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 126-150 of 256 records)

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

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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.