Harry Jentes  (1887-1958)
Last updated: 02.09.24
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:
url15.gif 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.
b009ihzbpu_m.jpgAmong the Whispering Pines
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Richard Howard
Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
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Printed: 1919. Sheet Music.
b00jwuk0hm_m.jpgAt the Yankee Military Ball
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Howard E Johnson
Publisher: Leo Feist
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Printed: 1917. Sheet Music.
b004wy693w_m.jpgCla-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.
Duchess Threw Her Crutches Away, The
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Fred Fisher
Publisher: Fred Fisher Music Co. Inc.
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  Printed: 1936. Sheet Music.
b002226fwg_m.jpgI 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.
b003vl6dgk_m.jpgPut 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.
b00b512xbw_m.jpgTurn 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.
b00ex5q28w_m.jpgWay Down Barcelona Way That Diddle-De-Um-Te-Dum
Music by: Harry Jentes.
Words by: Fred Fisher
Publisher: McCarthy & Fisher
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  Printed: 1920. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
b00na9tzdg_m.jpgWhere 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.
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif I Don't Want to Get Well (1918) A. Fields
Grace Woods
Edison Blue Amberol: 3378
cylinder15.gif Way Down Barcelona Way (1921) Fred Hillebrand Edison Blue Amberol: 4260
cylinder15.gif Bantam Step (1916) Jaudas' Society Orchestra Edison Blue Amberol: 3002
cylinder15.gif Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You (1917) Manuel Romain Edison Blue Amberol: 3199
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Bantam Step (1916) Colin D. McDonald
audiomidi15.gif California Sunshine (1913) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Cat's Pajamas (1922), The James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif I Don't Want to Get Well (1917) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody (1915) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Rainbow Waltz (1922) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Soup and Fish (1913) P. Wendling James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Bantam Step (1916) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif California Sunshine (1913) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Cat's Pajamas (1922), The Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif I Don't Want to Get Well (1917) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT)
audiodbemp315.gif Rainbow Waltz (1922) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Soup and Fish (1913) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
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cd15.gif Elite Syncopators Ragtime Special flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Alan Martin Everything is Ragtime Now flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
cd15.gif Brent Watkins The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Bryan Wright Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif 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  
     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Bantam Step (1916) A/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
sm15.gif California Sunshine (1913) D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifpdf15.gifPub.
sm15.gif Cat's Pajamas (1922), The D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifpdf15.gifPub.
sm15.gif I Don't Want to Get Well (1917) T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT) dbe15.gifpdf15.gifPub.
sm15.gif Rainbow Waltz (1922) A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
sm15.gif Soup and Fish (1913) A/A/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif All by Myself (1920) H. Jentes (music)
E. West (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Among the Whispering Pines (1919) H. Jentes (music)
R. Howard (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif At the Fountain of Youth (1915) H. Jentes (music)
Chas. R McCarron (words)
A. Gerber (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif At the Yankee Military Ball (1917) H. Jentes (music)
Howard E Johnson (words)
Alain Coogan (perf.)
James Mullen (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif

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California Sunshine (1913) H. Jentes (music)
Margaret Mudge (perf.)
Leon van Dell (perf.)
Margaret Mudge (perf.)
Leon van Dell (perf.)
Piano
IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Cat's Pajamas (1922), The H. Jentes (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You (1916) H. Jentes (music)
A. Gerber (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  How Can Any Girlie Be a Good Little Girl (1917) H. Jentes (music)
H.E. Johnson (words)
Alfred Jentes (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
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I Don't Want to Get Well (1917) H. Jentes (music)
H. Pease (words)
H.E. Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif I'll Be Welcome in My Home Town (1912) H. Jentes (music)
W. Tracey (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Madrid (1913) H. Jentes (music) Piano YorkSpace Pub.
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Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody (1915) H. Jentes (music)
Sam M. Lewis (words)
Dick Howard (words)
Piano, Voice Greer
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif Rhapsody Rag (1911) H. Jentes (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 58 works by Harry Jentes (1887-1958). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Carmenita 1911  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
Rhapsody Rag 1911  wvicon.gif
How Would You Like to Be Loved? 1912 William Tracey (words)  wvicon.gif
I'll Be Welcome in My Home Town 1912 William Tracey (words)  wvicon.gif
Only a Rose to Remind You 1912 Oliver E. Story (co-author)
Happy O'Neil (words)
Frankie Heath (perf.)
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California Sunshine 1913 Leon van Dell (perf.)
Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Margaret Mudge (perf.)
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If Your Wife Wants to Go to the Country, Let Her Go, 1913 Charles A Bayha (words)
Babette (perf.)
Helen van Buren (perf.)
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Madrid 1913  wvicon.gif
Soup and Fish 1913 Pete Wendling (co-author)
Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
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Take Me to Loveland 1913 Robert F Roden (words)  Pub.
You'll Be Welcome When You Get Back Home (w&m) 1913  Pub.
They Get a Little Bigger Every Year 1914 Chas R McCarron (words)  wvicon.gif
Turn the Hands Back, Father Time 1914 Richard Howard (words)
Lewis F Muir (words)
 Pub.
When They Christened Brother Johnson's Child 1914  Pub.
Where the Oceans Meet in Panama 1914 Charles McCarron (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
At the Fountain of Youth 1915 Chas. R McCarron (words)
Alex Gerber (words)
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Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Goodbye, Jennie Dear (w&m) 1915  wvicon.gif
Put Me to Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody 1915 Sam M. Lewis (words)
Dick Howard (words)
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Bantam Step 1916 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Jaudas' Society Orchestra (perf.)
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Honor Thy Father and Mother and Good Luck Will Follow You 1916 Alex Gerber (words)
Manuel Romain (perf.)
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Since Sarah Saw Theda Bara 1916 Alex Gerber (words)
Theda Bara (perf.)
Dorothy Meuther (perf.)
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Some Girls Do and Some Girls Don't 1916 Howard E. Johnson (co-author)
Alex Gerber (co-author)
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At the Yankee Military Ball 1917 Howard E Johnson (words)
Alain Coogan (perf.)
James Mullen (perf.)
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How Can Any Girlie Be a Good Little Girl 1917 Howard E. Johnson (words)
Alfred Jentes (words)
 Pub.
I Don't Want to Get Well 1917 Harry Pease (words)
Howard E. Johnson (words)
Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Arthur Fields (perf.)
Grace Woods (perf.)
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Pussy Willow 1917 Monaco (co-author)  Pub.
You Don't Have to Go to Borneo 1917 Alex Gerber (words)  wvicon.gif
Knit Girls Knit! 1918 Howard E Johnson (words)
Harry Pease (words)
 Pub.
Take Me Back to That Rose Covered Shack 1918 agerm1 (co-author)
William Jerome (words)
 Pub.
Among the Whispering Pines 1919 Richard Howard (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
We Couldn't Have Heroes ''Over There'', if It Wasn't For Those Heroes ''Over Here'' 1919 Howard E Johnson (words)
Grant Clarke (words)
 Pub.
All by Myself 1920 Eugene West (words)  wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Way Down Barcelona Way 1920 Fred Fisher (words)
Fred Hillebrand (perf.)
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Cat's Pajamas, The 1922 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Cuban Sunshine 1922  Pub. youtube15.jpg
Rainbow Waltz 1922 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  Pub. audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Cla-wence 1923 Joe Manuel (words)
Mack Henshaw (words)
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Smiles and Kisses 1923  Pub.
Tricky Trix 1923  Pub.
Americarabia 1924  wvicon.gif
Blooey Blues 1924  Pub. youtube15.jpg
Monkey-Bizness 1924  Pub.
Rag-O-Rhythm 1924  Pub.
I'm Happy Go Lucky There's Nothing on My Mind 1925 Henry Creamer (words)
Leon Flatow (words)
Elsie Clark (perf.)
Twinkles 1925  wvicon.gif
Lopez Speaking 1926 Vincent de Lopez (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Fidgety Fingers 1927 Paul Ash (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Finger Prints 1927 Paul Ash (co-author)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Fleurette 1927 Paul Ash (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Juggling the Ivories 1927 Paul Ash (co-author)  Pub.
Rag a La Russe 1927  Pub.
Triplets 1927  Pub.
Duchess Threw Her Crutches Away, The 1936 Fred Fisher (words)  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
Alice in Rhythmland 1939
Blue Guitar 1939
I Fell All Over Myself (w&m) 1940  wvicon.gif
Spell of the Bayou 1950  wvicon.gif
Sortin' the Mail ?  wvicon.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg H. Jentes Blooey Blues (0:00) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg H. Jentes Carmenita (2:04) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg H. Jentes The Cat's Pajamas (2:25) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg H. Jentes California Sunshine (0:00) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg H. Jentes Cuban Sunshine (0:00) Ragtime Dorian Henry