![Love is the Theme of My Dreams (1911) by Kerry Mills [Sung by Elisabeth Spencer] @GLepRagtimeChronicle](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qpXvMw3akxg/hqdefault.jpg)
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A song from the musical, 'The Fascinating Widow', with music by Kerry Mills and words by E. Ray Goetz. It featured famous actor of the time, Julian Eltinge, who was well-known for his drag performances.
Kerry Mills, composer of the hit cakewalk, 'At a Georgia Campmeeting', and other songs like ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’, ‘Rastus on Parade’, and ‘Happy Days in Dixie’, was an accomplished composer of the 1890s and early 1900s. Though his career continued into the 1910s and 20s, those songs are mysteriously obscure.
More Kerry Mills:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbGAQvbfY3Z3EyNHtLw2oc7kl0sRbzo1n&si=FRnUoiOSf596c3IA
A song from the musical, 'The Fascinating Widow', with music by Kerry Mills and words by E. Ray Goetz. It featured famous actor of the time, Julian Eltinge, who was well-known for his drag performances.
Kerry Mills, composer of the hit cakewalk, 'At a Georgia Campmeeting', and other songs like ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’, ‘Rastus on Parade’, and ‘Happy Days in Dixie’, was an accomplished composer of the 1890s and early 1900s. Though his career continued into the 1910s and 20s, those songs are mysteriously obscure.
More Kerry Mills:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbGAQvbfY3Z3EyNHtLw2oc7kl0sRbzo1n&si=FRnUoiOSf596c3IA
![Love is the Theme of My Dreams (1911) by Kerry Mills [Sung by Elisabeth Spencer]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qpXvMw3akxg/mqdefault.jpg "Love is the Theme of My Dreams (1911) by Kerry Mills [Sung by Elisabeth Spencer]
A song from the musical, The Fascinating Widow, with music by Kerry Mills and words by E. Ray Goetz. It featured famous actor of the time, Julian Eltinge, who was well-known for his drag performances.
Kerry Mills, composer of the hit cakewalk, At a Georgia Campmeeting, and other songs like ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’, ‘Rastus on Parade’, and ‘Happy Days in Dixie’, was an accomplished composer of the 1890s and early 1900s. Though his career continued into the 1910s and 20s, those songs are mysteriously obscure.
More Kerry Mills:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbGAQvbfY3Z3EyNHtLw2oc7kl0sRbzo1n&si=FRnUoiOSf596c3IA")
![🎅Santa Claus Workshop🎅 (1914) by W. T. Phillips [Played by the Regal Orchestra]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rFB_QPihxkk/mqdefault.jpg "🎅Santa Claus Workshop🎅 (1914) by W. T. Phillips [Played by the Regal Orchestra]
A descriptive British instrumental by the Regal Orchestra which gives us a glimpse into Santas Workshop. We hear toys being assembled via the wonderful sound effects throughout, as well as get a sense of the bustling atmosphere within.
Merry Christmas everyone! The yuletide season is finally upon us once more, and so is my Christmas series here at the Ragtime Chronicle. Stay tuned for more Yuletide records.
#christmas #78rpm #1914
My Christmas Compilation: https://youtu.be/W8InlMWZPxo?si=VtU2X8DF5JzIuut2")
![The Silhouettes (1912) by William H. Tyers [Played by the Domino Band]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rh4U9UeqCfM/mqdefault.jpg "The Silhouettes (1912) by William H. Tyers [Played by the Domino Band]
A paschal piece by William Henry Tyers, recorded in 1916 or 1917. The Domino Band didnt have many recordings, but it seems they preferred salon waltzes like this one. Erroneously, his name is spelled Tyres.
Will H. Tyers (1870-1924) was a famous arranger who gained prominence for his intermezzos and pacific island dances (Maori), (Panama) , as well as his arrangements of famous tunes such as Scott Joplins The Sycamore and Tom Turpins Harlem Rag.
More William H. Tyers:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoP3OAeUKV-4nW-Pbm_fWZLJ&si=FbTUrFY4OdzxWuFi")
![Skeleton Rag (1911) by Percy Wenrich [Played by the Colonial Dance Orchestra]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t9Svwzeqq0M/mqdefault.jpg "Skeleton Rag (1911) by Percy Wenrich [Played by the Colonial Dance Orchestra]
One of the most famous Halloween ragtime songs, about some skeletons dancing to ragtime in a graveyard.
Percy Wenrich was the composer of The Smiler, Peaches and Cream, and That Skeleton Rag, and he was married to popular singer Dolly Connolly. They were quite the successful duo. I only wish I could find the rare test recordings of them singing together in 1922.
More Percy Wenrich: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoOaucZ7Yk5xUsF6eFtuL7sw&si=fzRY6VGEb0AeWjoW
Halloween Ragtime & Jazz Compilation: https://youtu.be/71WjigvjLZM?si=7gn-YNjbf9as_CMG")
![I Want to See My Child (1911) by Scott Joplin [1976 SMOOTH JAZZ SOLO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tuNlxaa0cWI/mqdefault.jpg "I Want to See My Child (1911) by Scott Joplin [1976 SMOOTH JAZZ SOLO]
Mike Wofford plays a famed Treemonisha opera segment, in which Treemonishas parents yearn for her return from her captors, in the improv style of smooth jazz.
#ragtime #scottjoplin #smoothjazz
A Real Slow Drag is the most popular song in Joplins opera, Treemonisha. Treemonisha is the greatest American opera, and it tells the story of a woman who is abandoned at birth and grows up to become a leader of her community after she is kidnapped by evildoers. Though it would only be performed once in Joplins lifetime, lacking orchestration and heavily abridged, it experienced a grand revival in 1972, and went on to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1976.
©1976 Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd.
More Scott Joplin:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbGAQvbfY3Z3FDwU5UdnwCnkd7zkbX4mS&si=dlDrjm5EjRfaaUKt
Full album of this song:
https://youtu.be/BL_43JExzVY?si=vnv4U-eSJCvV5Rxh")
