Percy Wenrich
Percy Wenrich (January 23, 1880 – March 17, 1952) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music. He is best known for writing the songs "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose", along with the rag "The Smiler". For more than 15 years, Wenrich toured with his wife, vaudeville performer, Dolly Connolly; for whom he wrote several hit songs, including "Red Rose Rag", "Alamo Rag" and "Moonlight Bay". He was known throughout his lifetime as "The Joplin Kid". |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 23, 1887 (Joplin), Died March 17, 1952 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter, tenor vocal
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]2027 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | Put on your old gray bonnet | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | E-3382 | 8-in. | 5/11/1906 | Peaches and cream | Ada Jones ; Len Spencer | Descriptive scene and vocal, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-3382 | 10-in. | 5/11/1906 | Peaches and cream | Ada Jones ; Len Spencer | Descriptive scene and vocal, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-4918 | 10-in. | 11/9/1907 | The smiler | Ossman Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-6383 | 10-in. | 9/2/1908 | Rainbow | Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | E-6387 | 8-in. | 9/10/1908 | Rainbow | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-6387 | 10-in. | 9/3/1908 | Rainbow | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-6504 | 10-in. | 10/5/1908 | Persian lamb rag | Vess L. Ossman | Banjo solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-6763 | 10-in. | 2/1/1909 | Naughty eyes | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-7037 | 10-in. | 5/4/1909 | The flower girl | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-7057 | 10-in. | 5/7/1909 | Sweetmeats two-step | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-7063 | 10-in. | 5/11/1909 | The recipe for love | Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8079 | 10-in. | 6/28/1909 | Dublin daisies | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8243 | 10-in. | 9/21/1909 | Dublin daisies march | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-8297 | 10-in. | 10/14/1909 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-8429 | 10-in. | 12/7/1909 | Jungle moon | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-8432 | 10-in. | 12/8/1909 | Lilac blossoms | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-8671 | 10-in. | 3/1/1910 | Smiler rag | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8989 | 10-in. | 5/24/1910 | Silver bell | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9036 | 10-in. | 5/31/1910 | Sugar moon | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9385 | 10-in. | 8/29/1910 | Mandy, how do you do? | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9582 | 10-in. | 10/26/1910 | Silver bell | "That Girl" Quartet | Female vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9708 | 10-in. | 12/13/1910 | Silver bell | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9987 | 10-in. | 2/21/1911 | Alamo rag | "That Girl" Quartet | Female vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10020 | 10-in. | 3/1/1911 | Alamo rag | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10192 | 10-in. | 4/18/1911 | Dublin daisies | Gene Greene | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10197 | 10-in. | 4/19/1911 | Alamo rag | Gene Greene | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10697 | 10-in. | 7/10/1911 | My hula hula love | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10804 | 10-in. | 7/18/1911 | The red rose rag | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11044 | 10-in. | 9/29/1911 | I'll meet you when the sun goes down | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-11381 | 10-in. | 12/15/1911 | Moonlight Bay | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-11448 | 10-in. | 1/11/1912 | The skeleton rag | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11864 | 10-in. | 4/12/1912 | The red rose rag | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-12187 | 10-in. | 7/15/1912 | Shamrock belles | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12199 | 10-in. | 7/17/1912 | Buddy boy | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12242 | 10-in. | 7/26/1912 | Tennessee moon | Heidelberg Quintette | Male vocal quintet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12300 | 10-in. | 8/8/1912 | The smiler | Felix Arndt | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-12873 | 10-in. | 2/5/1913 | Pickin' cotton | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with banjo and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12891 | 10-in. | 2/11/1913 | Kentucky days medley | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-12950 | 10-in. | 2/26/1913 | Kentucky days | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-13398 | 10-in. | 6/6/1913 | Snow deer | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-13639 | 10-in. | 7/25/1913 | I'll just follow you | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-13643 | 10-in. | 7/28/1913 | Goodbye summer! So long fall! Hello wintertime! | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-14588 | 10-in. | 3/19/1914 | The smiler rag medley | Van Eps Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-15214 | 10-in. | 9/23/1914 | When you wore a tulip and I wore a big red rose | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-15266 | 10-in. | 10/9/1914 | Corker | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | composer | |
Victor | B-15603 | 10-in. | 1/15/1915 | Cotton blossom time | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16075 | 10-in. | 6/4/1915 | When it's moonlight in Mayo | Will Oakland | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16200 | 10-in. | 7/13/1915 | Come back, Dixie | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16729 | 10-in. | 10/28/1915 | In the glory of the moonlight | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | C-16864 | 12-in. | 12/7/1915 | You'd never know that old home town of mine | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-16983 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | In the glory of the moonlight | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-17085 | 10-in. | 1/31/1916 | Sweet cider time when you are mine | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-17293 | 12-in. | 3/10/1916 | Wake up, America | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18173 | 10-in. | 8/3/1916 | Way out yonder in the golden West | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | C-18338 | 12-in. | 9/8/1916 | There's a little bit of bad of every good little girl | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18990 | 10-in. | 1/15/1917 | Silver Bay | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-20085 | 10-in. | 6/25/1917 | On the party line | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-20307 | 10-in. | 6/28/1917 | Where do we go from here? | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-20381 | 12-in. | 7/10/1917 | Goodbye Broadway, hello France! | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-20632 | 10-in. | 8/16/1917 | Where do we go from here | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-22112 | 10-in. | 7/1/1918 | A rainbow from the U.S.A. | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22588 | 10-in. | 2/14/1919 | How are you goin' to wet your whistle? | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-22596 | 10-in. | 2/25/1919 | By the campfire | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22646 | 10-in. | 3/21/1919 | You'll find old Dixieland in France | Pietro | Accordion solo | composer | |
Victor | B-26492 | 10-in. | 5/25/1922 | The nineteenth hole | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-26955 | 10-in. | 10/13/1922 | All muddled up | Zez Confrey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-28125 | 10-in. | 6/15/1923 | Dreams of India | Benson Orchestra of Chicago ; Don Bestor | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-28684 | 10-in. | 10/23/1923 | Lindy lady | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-29211 | 10-in. | 12/21/1923 | Barefoot boy | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-29980 | 10-in. | 5/9/1924 | Burning kisses | Nelson Maples ; S.S. Leviathan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-31349 | 10-in. | 6/24/1926 | Rainbow | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-31349 | 10-in. | 11/21/1924 | Rainbow | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-31648 | 10-in. | 1/9/1925 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-32406 | 10-in. | 4/8/1925 | In the purple twilight | International Novelty Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34043 | 10-in. | 12/18/1925 | Lantern of love | Russo and Fiorito's Oriole Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34355 | 10-in. | 1/25/1926 | Baby | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34356 | 10-in. | 1/25/1926 | Lantern of love | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34921 | 10-in. | 3/1/1926 | Lantern of love | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40071 | 10-in. | 11/2/1927 | When it's moonlight in Mayo | Colin O'More | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-62333 | 10-in. | 7/9/1930 | By the old oak tree | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-76128 | 10-in. | 5/15/1933 | We're trimmin' up the old grey bonnet | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
Victor | BS-77475 | 10-in. | 8/15/1933 | Pale moonlight | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-94388 | 10-in. | 8/10/1935 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Dixie Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-104065 | 10-in. | 8/7/1936 | When the moon hangs high (And the prairie stars hang low) | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BA-454 | 10-in. | 11/28/1923 | Honey love | Orquesta González-Zuloaga | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | BS-017735 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | Sail along, silv'ry moon | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Seven Stylists | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-017737 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | Sail along, silv'ry moon | Jerry Blaine ; Phyllis Kenny ; Stream Line Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-022158 | 10-in. | 4/5/1938 | Rainbow | Tune Wranglers | String band | composer | |
Victor | BS-034860 | 10-in. | 6/5/1939 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Four Clefs | Instrumental quartet, with vocal | composer | |
Victor | BS-045937 | 10-in. | 1/15/1940 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Wingy Manone Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | composer | |
Victor | BS-046867 | 10-in. | 2/9/1940 | When you wore a tulip (and I wore a big red rose) | Golden Memory Boys | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-073401 | 10-in. | 3/4/1942 | Moonlight Bay | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Elisse Cooper ; Four Notes ; Gene Howard | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet | composer | |
Victor | D9VB-923 | 10-in. | 2/23/1949 | When you wore a tulip | Main Street String Band | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | composer | |
Victor | D9VB-1231 | 10-in. | 4/1/1949 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Main Street String Band | String band, with vocal ensemble | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1912-05-24-01] | Not documented | 5/24/1912 | Moonlight bay | Elsie Ward | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1915-08-10-11] | Not documented | 8/10/1915 | The mocking bird | Louis Sabel | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1915-12-17-01] | Not documented | 12/17/1915 | Come back Dixie | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1922-03-24-03] | 10-in. | 3/24/1922 | Honey love | Dolly Connolly ; Percy Wenrich | Female-male vocal duet, with piano | composer, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Columbia | 3628 | 10-in. | Jan.-May 1907 | Dixie blossoms | Thomas Mills | Xylophone solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 3935 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 | Rainbow | Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 3982 | 10-in. | between January 1908 and February 1909 | Flower girl | Thomas Mills | Xylophone solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4158 | 10-in. | between January and September 1909 | Dublin daisies | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4273 | 10-in. | ca. 1909 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Arthur C. Clough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4525 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Aug. 1910 | Sugar moon | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4852 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Nov. 1910 | Silver bell | Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 4924 | 10-in. | approximately 1910 | Silver bell | Prince's Military Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 19149 | 10-in. | 12/6/1910 | The smiler | Vess L. Ossman | Banjo solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19174 | 10-in. | 12/28/1910 | We've kept the Golden Rule | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19260 | 10-in. | 3/14/1911 | Alamo rag | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19387 | 10-in. | 5/26/1911 | My hula hula love | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19388 | 10-in. | 5/26/1911 | Red rose rag | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19448 | 10-in. | 7/7/1911 | Spanish eyes | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19449 | 10-in. | 7/7/1911 | Open your eyes | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 19573 | 10-in. | 9/26/1911 | I'll meet you when the sun goes down | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 19581 | 10-in. | 9/30/1911 | I've got feathers on my head | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19720 | 10-in. | 1/8/1912 | Moonlight Bay | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19835 | 10-in. | 3/30/1912 | Rag time chimes | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19911 | 10-in. | 5/28/1912 | Buddy boy | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19920 | 10-in. | 6/5/1912 | Shamrock belles | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38177 | 10-in. | 8/2/1912 | Kentucky days | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38201 | 10-in. | 8/12/1912 | Tennessee moon | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38250 | 10-in. | 9/10/1912 | Tennessee moon | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38507 | 10-in. | 12/17/1912 | Rainbow | Henry Burr ; Andrea Sarto | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38620 | 10-in. | 2/6/1913 | Whipped cream | Fred Van Eps | Banjo solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38697 | 10-in. | 3/8/1913 | I miss my Mississippi man | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38698 | 10-in. | 3/10/1913 | My raggyadore | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38861 | 10-in. | 5/17/1913 | Snow dear | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38975 | 10-in. | 7/30/1913 | Goodbye, summer, so long, fall, hello winter time | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39631 | 10-in. | 11/24/1914 | Cotton blossom time | Billy Burton ; James Hall | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39715 | 10-in. | 12/23/1914 | In my dream of you | George Wilton [i.e., George Wilton Ballard] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39716 | 10-in. | 12/23/1914 | When you wore a tulip and I wore a big red rose | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 45566 | 10-in. | 4/20/1915 | When it's moonlight in Mayo | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 45872 | 10-in. | 7/21/1915 | Come back, Dixie | Billy Burton ; Herbert Stuart | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46053 | 10-in. | 9/24/1915 | In the glory of the moonlight | Henry Burr ; Columbia Mixed Quartette | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 46150 | 10-in. | 10/23/1915 | A girl in your arms is worth two in your dreams | Henry Burr ; Grace Nash [i.e., Grace Kerns] | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46394 | 10-in. | 2/11/1916 | Sweet cider time when you were mine | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46964 | 10-in. | 8/16/1916 | Way out yonder in the golden West | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 46997 | 10-in. | 9/6/1916 | Clover land | Howard Kopp | Xylophone solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47282 | 10-in. | 1/10/1917 | Silver Bay | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 77103 | 10-in. | 6/5/1917 | Where do we go from here? | Arthur Fields ; Peerless Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 77409 | 10-in. | 10/4/1917 | War song hits | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77544 | 10-in. | 12/3/1917 | In berry pickin' time | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77922 | 10-in. | 6/24/1918 | A rainbow from the U.S.A. | Henry Burr ; Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78091 | 10-in. | 10/2/1918 | I ain't got weary yet! | Arthur Fields ; Peerless Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78305 | 10-in. | 2/18/1919 | By the campfire | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78368 | 10-in. | 3/24/1919 | Chong (He come from Hong Kong) | Columbia Saxophone Sextette [i.e., Master Saxophone Sextet] | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Columbia | 78817 | 10-in. | 11/19/1919 | When you wore a tulip and I wore a big red rose | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78860 | 10-in. | 12/12/1919 | Clover land | George Hamilton Green | Xylophone solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79471 | 10-in. | 10/21/1920 | Missy | Art Hickman's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79580 | 10-in. | 12/20/1920 | When it's moonlight in Mayo | Howard Marsh | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79802 | 10-in. | 4/16/1921 | Chérie | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80295 | 10-in. | 4/12/1922 | Keep on building castles in the air | Frank Westphal Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80443 | 10-in. | 7/8/1922 | The 19th hole | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80459 | 10-in. | 7/15/1922 | Silver stars | Paul Specht Hotel Astor Orchestra [i.e., Paul Specht Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80602 | 10-in. | 10/11/1922 | All muddled up | Paul Specht Hotel Astor Orchestra [i.e., Paul Specht Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80886 | 10-in. | 3/5/1923 | Lindy lady | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81729 | 10-in. | 4/25/1924 | How are you goin' to wet your whistle? | Ernest Errott Thompson | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | songwriter | |
Columbia | 81731 | 10-in. | 4/25/1924 | Snow deer | Ernest Errott Thompson | Harmonica solo, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 140231 | 10-in. | 1/8/1925 | You better keep the home fires burning (cause your mamma's getting cold) | Clara Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with violin and piano | composer | |
Columbia | 30184 | 12-in. | 10/20/1908 | Rainbow | Prince's Military Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 37479 | 12-in. | 11/24/1915 | In the glory of the moonlight | Prince's Orchestra ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 48640 | 12-in. | 3/21/1916 | Sweet cider time when you were mine | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49237 | 12-in. | 6/20/1917 | Where do we go from here? | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49298 | 12-in. | 1/5/1918 | War song medley one-step | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49482 | 12-in. | 8/24/1918 | It's a long way to dear old Broadway | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | W140555 | 10-in. | 4/26/1925 | In the purple twilight | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W141642 | 10-in. | 2/8/1926 | Lantern of love | Ford and Glenn | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | W141650 | 10-in. | 2/9/1926 | Lantern of love | Paul Ash Orchestra ; Milton Watson | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 141745 | 10-in. | 3/2/1926 | Lantern of love | WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W145092 | 10-in. | 11/3/1927 | When you wore a tulip | Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | composer | |
Columbia | W147250 | 10-in. | 10/22/1928 | Put on your old grey bonnet | James "Stump" Johnson | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | composer | |
Columbia | W148362 | 10-in. | 4/19/1929 | Silver bell | Jess Young's Tennessee Band | Violin and guitar, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 76631 | 12-in. | approximately October 1919 | By the camp fire | Philip Braham ; Beatrice Lillie ; José de Moraes ; Prince of Wales Theatre Orchestra | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | C1145 | 10-in. | 10/31/1935 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Sweet Violet Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | CO40600 | 10-in. | 4/1/1949 | Rainbow | Ray Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer | |
Columbia | CO40601 | 10-in. | 4/1/1949 | Snowdeer | Ray Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer | |
Columbia | LA1531 | 10-in. | 11/24/1937 | Sail along, silv'ry moon | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer | |
OKeh | 288 | 10-in. | ca. Aug. 1918 | A rainbow from the U.S.A. | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | 407 | 10-in. | ca. Oct. 1918 | I ain't got weary yet | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | 571 | 10-in. | ca. Jan. 1919 | By the camp fire | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-70491 | 10-in. | Feb. 1922 | When it's moonlight in Mayo (Two Irish eyes are shining) | Charles Hart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-70662 | 10-in. | May 1922 | Rustic Ann | Erdody's Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70665 | 10-in. | May 1922 | Keep on building castles in the air | Jack Green ; Natzy's Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70975 | 10-in. | Nov. 1922 | All muddled up | Okeh Syncopators ; Harry Reser | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-71272 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | Dreams of India | Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72562 | 10-in. | 5/23/1924 | Burning kisses | Broadway Syncopators ; Billy Page | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72595 | 10-in. | 6/5/1924 | Burning kisses | Harold Oxley Post Lodge Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-73159 | 10-in. | 2/9/1925 | You better keep the home fires burning (Cause your mamma's getting cold) | The Goofus Five ; Blanche Vincent | Jazz/dance ensemble, with female vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | 74300 | 10-in. | Aug. 1926 | Silver bell | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | composer | |
OKeh | 74302 | 10-in. | Aug. 1926 | My pretty snow dear | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | composer | |
OKeh | W402126 | 10-in. | 8/10/1928 | Come be my rainbow | Scottdale String Band | String band | composer | |
OKeh | W402128 | 10-in. | 8/10/1928 | Silver bell | Scottdale String Band | String band | composer | |
OKeh | W404571 | 10-in. | 12/6/1930 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Casa Loma Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | 824 | 10-in. | approximately early 1917 | On the party line | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 2015 | 10-in. | approximately July 1918 | A rainbow from the U.S.A. | Peerless Quartet | Vocal quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5164-a] | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1917 | Where do we go from here? | Harry McClaskey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 4015 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1920 | Ev'rybody calls me honey | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 9107 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1922 | All muddled up | Oriole Terrace Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 8152-8153 | 10-in. | approximately May 1922 | Keep on building castles in the air | Oriole Terrace Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 10184-10186 | 10-in. | 3/27/1923 | Dreams of India | Arnold Johnson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E36499 | 10-in. | 3/23/1931 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Casa Loma Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E16284-E16286 | 10-in. | 8/31/1925 | In the purple twilight | Benny Krueger’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E17215-E17217 | 10-in. | 12/23/1925 | Baby | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E17218-E17221 | 10-in. | 12/23/1925 | Lantern of love | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E17222-E17224 | 10-in. | 12/23/1925 | Lantern of love | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo and female vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E17225-E17227 | 10-in. | 12/23/1925 | Land of romance | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E17384-E17386 | 10-in. | 1/7/1926 | Lantern of love | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo and female vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E17387-E17389 | 10-in. | 1/7/1926 | Land of romance | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E18016-E18018 | 10-in. | 2/18/1926 | Land of romance | Virginia Rea | Female vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E18029-E18031 | 10-in. | 2/19/1926 | Baby | Franklyn Baur ; Brunswick Hour Orchestra ; Walter G. Haenschen ; Virginia Rea | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E21783-E21785 | 10-in. | 3/8/1927 | When you wore a tulip (And I wore a big red rose) | McClung Brothers | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | composer | |
Brunswick | E22245-E22247 | 10-in. | 4/4/1927 | When you wore a tulip and I wore a big red rose | Dixieland Four | Male vocal quartet, with lute, guitar, and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E22248-E22249 | 10-in. | 4/4/1927 | Moonlight Bay | Dixieland Four | Male vocal quartet, with lute, guitar, and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E23132-E23134 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Dixieland Four | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E26073-E26074 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Snow deer | Buell Kazee | Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and whistling | composer | |
Brunswick | E26077-E26078 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Snow deer | Sookie Hobbs ; Buell Kazee | Male vocal duet, with violin, guitar, and whistling | composer | |
Brunswick | C2090 | 10-in. | 7/20/1928 | Snow deer | Floyd Thompson and his Home Towners | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | composer | |
Brunswick | C2289 | 10-in. | 8/31/1928 | Snow deer | Floyd Thompson Home Towners | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
Brunswick | ATL936 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Put on your old gray bonnet | Hoky Poky Boys ; Hoke Rice | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | composer | |
Brunswick | 1097W-1099W | 10-in. | 8/10/1925 | In the purple twilight | The Ambassadors | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | DAL1056 | 10-in. | 4/24/1940 | Rainbow | Light Crust Doughboys | String band | composer | |
Edison | 1058 | 10-in. | 5/29/1912 | Silver bell | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 1181 | 10-in. | 8/8/1912 | Silver bell | Helen Clark ; Edwin Skedden | Female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 1568 | 10-in. | 7/14/1922 | Keep on building castles in the air | Ernest L. Stevens Trio | Saxophone, banjo, and piano | composer | |
Edison | 3040 | 10-in. | between 5/18/1914 and 5/19/1914 | In my dream of you | Elizabeth Spencer ; Walter Van Brunt | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3041 | 10-in. | between 5/18/1914 and 5/19/1914 | In my dream of you | Elizabeth Spencer ; Walter Van Brunt | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3514 | 10-in. | 1/12/1915 | When you wore a tulip and I wore a big red rose | Walter Van Brunt | Tenor vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3582 | 10-in. | 2/12/1915 | Cotton blossom time | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3701 | 10-in. | 4/12/1915 | When it's moonlight in Mayo | Owen J. McCormack | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quintet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3743 | 10-in. | 3/3/1915 | Moonlight Bay | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4628 | 10-in. | 4/4/1916 | Sweet cider time, when you were mine | Joseph A. Phillips | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4729 | 10-in. | 5/16/1916 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Helen Clark ; Joseph A. Phillips | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5415 | 10-in. | 2/27/1917 | Silver Bay | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | 5521 | 10-in. | 4/24/1917 | Where do we go from here? | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5534 | 10-in. | 5/3/1917 | On the party line | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5990 | 10-in. | 1/31/1918 | Silver bell | Vernon Dalhart ; Gladys Rice | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6388 | 10-in. | between 10/1/1918 and 10/2/1918 | Rainbow | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6389 | 10-in. | 10/2/1918 | Snow deer | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6394 | 10-in. | between 10/2/1918 and 10/4/1918 | I ain't got weary yet | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7251 | 10-in. | 3/30/1920 | One loving caress | Marion Evelyn Cox ; Gladys Rice | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | 7280 | 10-in. | 4/8/1920 | One loving caress | Mabelle Wagner-Shank | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Edison | 7876 | 10-in. | 3/31/1921 | Love's little journey | Billy Jones | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 8013 | 10-in. | 5/24/1921 | Sweetheart | Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 8483 | 10-in. | 6/8/1922 | Keep on building castles in the air | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 8637 | 10-in. | 10/13/1922 | All muddled up | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 9316 | 10-in. | 1/3/1924 | Lindy lady | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | 9343 | 10-in. | 1/25/1924 | Goodbye Dobbin! | Broadway Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 9537 | 10-in. | 5/28/1924 | Burning kisses | Kaplan's Melodists | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 10211 | 10-in. | 2/19/1925 | You better keep the home fires burning (Cause your mamma's getting cold) | Ernest Hare | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 10223 | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | The smiler | John F. Burckhardt ; Fred Van Eps | Banjo solo, with piano | composer | |
Edison | 10429 | 10-in. | 6/11/1925 | In the purple twilight | Tennessee Happy Boys | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 10845 | 10-in. | 2/23/1926 | Lantern of love | Charles Hart ; Tennessee Happy Boys | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Plaza/ARC | 5721 | 10-in. | approximately 11/13/1924 | In the purple twilight | Club Wigwam Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Leeds & Catlin | 9591 | 10-in. | between late 1908 and early 1909 | Rainbow | Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 45750] | 10-in. | between late 1908 and early 1909 | Rainbow | Band (probably Leeds & Catlin house band) | Band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wenrich, Percy," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105790.
Wenrich, Percy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105790.
"Wenrich, Percy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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