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Harry Yerkes

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Aliases
Broadway Music Masters
Harry A. Yerkes' Dance Orchestra
Jazarimba Orchestra
Metropolitan Dance Orch. [Harry Yerkes]
Metropolitan Dance Players [Harry Yerkes]
Metropolitan Dance Players – Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra
Yerkes Happy Six Orchestra
Yerkes Happy Six Orchestra – Yerkes Musical Bell Hops
Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra
Yerkes Marimbaphone Band
Yerkes Marimbaphone Band – Yerkes Novelty Five
Yerkes Master Saxophonists
Yerkes Musical Bell Hops
Yerkes S. S. Flotilla Dance Orchestra
Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra
Yerkes' S.S. Flotilla Orchestra
Yerkes Southern Five
Personal name
Harry A. Yerkes
Born
August 18, 1872
Died
December 24, 1954
Country
United States
Comments
Ragtime drummer and marimba player, inventor, recording manager, and producer
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Originals

Covers by Harry Yerkes

Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive i August 1921 Arthur West, Nora Bayes REL, Charles Hart–Elliott Shaw REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1922 Al Jolson
i January 1922 Lucille Hegamin - Accompanied by Blue Flame Syncopators
i   August 1920 Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra REC,REL, Rosalind Fuller PRF
i 1923 Harry Raderman's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1922 Willie & Eugene Howard
i October 1922 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1922 Frank Crumit
June 1919 (unknown), Elaine Gordon
i 1923 (unknown)
i 1924 Bailey's Lucky Seven
listen on Internet Archive 1922 (unknown)
i   1920 Irving Kaufman REC, Frank Crumit REL
i   April 1921 William Frawley PRF, The Peerless Quartet REC
listen on Internet Archive i November 1921 Broadway Quartette, Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt)
i (Harry Yerkes) 1924 (unknown)
i April 1920 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1920 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i June 1920 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1921 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
listen on Internet Archive i 1919 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
listen on Internet Archive i June 1922 Marion Harris
listen on Internet Archive i June 1922 Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1921 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1923 Isham Jones Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i November 1922 Isham Jones Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1922 (unknown)
i (Harry Yerkes) June 1918 (unknown), Arthur Collins, Billy Golden
listen on Internet Archive i 1922 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   October 1920 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Ain't We Got Fun – Not So Long Ago Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra - The Happy Six August 1921 Columbia [US]
All for You – Sweetheart The Happy Six – Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra 1921 Columbia [US]
And He'd Say Oo-La La! Wee-Wee – A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra - The Happy Six 1919 Columbia [US]
Answer (Saying That You Love Me) – Make Believe Yerkes' Dance Orchestra – Lanin's Roseland Orch. 1921 Gennett
April Showers – Weep No More My Mammy Metropolitan Dance Players – Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra 1922 Banner [US1]
Arkansas Blues Yerkes' S.S. Flotilla Orchestra January 1922 Vocalion [US]
A Young Man's Fancy Harry A. Yerkes' Dance Orchestra August 1920 Aeolian Vocalion
Burning Sands – You Gave Me Your Heart Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra – The Happy Six 1923 Columbia [US]
Carolina in the Morning Musical Bell Hops – Vocal Chorus by Arthur Hall 1922 Grey Gull
Coal Black Mammy Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra October 1922 Vocalion [US]
Comin' thro' the Rye - Happy Heinie Geo. Schweinfest - Harry A. Yerkes 1908 Columbia [US]
Dapper Dan Yerkes Master Saxophonists – Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall 1922 Banner [US1]
Don't Bring Me Posies – Soothing Majestic Dance Orchestra – Metropolitan Dance Players [Harry Yerkes] 1922 Broadway [US1]
How'ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? - Don't Cry, Frenchy, Don't Cry - Come On Papa Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra June 1919 Columbia [US]
I Ain't Nobody's Darling Yerkes Musical Bell Hops 1921 Grey Gull
India - Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gave Me) Yerkes Novelty Five - Ted Lewis Jazz Band November 1919 Columbia [US]
I Want You Morning, Noon and Night Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra November 1921 Vocalion [US]
Just a Girl That Men Forget – Indiana Moon Broadway Music Masters – Glantz and His Orchestra 1924 Grey Gull
Just for Tonight Metropolitan Dance Orch. [Harry Yerkes] 1923 Paramount
Linger Awhile – She Wouldn't Do What I Asked Her To Yerkes Happy Six Orchestra – Yerkes Musical Bell Hops 1924 (self-released)
My Mammy - Do You Ever Think of Me? Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra - The Happy Six April 1921 Columbia [US]
My Man Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra 1920 Columbia [US]
No No Nora – Stingo Stungo Broadway Music Masters – Bostonian Syncopators [PS] 1924 Grey Gull
Oh by Jingo Harry A. Yerkes' Dance Orchestra April 1920 Aeolian Vocalion
Roll 'em Girls - Charleston of the Evening Metropolitan Dance Orchestra - Broadway Music Masters 1926 Grey Gull
Rose of Washington Square Harry A. Yerkes' Dance Orchestra June 1920 Aeolian Vocalion
Say It While Dancing – Blue The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra – Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra September 1922 Vocalion [US]
Sensation – Easy Pickin's Yerkes Marimbaphone Band – Yerkes Novelty Five 1919 Columbia [US]
Shake Your Little Shoulder – Railroad Blues The Happy Six – Yerkes Southern Five 1920 Columbia [US]
Some Sunny Day Yerkes' S.S. Flotilla Orchestra June 1922 Vocalion [US]
Stumbling - Lovable Eyes Yerkes' S.S. Flotilla Orchestra - Leo F. Reisman Orchestra June 1922 Vocalion [US]
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes – Leave Me with a Smile Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra – Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra 1922 Banner [US1]
That Red Head Gal – I Love Me Yerkes Musical Bell Hops – The Saxopators 1923 Grey Gull
The St. Louis Blues – Jazzie-Addie The All Star Trio – Jazzarimba Orchestra 1919 Edison
The Yankee Doodle Blues – Suez Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra – Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra November 1922 Vocalion [US]
Turkey in the Straw Jazarimba Orchestra (Harry Yerkes) June 1918 Columbia [US]
Virginia Blues – Doo Dah Blues The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra – Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra April 1922 Vocalion [US]
When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down – Stumbling Yerkes S. S. Flotilla Dance Orchestra – Majestic Dance Orchestra 1922 Grey Gull
Whispering Harry A. Yerkes' Dance Orchestra October 1920 Aeolian Vocalion