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 (Results 151-175 of 256 records)

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

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wenrich, Percy," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105790.

Wenrich, Percy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105790.

"Wenrich, Percy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.