncopation A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	print-on-demand	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE1022	Soup and Fish (1913) - Rag, One Step, Two Step and Turkey Trot A/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins.	print-on-demand	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Bantam Step (1916)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
	California Sunshine (1913)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
	Cat's Pajamas (1922), The	D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)
	I Don't Want to Get Well (1917)	T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT)
	Rainbow Waltz (1922)	A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)
	Soup and Fish (1913)	A/A/T/T/B/GB(B)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


All by Myself (1920)	H. Jentes (music) Eugene West (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Among the Whispering Pines (1919)	H. Jentes (music) R. Howard (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
California Sunshine (1913)	H. Jentes (music) Margaret Mudge (perf.) Leon van Dell (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP
Cat's Pajamas (1922), The	H. Jentes (music)	Piano	IMSLP
I Don't Want to Get Well (1917)	H. Jentes (music) Harry Pease (words) H.E. Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Madrid	H. Jentes (music)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody	H. Jentes (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) Dick Howard (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer
Rhapsody Rag (1911)	H. Jentes (music)	Piano	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 56 works by Harry Jentes (1887-1958). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1911-1915

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Carmenita	1911
Rhapsody Rag	1911
How Would You Like to Be Loved?	1912	William Tracey (words)
I'll Be Welcome in My Home Town	1912	William Tracey (words)
Only a Rose to Remind You	1912	Oliver E. Story (co-author) Happy O'Neil (words) Frankie Heath (perf.)
California Sunshine	1913	Margaret Mudge (perf.) Leon van Dell (perf.)
If Your Wife Wants to Go to the Country: Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go	1913	Charles A Bayha (words)
Madrid	1913
Soup and Fish	1913	P. Wendling (co-author)
Take Me to Loveland	1913	Robert F Roden (words)
You'll Be Welcome When You Get Back Home (w&m)	1913		Pub.
⇑ They Get a Little Bigger Every Year	1914	Chas R McCarron (words)
Turn the Hands Back, Father Time	1914	Richard Howard (words) Lewis F Muir (words)	Pub.
When They Christened Brother Johnson's Child	1914		Pub.
Where the Oceans Meet in Panama	1914	Charles McCarron (words)	Pub.
At the Fountain of Youth	1915	Chas. R McCarron (words) A. Gerber (words)	Pub.

1915-1920

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Goodbye, Jennie Dear (w&m)	1915
Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody	1915	Sam M. Lewis (words) Dick Howard (words)
Bantam Step	1916
Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You	1916	A. Gerber (words)	Pub.
Since Sarah Saw Theda Bara	1916	Alex Gerber (words) Theda Bara (perf.) Dorothy Meuther (perf.)
Some Girls Do and Some Girls Don't	1916	H.E. Johnson (co-author) A. Gerber (co-author)	Pub.
At the Yankee Military Ball	1917	Howard E Johnson (words)	Pub.
How Can Any Girlie Be a Good Little Girl	1917	H.E. Johnson (words) Alfred Jentes (words)	Pub.
I Don't Want to Get Well	1917	Harry Pease (words) H.E. Johnson (words)	Pub.
Pussy Willow	1917	Monaco (co-author)	Pub.
You Don't Have to Go to Borneo	1917	Alex Gerber (words)
⇑ Knit Girls Knit!	1918	Howard E Johnson (words) Harry Pease (words)	Pub.
Take Me Back to That Rose Covered Shack	1918	agerm1 (co-author) William Jerome (words)	Pub.
Among the Whispering Pines	1919	Richard Howard (words)	Pub.
We Couldn't Have Heroes ''Over There'', if It Wasn't For Those Heroes ''Over Here''	1919	Howard E Johnson (words) Grant Clarke (words)	Pub.
All by Myself	1920	Eugene West (words)

1920-1927

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Way Down Barcelona Way	1920	Fred Fisher (words)
Cat's Pajamas, The	1922
Cuban Sunshine	1922		Pub.
Rainbow Waltz	1922		Pub.
Blooey Blues	1923		Pub.
Cla-wence	1923	Joe Manuel (words) Mack Henshaw (words)
Smiles and Kisses	1923		Pub.
Tricky Trix	1923		Pub.
Americarabia	1924
Monkey-Bizness	1924		Pub.
Rag-O-Rhythm	1924		Pub.
⇑ I'm Happy Go Lucky There's Nothing on My Mind	1925	Henry Creamer (words) Leon Flatow (words) Elsie Clark (perf.)
Twinkles	1925
Lopez Speaking	1926	Vincent Lopez (perf.)
Fidgety Fingers	1927	Paul Ash (co-author)
Finger Prints	1927		Pub.

1927-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Fleurette	1927
Juggling the Ivories	1927	Paul Ash (co-author)	Pub.
Rag a La Russe	1927		Pub.
Triplets	1927		Pub.
Duchess Threw Her Crutches Away, The	1936	F. Fisher (words)
I Fell All Over Myself (w&m)	1940
Spell of the Bayou	1950
Sortin' the Mail	?

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


Americarabia	3:37	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Bantam Step	3:00	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Blooey Blues	4:02	Ragtime Dorian Henry
California Sunshine	2:09	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Carmenita	2:04	Ragtime Dorian Henry
The Cat's Pajamas	2:39	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Cuban Sunshine	2:17	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Fidgety Fingers	2:43	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Finger Prints	2:10	Ragtime Dorian Henry
⇑Fleurette	2:37	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Juggling the Ivories	1:55	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Lopez Speaking	2:50	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Madrid	3:14	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Monkey-Bizness	2:36	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Pussy Willow	2:49	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Rag a La Russe	3:05	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Rag-O-Rhythm	3:24	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Rainbow Waltz	2:57	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Rhapsody Rag	3:08	Ragtime Dorian Henry
⇑Smiles and Kisses	2:37	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Soup and Fish	2:30	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Tricky Trix	3:55	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Triplets	2:50	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Twinkles	2:59	Ragtime Dorian Henry