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.

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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.
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Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music.

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

Publisher:	Leo Feist
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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.
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Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music.

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

Publisher:	Fred Fisher Music Co. Inc.
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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
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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.
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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
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Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music.

Way Down Barcelona Way
Music by Harry Jentes. Words by: Fred Fisher.

Publisher:	McCarthy & Fisher
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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.
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Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	on "Hits of '21: Ain't We Got Fun?"
Elite Syncopators	on "Ragtime Special"
Alan Martin	on "Everything is Ragtime Now"
Brent Watkins	on "The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1"	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bryan Wright	on "Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes"	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards	on "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)
	The Cat's Pajamas (1922)	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)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 52 works by Harry Jentes (1887-1958). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Electronic Resource Items

1911-1915

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


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

1915-1920

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


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

1922-1927

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


The Cat's Pajamas (1922)	1922
Cuban Sunshine	1922
Rainbow Waltz (1922)	1922
Blooey Blues	1923
Cla-wence	1923		Joe Manuel, Mack Henshaw
Smiles and Kisses	1923
Tricky Trix	1923
Americarabia	1924
Rag-O-Rhythm	1924
Twinkles	1925
Lopez Speaking	1926
Fidgety Fingers	1927	Paul Ash
Fleurette	1927
Juggling the Ivories	1927	Paul Ash
Rag a La Russe	1927
⇑ Triplets	1927

1936-?

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


The Duchess Threw Her Crutches Away	1936		F. Fisher
I Fell All Over Myself	1940	Words & Music by Jentes
Spell of the Bayou	1950
Sortin' the Mail	?

Videos

	Title	Performer	Score/Song


Americarabia (3:37)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
California Sunshine (2:31)	Ragtime Dorian Henry	California Sunshine (1913)
The Cat's Pajamas (2:38)	Ragtime Dorian Henry	The Cat's Pajamas (1922)
Cuban Sunshine (2:16)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Fidgety Fingers (2:42)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Fleurette (2:37)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Juggling the Ivories (1:55)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Lopez Speaking (2:49)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Madrid (3:13)	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	Rainbow Waltz (1922)
Rhapsody Rag (3:08)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Smiles and Kisses (2:38)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Soup and Fish (2:30)	Ragtime Dorian Henry	Soup and Fish (1913)
Triplets (2:49)	Ragtime Dorian Henry