Pete Wendling (1888-1974)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Pete Wendling was an American composer and pianist born in New York City. He rose to prominence in the 1910's with such hits as Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (1916), Take Me to the Land of Jazz (1919), Take Your Girlie to the Movies (1919) and Oh What a Pal Is Mary (1919). A leading pianist of his day, he joined the Rhythmodik Music Roll Company in 1914 producing piano rolls. By 1916 he was recording for American Piano Company (Ampico) before joining the prestigious QRS in 1918 where he remained until 1925. Thereafter he returned to composing in which he remained until his retirement in the 1950s. Of ragtime interest are his Soup and Fish (1913) andChromatic Rag (1916) which he co-authored with Harry Jentes and Ed Gerhart respectively. He died in New York City.

Websites:
	Pete Wendling	Brief biography by wikipedia.org

Pete Wendling (1888-1974) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Take Me to the Land of Jazz
Music by: Pete Wendling.
Words by: Bert Kalmar

Publisher:	Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 3 pages.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Jazz Music CDs:
	Pee Wee Russell	The Land of Jazz
	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Ted Lewis	Jazzworthy 1929-33
	Various Artists	Real Ragtime
	Jody Dall'Armi	On the Level, You're a Little Devil

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Alexander's Back From Dixie With His Rag-Time Band (1917)	P. Wendling (music) Lew Cobwell (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
All the Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down in Quaker Town (1919)	P. Wendling (music) B. Kalmar (words) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Crying for the Moon (1922)	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Down by the Meadow-Brook (1919)	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
False Faces (1919)	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
He Loves It (1922)	P. Wendling (music) G. Clarke (words) E. Leslie (words) Monica Young (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Hello! Lemonade (1919)	P. Wendling (music) B. Kalmar (words) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
I Miss That Mississippi Miss That Misses Me (1918)	P. Wendling (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Music of Wedding Chimes, The	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home	P. Wendling (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home	P. Wendling (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Oh! What a Pal Was Mary	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words) B. Kalmar (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
⇑Oh! What a Pal Was Mary	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words) B. Kalmar (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Sleepy Little Village (1922), A	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Take Me to the Land of Jazz (1919)	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words) B. Kalmar (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Take Your Girlie to the Movies if You Can't Make Love at Home (1919)	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words) B. Kalmar (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
What Cha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz? (1920)	P. Wendling (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 73 works by Pete Wendling (1888-1974). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1904-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


By the Sycamore Tree	1904	H. Gillespie (words)
Mysterious Tango, The	1914
Foxy Grandpa	1915	Ager (co-author)	Pub.
Hee Haw	1915	Ager (co-author)	Pub.
Rockaway Hunt	1915	Ager (co-author)	Pub.
Steeplechase	1915	Ager (co-author)	Pub.
Blue Monday	1916	Milton Ager (co-author)	Pub.
Call of a Nation	1916	Fred Ahlert (co-author)	Pub.
Chromatic Rag	1916	Ed Gerhart (co-author)	Pub.
Honky Tonk	1916		Pub.
Panatella	1916	M. Kay Jerome (co-author)	Pub.
⇑ Priscilla Waltz	1916
Zig Zag	1916	M.K. Jerome (co-author)	Pub.
Alexander's Back From Dixie With His Rag-Time Band	1917	Lew Cobwell (words)
Buzzin' the Bee	1917	Jack Wells (co-author)	Pub.
Over the Top	1917	Jack Wells (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
I Miss That Mississippi Miss That Misses Me	1918	Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words)	Pub.
Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home	1918	Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) A. Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
All the Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down in Quaker Town	1919	Bert Kalmar (words) Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
Down by the Meadow-Brook	1919	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.

1919-1924

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


False Faces	1919	Edgar Leslie (words)
Hello! Lemonade	1919	Bert Kalmar (words) Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
Music of Wedding Chimes, The	1919	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
Oh! What a Pal Was Mary	1919	Edgar Leslie (words) Bert Kalmar (words)	Pub.
Take Me to the Land of Jazz	1919	Edgar Leslie (words) Bert Kalmar (words)	Pub.
Take Your Girlie to the Movies if You Can't Make Love at Home	1919	Edgar Leslie (words) Bert Kalmar (words)	Pub.
What Cha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz?	1920	Edgar Leslie (words) Jane Greene (perf.) James Blyler (perf.)
Crying for the Moon	1922	Edgar Leslie (words)
Flirt (w&m)	1922	M. Kortlander (co-author)
He Loves It	1922	G. Clarke (words) Edgar Leslie (words) Monica Young (perf.)	Pub.
Sleepy Little Village, A	1922	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
⇑ Whenever You're Lonesome Just Telephone Me	1922	M. Kortlander (co-author)
Grandma's Boy	1922.	Harold Lloyd (perf.)
Black'n Blue	1924	M. Kortlander (co-author)	Pub.
Buck Shots	1924	M. Kortlander (co-author)	Pub.
Butter Fingers	1924	M. Kortlander (co-author)	Pub.
Flower of Spain	1924	M. Kortlander (co-author)	Pub.
New Orleans Fizz	1924	M. Kortlander (co-author)	Pub.
Silver Screen	1924	Kortlander (co-author)	Pub.
Steps - Modern Progression	1924	M. Kortlander (co-author)	Pub.

1926-1930

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


She Keeps Me in the Dark But I Met Her in the Moonlight	1926	Alfred Bryan (words) William Raskin (words)
There's Something Nice About Everyone But There's Everything Nice About You	1926	Arthur Terker (words) Alfred Bryan (words)
Lonesome Waltz	1927	Alfred Bryan (words) Arr. by Harry Tiedeman
Arms of Love	1928	A. Bryan (words) Francis Wheeler (words)	Pub.
Cherie Chilly-Pom-Pom-Pee	1928	Alfred Bryan (words) Nick Lucas (perf.) Scrappy Lambert (perf.)	Pub.
Don't Keep Me in the Dark, Bright Eyes	1928	T.H. Lodge (co-author) Joe Rea (perf.)	Pub.
Humoreskimo	1928	Henri Berchman (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words)
Cubanella	1929	T.H. Lodge (co-author) Jack Meskill (words)	Pub.
Loose Ankles	1929	Jack Meskill (words)
Me and the Clock	1929	Jack Meskill (words) Billy Mann (words)	Pub.
There's a Four Leaf Clover in My Pocket	1929	Lew Colwell (words) Jack Meskill (words)	Pub.
⇑ There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie!	1929	Harry Richman (words) Jack Meskill (words)
Wonderful You	1929	Jack Meskill (words) Max Rich (words) Allyn Reese (perf.)	Pub.
You're a Pain the Heart to Me	1929	Jack Meskill (words) Al Hoffman (words)	Pub.
Crying Myself to Sleep	1930	John Klenner (words) Kate Smith (perf.)
I'll Be Blue Just Thinking of You From Now On (w&m)	1930	George Whiting (co-author) Lou Breese (perf.) Frank Wilson (perf.)
I'm Tickled Pink With a Blue-Eyed Baby	1930	Charles O'Flynn (words)
Just a Little Dance Mam'selle	1930	Charles O'Flynn (words) Ben Gordon (words)	Pub.
Swingin' in a Hammock	1930	Tot Seymour (words) Chas O'Flynn (words) Husk O'Hare (perf.)	Pub.
Who's Calling You Sweetheart To-Night	1930	Charles O'Flynn (words) Ben Gordon (words)	Pub.

1931-1949

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Give Me Your Affection, Honey	1931	Carmen Lombardo (words) Alfred Bryan (words)
Rock Me in a Cradle of Kalua	1931	Al Bryan (words) Smith Ballew (perf.)
Thanks to You	1931	G. Clarke (words)	Pub.
I'm Sure of Everything But You (w&m)	1932	G.W. Meyer (co-author) Charles O'Flynn (co-author)
I Believe in Miracles	1934	Sam M. Lewis (words) Geo. W. Meyer (words) Joey Nash (perf.)
It's an Old Fashioned World After All	1934	Alfred Bryan (words) G.W. Meyer (words)
Ooh! You Miser You!	1934	Sam M Lewis (words)
Rockin' on the Porch	1934	Tot Seymour (words) Lillian Roth (perf.)
I'm a Fool For Loving You	1936	Sam M. Lewis (words)
Quicker Than You Can Say Jack Robinson	1936
Don't Wake Up My Heart	1938	G.W. Meyer (co-author) Sam M. Lewis (co-author)
⇑ On the Street of Regret	1942	John Klenner (words)
Frisky Fingers	1949	Solly Violinsky (co-author)

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


Black'n Blue	2:42	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Blue Monday	4:18	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Buck Shots	3:30	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Butter Fingers	3:55	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Buzzin' the Bee	2:37	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Call of a Nation	2:30	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Chromatic Rag	3:03	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Cubanella	1:48	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Flower of Spain	2:47	Ragtime Dorian Henry
⇑Foxy Grandpa	3:01	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Frisky Fingers	2:45	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Hee Haw	2:31	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Honky Tonk	2:27	Ragtime Dorian Henry
The Mysterious Tango	1:14	Ragtime Dorian Henry
New Orleans Fizz	3:08	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Panatella	3:21	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Rockaway Hunt	2:10	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Silver Screen	2:24	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Steeplechase	3:01	Ragtime Dorian Henry
⇑Steps - Modern Progression	1:59	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Take Me to the Land of Jazz	1:20	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Zig Zag	3:00	Ragtime Dorian Henry