Pete Wendling (1888-1974)
Last updated: 03.11.18
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.
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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.
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Take Me to the Land of Jazz Music by Pete Wendling. Words by: Edgar Leslie, Bert Kalmar.
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| Performer | CD Title | Supplier |
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Pee Wee Russell | The Land of Jazz |        |
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Ted Lewis | Jazzworthy 1929-33 | |
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Various Artists | Real Ragtime | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Jody Dall'Armi | On the Level, You're a Little Devil | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 57 works by Pete Wendling (1888-1974). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Electronic Resource Items
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| By the Sycamore Tree | 1904 | H. Gillespie |  |
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| Chromatic Rag | 1916 | Ed Gerhart | |
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| Honky Tonk | 1916 | |||
| Panatella | 1916 | M. Kay Jerome | ||
| Priscilla Waltz | 1916 | |
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| Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula | 1916 | E.R. Goetz , Joe Young | |
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| Alexander's Back From Dixie With His Rag-Time Band | 1917 | Lew Cobwell | |
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| Over the Top | 1917 | Jack Wells | Alfred Bryan | |
| I Miss That Mississippi Miss That Misses Me | 1918 | Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young | |
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| Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home | 1918 | Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young | |
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| All the Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down in Quaker Town | 1919 | Bert Kalmar, Edgar Leslie | |
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| Down by the Meadow-Brook | 1919 | Edgar Leslie | |
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| False Faces | 1919 | Edgar Leslie | |
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| The Music of Wedding Chimes | 1919 | Edgar Leslie | |
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| Oh! What a Pal Was Mary | 1919 | Edgar Leslie, Bert Kalmar | |
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| ⇑ Take Me to the Land of Jazz | 1919 | Edgar Leslie, Bert Kalmar |  |
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| Take Your Girlie to the Movies if You Can't Make Love at Home | 1919 | Edgar Leslie, Bert Kalmar | |
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| What Cha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz? | 1920 | Edgar Leslie | |
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| Flirt | 1922 | M. Kortlander | |
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| He Loves It | 1922 | G. Clarke , Edgar Leslie | ||
| A Sleepy Little Village | 1922 | Edgar Leslie | ||
| Whenever You're Lonesome Just Telephone Me | 1922 | M. Kortlander | |
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| Grandma's Boy | 1922. | |
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| Black'n Blue | 1924 | M. Kortlander | |
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| Butter Fingers | 1924 | M. Kortlander | |
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| Flower of Spain | 1924 | M. Kortlander | |
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| New Orleans Fizz | 1924 | M. Kortlander | |
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| Steps - Modern Progression | 1924 | M. Kortlander | |
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| She Keeps Me in the Dark But I Met Her in the Moonlight | 1926 | Alfred Bryan, William Raskin | |
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| Lonesome Waltz | 1927 | Alfred Bryan | Arr. by Harry Tiedeman | |
| There's Something Nice About Everyone But There's Everything Nice About You | 1927 | Arthur Terker, Alfred Bryan | |
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| ⇑ Cherie Chilly-Pom-Pom-Pee | 1928 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| Don't Keep Me in the Dark, Bright Eyes | 1928 | T.H. Lodge | ||
| Humoreskimo | 1928 | Henri Berchman | Alfred Bryan | |
| Cubanella | 1929 | T.H. Lodge | Jack Meskill | |
| Loose Ankles | 1929 | Jack Meskill | |
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| Me and the Clock | 1929 | Jack Meskill, Billy Mann | |
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| There's a Four Leaf Clover in My Pocket | 1929 | Lew Colwell, Jack Meskill | |
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| There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie! | 1929 | Harry Richman, Jack Meskill | ||
| Wonderful You | 1929 | Jack Meskill, Max Rich | |
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| You're a Pain the Heart to Me | 1929 | Jack Meskill, Al Hoffman | |
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| Crying Myself to Sleep | 1930 | John Klenner | |
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| I'll Be Blue Just Thinking of You From Now On | 1930 | George Whiting | |
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| I'm Tickled Pink With a Blue-Eyed Baby | 1930 | Charles O'Flynn | ||
| Just a Little Dance Mam'selle | 1930 | Charles O'Flynn, Ben Gordon | |
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| Swingin' in a Hammock | 1930 | Tot Seymour, Chas O'Flynn | |
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| Who's Calling You Sweetheart To-Night | 1930 | Charles O'Flynn, Ben Gordon | |
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| ⇑ Give Me Your Affection, Honey | 1931 | Carmen Lombardo, Alfred Bryan |
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| Thanks to You | 1931 | G. Clarke | |
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| I'm Sure of Everything But You | 1932 | G.W. Meyer , Charles O'Flynn | ||
| I Believe in Miracles | 1934 | Sam M. Lewis, Geo. W. Meyer | |
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| It's an Old Fashioned World After All | 1934 | Alfred Bryan, G.W. Meyer | ||
| Ooh! You Miser You! | 1934 | Sam M Lewis | ||
| I'm a Fool For Loving You | 1936 | Sam M. Lewis | ||
| Quicker Than You Can Say Jack Robinson | 1936 | |||
| Don't Wake Up My Heart | 1938 | G.W. Meyer , Sam M. Lewis | ||
| On the Street of Regret | 1942 | John Klenner | |
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Black'n Blue | 2:42 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Butter Fingers | 3:55 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Chromatic Rag | 3:03 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Cubanella | 1:48 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Flower of Spain | 2:47 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Honky Tonk | 2:27 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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New Orleans Fizz | 3:08 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Panatella | 3:21 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Steps - Modern Progression | 1:59 | P. Wendling | Ragtime Dorian Henry |