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 (Results 226-250 of 256 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wenrich, Percy," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105790.

Wenrich, Percy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105790.

"Wenrich, Percy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.