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.

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)

PDFs

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody	Piano, Voice	Harry Jentes (Music) Sam M. Lewis (words) Dick Howard (words)

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 (sung by)
California Sunshine	1913
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
⇑ 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)
When They Christened Brother Johnson's Child	1914
Where the Oceans Meet in Panama	1914	Charles McCarron (words)
At the Fountain of Youth	1915	Chas. R McCarron (words) A. 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
Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You	1916	A. Gerber (words)
Since Sarah Saw Theda Bara	1916	Alex Gerber (words) Theda Bara (sung by) Dorothy Meuther (sung by)
Some Girls Do and Some Girls Don't	1916	H.E. Johnson (co-author) A. Gerber (co-author)
At the Yankee Military Ball	1917	Howard E Johnson (words)
How Can Any Girlie Be a Good Little Girl	1917	H.E. Johnson (words) Alfred Jentes (words)
I Don't Want to Get Well	1917	Harry Pease (words) H.E. Johnson (words)
Pussy Willow	1917	Monaco (co-author)
You Don't Have to Go to Borneo	1917	Alex Gerber (words)
⇑ Knit Girls Knit!	1918	Howard E Johnson (words) Harry Pease (words)
Take Me Back to That Rose Covered Shack	1918	agerm1 (co-author) William Jerome (words)
Among the Whispering Pines	1919	Richard Howard (words)
We Couldn't Have Heroes ''Over There'', if It Wasn't For Those Heroes ''Over Here''	1919	Howard E Johnson (words) Grant Clarke (words)
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
Rainbow Waltz	1922
Blooey Blues	1923
Cla-wence	1923	Joe Manuel (words) Mack Henshaw (words)
Smiles and Kisses	1923
Tricky Trix	1923
Americarabia	1924
Monkey-Bizness	1924
Rag-O-Rhythm	1924
⇑ I'm Happy Go Lucky There's Nothing on My Mind	1925	Henry Creamer (words) Leon Flatow (words) Elsie Clark (sung by)
Twinkles	1925
Lopez Speaking	1926	Vincent Lopez (sung by)
Fidgety Fingers	1927	Paul Ash (co-author)
Finger Prints	1927

1927-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Fleurette	1927
Juggling the Ivories	1927	Paul Ash (co-author)
Rag a La Russe	1927
Triplets	1927
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	Dur	Performer	Composer	Score/Song


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