Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
An Edison Blue Amberol record extolling the virtue of honoring your parents, referencing the 5th Commandment of the Bible's Book of Exodus 20:12.
Lyrics by Alex Gerber
Harry Jentes, the composer of such ragtime and novelty hits as 'Bantam Step', 'The Cat's Pajamas', and 'California Sunshine', wrote this song a few years before the novelty vogue kicked in, in an era where he mostly stuck with making popular songs like this one.
More Harry Jentes:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoO4lOqYeTvR19KYwF6BhZHr&si=TEyhZu0Lr6yEN37J
An Edison Blue Amberol record extolling the virtue of honoring your parents, referencing the 5th Commandment of the Bible's Book of Exodus 20:12.
Lyrics by Alex Gerber
Harry Jentes, the composer of such ragtime and novelty hits as 'Bantam Step', 'The Cat's Pajamas', and 'California Sunshine', wrote this song a few years before the novelty vogue kicked in, in an era where he mostly stuck with making popular songs like this one.
More Harry Jentes:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoO4lOqYeTvR19KYwF6BhZHr&si=TEyhZu0Lr6yEN37J
![Shades of Night (1916) by Malvin M. Franklin [Sung by Elizabeth Spencer & Walter Van Brunt]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gubK_t7ZsjQ/mqdefault.jpg "Shades of Night (1916) by Malvin M. Franklin [Sung by Elizabeth Spencer & Walter Van Brunt]
Malvin M. Franklin & Russian-born composer Anatol Friedland collaborate on this charming waltzy tone picture.
Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert
Malvin M. Franklin (1889-1981) was a master of such tangos as Rio de Janeiro, but he was also an experienced rag artist. Hot Chocolate, and Elephant Rag are some of the said rags.
More Malvin Franklin: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoMhpo0YegxJA-Wp7zMPy0l7&si=4oLhTol4InRFYnyw")
![Hindu Rose (1919) by Neil Morét [Sung by Joseph Phillips]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i-KTjxqavxU/mqdefault.jpg "Hindu Rose (1919) by Neil Morét [Sung by Joseph Phillips]
An oriental vamp from the time when songs of the Far East were popular.
Words by Louis Weslyn
Neil Morét was a ubiquitous pseudonym for Charles N. Daniels. Ragtime fans may recognize his name, as he was the arranger of Scott Joplins Original Rags. But he was an accomplished composer in his own right, too.
Hiawatha was certainly his most famous work, but others such as Borneo Rag, Margery, and I Think of Home and Mother When Its Christmas Time are also notable.
More Charles N. Daniels:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoNmcSoKI_xby-3k7tSwkSrM&si=M-GOZcHBDzIdTEq9")
![Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1899) by Leslie Stuart [CORNET SOLO by Emil Keneke, 1901]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iXCg4yqoBtM/mqdefault.jpg "Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1899) by Leslie Stuart [CORNET SOLO by Emil Keneke, 1901]
Emil Keneke, pioneer cornet soloist recording artist, plays the smash hit song from the 1899 musical, Florodora, later to become the #1 hit song of 1902.
Harry Macdonough & Grace Spencer 1902 Version:
https://youtu.be/uChBk8_VgQs?si=QlB4-DWxWvqobCKJ")
