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: Fred 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: Howard E. Johnson, 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: Richard Howard, 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.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


I Don't Want to Get Well (1918)	A. Fields Grace Woods	Edison Blue Amberol: 3378
Way Down Barcelona Way (1921)	Fred Hillebrand	Edison Blue Amberol: 4260
Bantam Step (1916)	Jaudas' Society Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 3002
Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You (1917)	Manuel Romain	Edison Blue Amberol: 3199

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Bantam Step (1916)		Colin D. McDonald
California Sunshine (1913)		James Pitt-Payne
Cat's Pajamas (1922), The		James Pitt-Payne
I Don't Want to Get Well (1917)		James Pitt-Payne
Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody (1915)		James Pitt-Payne
Rainbow Waltz (1922)		James Pitt-Payne
Soup and Fish (1913)	P. Wendling	James Pitt-Payne

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


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

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

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


All by Myself (1920)	H. Jentes (music) E. West (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Among the Whispering Pines (1919)	H. Jentes (music) R. Howard (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
At the Fountain of Youth (1915)	H. Jentes (music) Chas. R McCarron (words) A. Gerber (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
At the Yankee Military Ball (1917)	H. Jentes (music) Howard E Johnson (words) Alain Coogan (perf.) James Mullen (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
California Sunshine (1913)	H. Jentes (music) Margaret Mudge (perf.) Leon van Dell (perf.) Margaret Mudge (perf.) Leon van Dell (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP Indiana
Cat's Pajamas (1922), The	H. Jentes (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You (1916)	H. Jentes (music) A. Gerber (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑How Can Any Girlie Be a Good Little Girl (1917)	H. Jentes (music) H.E. Johnson (words) Alfred Jentes (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I Don't Want to Get Well (1917)	H. Jentes (music) H. Pease (words) H.E. Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
I'll Be Welcome in My Home Town (1912)	H. Jentes (music) W. Tracey (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Madrid (1913)	H. Jentes (music)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody (1915)	H. Jentes (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) Dick Howard (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana	Pub.
Rhapsody Rag (1911)	H. Jentes (music)	Piano	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 58 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	Leon van Dell (perf.) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Margaret Mudge (perf.)
If Your Wife Wants to Go to the Country, Let Her Go,	1913	Charles A Bayha (words) Babette (perf.) Helen van Buren (perf.)
Madrid	1913
Soup and Fish	1913	Pete Wendling (co-author) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Take Me to Loveland	1913	Robert F Roden (words)	Pub.
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) Alex Gerber (words)

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	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Jaudas' Society Orchestra (perf.)
Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You	1916	Alex Gerber (words) Manuel Romain (perf.)	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	Howard E. Johnson (co-author) Alex Gerber (co-author)	Pub.
At the Yankee Military Ball	1917	Howard E Johnson (words) Alain Coogan (perf.) James Mullen (perf.)	Pub.
How Can Any Girlie Be a Good Little Girl	1917	Howard E. Johnson (words) Alfred Jentes (words)	Pub.
I Don't Want to Get Well	1917	Harry Pease (words) Howard E. Johnson (words) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Arthur Fields (perf.) Grace Woods (perf.)	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) Fred Hillebrand (perf.)
Cat's Pajamas, The	1922	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Cuban Sunshine	1922		Pub.
Rainbow Waltz	1922	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Cla-wence	1923	Joe Manuel (words) Mack Henshaw (words)
Smiles and Kisses	1923		Pub.
Tricky Trix	1923		Pub.
Americarabia	1924
Blooey Blues	1924		Pub.
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 de Lopez (perf.)
Fidgety Fingers	1927	Paul Ash (co-author)
Finger Prints	1927	Paul Ash (co-author)	Pub.

1927-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Fleurette	1927	Paul Ash (co-author)
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	Fred Fisher (words)
Alice in Rhythmland	1939
Blue Guitar	1939
I Fell All Over Myself (w&m)	1940
Spell of the Bayou	1950
Sortin' the Mail	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


H. Jentes	Blooey Blues (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H. Jentes	Carmenita (2:04)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H. Jentes	The Cat's Pajamas (2:25)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H. Jentes	California Sunshine (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H. Jentes	Cuban Sunshine (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry