James Kendis (1883-1946)

Overview

Websites:
	DAHR: James Kendis	List of 152 historic recordings from 1904 to 1940.

Cylinders

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


Sunnyside Sal (1921)	Brockman	Vernon Dalhart Gladys Rice	Edison Blue Amberol: 4353
It Seems Like Ages and Ages and You've Only Been Gone a Day (1920)	J. Brockman	George Wilton Ballard	Edison Blue Amberol: 4060
The Arabian Yogi Man (1921)	Brockman Ben Russell	Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 4290
Brazilian Chimes (1920)	J. Brockman Fred Hager	Crescent Trio	Edison Blue Amberol: 4033
Feather Your Nest (1921)	J. Brockman Howard E. Johnson	Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 4166
Forget-Me-Not (1919)	J. Brockman	Manuel Romain	Edison Blue Amberol: 3786
Golden Gate (1920)	J. Brockman	Lewis James Elizabeth Lennox	Edison Blue Amberol: 3933
Good As Gold (1921)	J. Brockman A. Hoffman A. Sherman	Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 4341
I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome (1920)	J. Brockman Nat Vincent	Margaret A. Freer	Edison Blue Amberol: 3894
All I Have Are Sunny Weather Friends (1920)	J. Brockman	Harvey Hindermye	Edison Blue Amberol: 3963
Three Pickaninnies (1918)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 3518
⇑Billy, I Always Dream of You (1911)	Herman Paley	Anna Chandler	Edison Amberol: 833
On the Honeymoon Express (1914)	Frank Stilwell	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 2130
Sympathy Don't Worry, Bill (1905)	Herman Paley	Billy Murray	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9164

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Arabian Yogi Man, The	Brockman Ben Russell	James Pitt-Payne
Babbling Brook (1922)	Brockman	Unknown
Billy, I Always Dream of You (1911)	Herman Paley	James Pitt-Payne
Feather Your Nest (1920)	J. Brockman Howard E. Johnson	Unknown
Friend of Mine Told a Friend of Mine (1906), A	Herman Paley	James Pitt-Payne
Golden Gate (1919)	J. Brockman	James Pitt-Payne
Good Advice (1906)	Herman Paley	James Pitt-Payne
How Is Everyt'ing by You, All-Right? (1914)		James Pitt-Payne
If I Had My Way (1913)		Unknown
Keep on Smiling (1907)	Herman Paley	James Pitt-Payne
Nat'an (1916)		Denese Coulbeck

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


And Tommy Goes, Too (1940)	J. Kendis	Mary Ann Mercer	Victor: BS-056137
Anxious (1906)	J. Kendis	Harry Tally	Columbia: 3399
Billy, I Always Dream of You (1911)	J. Kendis	John H. Bieling W.V. Brunt William F. Hooley Billy Murray S. Porter	Victor: B-10836
Billy, I Always Dream of You (1939)	J. Kendis	Kathleen Lane	Victor: BS-041924
Billy, I Always Dream of You (1911)	J. Kendis	Ada Jones	Columbia: 19553
Cheer Up Mary (1906)	J. Kendis	Byron George Harlan	Victor: B-4039
Cheer Up Mary (1906)	J. Kendis	F.C. Stanley Harry Tally	Columbia: 3501
Come Out of the Kitchen, Mary Ann (1916)	J. Kendis	Michael J. O'Connell	Columbia: 47249
Deutschland (1907)	J. Kendis	Harry Tally	Victor: B-4463
Feather Your Nest (1936)	J. Kendis	Harry Blair Kenneth Wolfe	Victor: BS-102666
Golden Gate (1919)	J. Kendis	Charles Harrison Lewis James	Columbia: 78585
Good Advice (1906)	J. Kendis	Arthur Collins	Columbia: 3457
I Am Climbing Mountains (1919)	J. Kendis	Charles Harrison Lewis James	Columbia: 78628
I Miss Daddy's Good-Night Kiss (1918)	J. Kendis	H. Burr	Columbia: 77795
If I Had My Way (1914)	J. Kendis	H. Burr Albert Campbell Arthur Collins Harry McClaskey John H. Meyer	Victor: B-14314
If I Had My Way (1939)	J. Kendis	Babs Johnson Charlie Ryan Little Ryan	Victor: BS-036807
⇑Is It Warm Enough For You (1906)	J. Kendis	Billy Murray	Columbia: 3430
Keep on Smiling (1908)	J. Kendis	William Redmond	Columbia: 3770
My Lovin' Lou (1916)	J. Kendis	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Victor: B-17770
On the Honeymoon Express (1913)	J. Kendis	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Columbia: 39014
Sympathy Don't Worry, Bill (1905)	J. Kendis	Arthur Collins	Victor: B-2756
What Good Is Water When You're Dry? (1910)	J. Kendis	N. Bayes	Victor: C-9091
When It's Night-Time in Italy It's Wednesday Over Here (1923)	J. Kendis	Lou Holtz	Victor: B-28969
When It's Peach Picking Time in Delaware (1915)	J. Kendis	H. Burr Albert Campbell	Victor: B-16187
Won't You Fondle Me? (1905)	J. Kendis	Harry Tally	Columbia: 3059
You Are the Rose of My Heart (1914)	J. Kendis	H. Burr	Victor: B-15331
You Are the Rose of My Heart (1914)	J. Kendis	Vernon Archibald Marie De Kyser	Edison: 3366

Monologues

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The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Billy, I Always Dream of You	James Kendis (music) Herman Paley (co-author) Joe Goodwin. (words) Beth Tate (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Arabian Yogi Man (1921), The	J. Kendis (music) Brockman (coauth.) Ben Russell (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Babbling Brook (1922)	J. Kendis (music) Brockman (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Billy, I Always Dream of You (1911)	J. Kendis (music) Herman Paley (coauth.) J. Goodwin (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Every Little Memory of You (1916)	J. Kendis (music) E. Van Every (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Feather Your Nest (1920)	J. Kendis (w&m) J. Brockman (coauth.) Howard E. Johnson (coauth.) Mary Farrell (perf.) E. White (perf.) Florence Timponi (perf.) Anna Chandler (perf.) Bowers & Sanders (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Piano	Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Friend of Mine Told a Friend of Mine (1906), A	J. Kendis (music) Herman Paley (coauth.) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Golden Gate (1919)	J. Kendis (w&m) J. Brockman (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Good Advice (1906)	J. Kendis (music) Herman Paley (coauth.) A. Bryan (words) Tom Moore (perf.) William H. Tascott (perf.) William H. Tascott (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
He Likes Their Jukulele (1917)	J. Kendis (music) Van & Schenck (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
How Is Everyt'ing by You, All-Right? (1914)	J. Kendis (w&m) Bobby Folsom (perf.) Bobby Folsom (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
I Am Climbing Mountains (1919)	J. Kendis (w&m) J. Brockman (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome (1919)	J. Kendis (w&m) J. Brockman (coauth.) Nat Vincent (coauth.)	Piano	Greer Indiana	Pub.
I Miss Daddy's Good-Night Kiss (1918)	J. Kendis (music) J. Brockman (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (1919)	June Caprice (perf.) Helen Carrington (perf.)	Piano	Greer Indiana
I'm Like a Ship Without a Sail (1919)	J. Kendis (w&m) J. Brockman (coauth.)	Piano	Greer	Pub.
⇑If I Had My Way (1913)	J. Kendis (w&m) Lou Klein (words) R. Vallée (perf.) R. Vallée (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Jabberwocky (1921)	J. Kendis (w&m) Brockman (coauth.) Brown (coauth.) Eastwood (coauth.) Weslyn (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana
Joan of Arc (1916)	J. Kendis (music) Robert F. Roden (words) Geraldine Farrar (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Keep on Smiling (1907)	J. Kendis (music) Herman Paley (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Kick In (1915)	J. Kendis (music)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Let's Fill the Old Oaken Bucket With Love (1914)	J. Kendis (music) J. Kendis (coauth.) J. Wells (coauth.) A. Bryan (words) Fronie Daley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Listen to That Jungle Band (1910)	J. Kendis (music) Paley (coauth.) A. Bryan (words) Sydney C. Gibson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Moysha Machree (1916)	J. Kendis (music) Jimmey Hussey (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑My Little Kangaroo (1909)	J. Kendis (w&m) Herman Paley (coauth.) Gussie Kline (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Nat'an (1916)	J. Kendis (music) Ruth Roye (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Pining (1921)	J. Kendis (music) Brockman (words) Ben Russell (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Springtime Brings Roses and You (1910)	J. Kendis (w&m) Herman Paley (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Story of the Rosary (1914), The	J. Kendis (music) Lou Klein (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Virginia (1904)	J. Kendis (music) Herman Paley (coauth.) L. Wood (words) Clarice Vance (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
We're Bound to Win With Boys Like You (1918)	J. Kendis (w&m) J. Brockman (coauth.) Nat Vincent (coauth.) E. Morton (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
We're Going to Hang the Kaiser (1917)	J. Kendis (w&m) J. Brockman (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Won't You Fondle Me? (1904)	J. Kendis (music) Herman Paley (coauth.) C. Thardo (perf.)	Piano	Scholars Junction	Pub.
You Ain't Got the Girl 'till the Ring Is on Her Finger (1910)	J. Kendis (music) Herman Paley (coauth.) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
You Are the Rose of My Heart (1914)	J. Kendis (music) Andrew K Allison (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 84 works by James Kendis (1883-1946). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1903-1908

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


If I Had a Thousand Hearts	1903	Paley (co-author) Will A. Heelan (words) Louise Brehany (perf.)
Virginia	1904	Herman Paley (co-author) Leo Wood (words) Clarice Vance (perf.)
Won't You Fondle Me?	1904	Herman Paley (co-author) Harry Tally (perf.) Claude Thardo (perf.)	Pub.
Anxious	1905	Herman Paley (co-author) Harry Tally (perf.)	Pub.
Sympathy Don't Worry, Bill	1905	Herman Paley (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Nichols Sisters (perf.)
Cheer Up Mary	1906	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Frank C. Stanley (perf.) Harry Tally (perf.)
Everybody Gives Me Good Advice	1906	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Artie Hall (perf.)	Pub.
Friend of Mine Told a Friend of Mine, A	1906	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
Good Advice	1906	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Tom Moore (perf.) William H. Tascott (perf.)	Pub.
Is It Warm Enough For You	1906	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Just a Little Fond Affection	1906	Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
⇑ When a Poor Relation Comes to Town (w&m)	1906	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
Deutschland	1907	Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Harry Tally (perf.)	Pub.
Everybody Likes the Girl I Like	1907	Paley (co-author)	Pub.
I Couldn't Make a Hit With Molly	1907	Herman Paley (co-author)	Pub.
Keep on Smiling	1907	Herman Paley (co-author) William Redmond (perf.)	Pub.
There's Not Gold Enough to Buy Him	1907
And More Yet Besides	1908
Don't Go Away (w&m)	1908	Herman Paley (co-author)	Pub.
I'd Like to See You Get Along	1908

1908-1914

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


If Somebody Loved Me (w&m)	1908	Paley (co-author) William H. Tascott (perf.)
On the Banks of the Old Mill Stream	1908	Paley (words)	Pub.
Angel Eyes	1909	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Anna Driver (perf.) Leon Errol (perf.) Gussie Kline (perf.) Anna Laughlin (perf.) Violini (perf.)
Don't Kill the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg (w&m)	1909	Paley (co-author) Lulu Beeson (perf.)	Pub.
My Little Kangaroo (w&m)	1909	Herman Paley (co-author) Hazel Carlton (perf.) Anna Driver (perf.) Gussie Kline (perf.)	Pub.
Havana	1910	E. Ray Goetz (words) Paley (words)	Pub.
Listen to That Jungle Band	1910	Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Sydney C. Gibson (perf.) Clarence Marks (perf.)	Pub.
Springtime Brings Roses and You (w&m)	1910	Herman Paley (co-author)
What Good Is Water When You're Dry?	1910	Herman Paley (co-author) E. Ray Goetz (words) Nora Bayes (perf.)
You Ain't Got the Girl 'till the Ring Is on Her Finger	1910	Herman Paley (co-author) Al Bryan (words) Netta Vesta (perf.)	Pub.
Billy, I Always Dream of You	1911	Herman Paley (co-author) Joe Goodwin (words) Bonnie Baker (perf.) John H. Bieling (perf.) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Anna Chandler (perf.) Betty Grable (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Kathleen Lane (perf.) Kathy Linden (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.) Beth Tate (perf.) Orin Tucker (perf.)
⇑ I Like You Just Because You're Not Like Anyone Else I Know (w&m)	1911	Herman Paley (co-author)	Pub.
I Will Always Dream of Billy	1911	Herman Paley (co-author) Joe Goodwin (words) Dorothy Kingsley (perf.)	Pub.
Lize, I Know Another Girl Lize Like You	1911	Paley (co-author) Matt Woodward (words)	Pub.
And Tommy Goes, Too	1912	Charles A Bayha (words) Mary Ann Mercer (perf.) renamed in 1940 as And Tommy Goes, Too
If I Had My Way (w&m)	1913	Lou Klein (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Albert Campbell (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Bing Crosby (perf.) Babs Johnson (perf.) Abe Lyman (perf.) Harry McClaskey (perf.) John H. Meyer (perf.) Charlie Ryan (perf.) Little Ryan (perf.) Rudy Vallée (perf.)
On the Honeymoon Express	1913	Frank Stilwell (co-author) Lou Klein (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Moore &. Le Roy (perf.)	Pub.
How Is Everyt'ing by You, All-Right? (w&m)	1914	Bobby Folsom (perf.)
Let's Fill the Old Oaken Bucket With Love	1914	James Kendis (co-author) Jack Wells (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Fronie Daley (perf.)	Pub.
Story of the Rosary, The	1914	Lou Klein (words)	Pub.

1914-1918

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


When the Silver Threads Were Not Among the Gold	1914	Stillwell (co-author) Harry Rees (words)
You Are the Rose of My Heart	1914	Andrew K Allison (words) Vernon Archibald (perf.) Henry Burr (perf.) Marie De Kyser (perf.)	Pub.
Kick In	1915		Pub.
When It's Peach Picking Time in Delaware	1915	Alfred T. Kent (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Albert Campbell (perf.)
You're Just Like an Angel to Me	1915	Andrew K. Allison (words)
Come Out of the Kitchen, Mary Ann (w&m)	1916	Charles Bayha (co-author) Louise Dresser (perf.) Douglas Fairbanks (perf.) Michael J. O'Connell (perf.)	Pub.
Every Little Memory of You	1916	E. Van Every (words)	Pub.
Joan of Arc	1916	Robert F. Roden (words) Geraldine Farrar (perf.)	Pub.
Moysha Machree	1916	Jimmey Hussey (perf.)	Pub.
My Lovin' Lou (w&m)	1916	Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
Nat'an	1916	Rhoda Bernard (perf.) George Jessel (perf.) Ruth Roye (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ We Want Wilson in the White House (w&m)	1916		Pub.
He Likes Their Jukulele	1917	Van & Schenck (perf.)	Pub.
We're Going to Hang the Kaiser (w&m)	1917	James Brockman (co-author)
Yo's Honey to Yo' Mammy Jes' the Same	1917		Pub.
I Miss Daddy's Good-Night Kiss	1918	James Brockman (co-author) Henry Burr (perf.)	Pub.
Palestine	1918
Three Pickaninnies	1918	Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)	Pub.
We're Bound to Win With Boys Like You (w&m)	1918	James Brockman (co-author) Nat Vincent (co-author) Ed Morton (perf.)	Pub.
Where It's Peach-Jam Makin' Time	1918	James Brockman (words) Nat Vincent (words)	Pub.

1919-1922

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Forget-Me-Not	1919	James Brockman (co-author) Violet Mersereau (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.)
Golden Gate (w&m)	1919	James Brockman (co-author) Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elizabeth Lennox (perf.) Elizabeth Lennox as Louise Ferrell;	Pub.
I Am Climbing Mountains (w&m)	1919	James Brockman (co-author) Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Successor to I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome (w&m)	1919	James Brockman (co-author) Nat Vincent (co-author) Margaret A. Freer (perf.)
I'm Like a Ship Without a Sail (w&m)	1919	James Brockman (co-author)	Pub.
Smiles of Silver and Kisses of Gold	1919	James Brockman (co-author) Nat Vincent (co-author) Violet Mersereau (perf.)	Pub.
All I Have Are Sunny Weather Friends	1920	James Brockman (co-author) Harvey Hindermye (perf.)	Pub.
Brazilian Chimes	1920	James Brockman (co-author) Fred Hager (co-author) Crescent Trio (perf.)	Pub.
Feather Your Nest (w&m)	1920	James Brockman (co-author) Howard E. Johnson (co-author) Harry Blair (perf.) Bowers & Sanders (perf.) Bowers & Saunders (perf.) Anna Chandler (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.) Mary Farrell (perf.) Etti Hager (perf.) Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra (perf.) Charlotte Meyers (perf.) Florence Timponi (perf.) Elsie White (perf.) Kenneth Wolfe (perf.)	Pub.
It Seems Like Ages and Ages and You've Only Been Gone a Day (w&m)	1920	James Brockman (co-author) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Claire Mersereau (perf.)	Pub.
It's All-Right With Me Old Pal (w&m)	1920	James Brockman (co-author)
⇑ Someone Took You Out of My Arms	1920	Geoffrey Russell-Smith (words)	Pub.
Arabian Yogi Man, The	1921	Brockman (co-author) Ben Russell (co-author) Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra (perf.)
Good As Gold	1921	James Brockman (co-author) Al Hoffman (co-author) Al Sherman (co-author) Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra (perf.)
Jabberwocky (w&m)	1921	Brockman (co-author) Brown (co-author) Eastwood (co-author) Weslyn (co-author)	Pub.
Once in a Blue Moon (w&m)	1921	Brockman (co-author) Louis Weslyn (co-author)
Pining	1921	Brockman (words) Ben Russell (words)	Pub.
Sunnyside Sal (w&m)	1921	Brockman (co-author) Vernon Dalhart (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.)
When the Tide Comes In	1921	James Brockman (co-author) Lucien Boyer (words)	Pub.
All Over You	1922	James Brockman (co-author) Harry Richman (words) Alfred Bryan (words) Harry Richman (perf.)

1922-1937

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Babbling Brook	1922	Brockman (co-author)
When It's Night-Time in Italy It's Wednesday Over Here (w&m)	1923	Lew Brown (co-author) Lou Holtz (perf.) Lane & Freeman (perf.) Locust Sisters (perf.) Newell & Most (perf.)
I Wish You'd Let Me Know if You See Mary (w&m)	1925	Hal Dyson (co-author)
Who? Charlie McCarthy! (w&m)	1937	Billy Gaston (co-author)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	J. Kendis	Angel Eyes (1910) (3:17)	Elida Morris Billy Murray
	J. Kendis	I Will Always Dream of Billy (2:53)	Dorothy Kingsley