Harry A. Yerkes
Harry A. Yerkes (1872-1954) was a marimba player, inventor, and recording manager who assembled many recording sessions in the early years of jazz. Many of the sessions organized by Yerkes used his name for the artist credit, including Yerkes' Jazarimba Orchestra and Yerkes' Marimbaphone Band on Columbia Records, which are estimated to have some of the best selling records of 1919 and 1921. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 18, 1872 (Brooklyn), Died December 24, 1954
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1924
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, bells, xylophone, composer, director
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-23342 | 10-in. | 11/20/1919 | Behind your silken veil | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-23343 | 10-in. | 11/20/1919 | Roses at twilight | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 3348 | 10-in. | ca. 1905-Mar. 1906 | Happy Heinie (March and two-step) | Harry A. Yerkes | Xylophone solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, xylophone | |
| Columbia | 3361 | 10-in. | between 1905 and April 1906 | Simplicity | Harry A. Yerkes | Bells solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, bells | |
| Columbia | 3445 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Aug. 1906 | A trip to the races | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3446 | 10-in. | Jan.-Apr. 1906 | Seeing New York | Prince's Orchestra | Orchestra, with talk | composer | |
| Columbia | 77352 | 10-in. | 9/20/1917 | Happy sammies | Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 77353 | 10-in. | 9/20/1917 | That's it | Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 77647 | 10-in. | 1/17/1918 | Turkey in the straw | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 77648 | 10-in. | 1/17/1918 | They go wild, simply wild over me | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 77700 | 10-in. | 3/1/1918 | Hello, America, hello | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 77701 | 10-in. | 3/1/1918 | Goulash | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 77702 | 10-in. | 3/1/1918 | Jazzie Addie | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 77931 | 10-in. | 6/26/1918 | Hear dem bells | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 77932 | 10-in. | 6/26/1918 | What's this? | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 78048 | 10-in. | 9/11/1918 | Old sea songs | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 78188 | 10-in. | 11/29/1918 | I'm crazy about my daddy in a uniform | Yerkes Saxophone Sextet | Saxophone sextet | leader | |
| Columbia | 78279 | 10-in. | 1/30/1919 | Egyptian nights | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78286 | 10-in. | 2/3/1919 | Mammy's lullaby | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78315 | 10-in. | 2/21/1919 | Bevo blues | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78381 | 10-in. | 4/7/1919 | Mammy's lullaby | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78385 | 10-in. | 4/11/1919 | Gypsy girl | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78420 | 10-in. | 5/8/1919 | Jazzola | Billy Murray ; Yerkes Southern Five | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78450 | 10-in. | 5/28/1919 | Hawaiian smiles | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band, with whistling | leader | |
| Columbia | 78454 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | Ragging the chopsticks | Yerkes Trio | Instrumental trio | leader | |
| Columbia | 78455 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | My dreamy little lotus flower | Yerkes Trio | Instrumental trio | leader | |
| Columbia | 78469 | 10-in. | 6/4/1919 | Behind your silken veil | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78509 | 10-in. | 6/19/1919 | Karavan | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78572 | 10-in. | 7/15/1919 | The first rose of summer | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78580 | 10-in. | 7/19/1919 | Witching waves | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78591 | 10-in. | 7/23/1919 | Somebody's heart | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78599 | 10-in. | 7/25/1919 | Cleo | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78601 | 10-in. | 7/25/1919 | A pretty girl is like a melody | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78607 | 10-in. | 7/29/1919 | Tell me (Tell me why) | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78608 | 10-in. | 7/29/1919 | Sugar | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78613 | 10-in. | 7/30/1919 | Sugar | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78616 | 10-in. | 7/31/1919 | All I want is a girl like you | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78617 | 10-in. | approximately 1918 | Wild flower waltz | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78618 | 10-in. | 7/31/1919 | India | Yerkes Novelty Five | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78657 | 10-in. | 9/15/1919 | Carmencia | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78703 | 10-in. | 9/27/1919 | Poor little butterfly is a fly gal now | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78704 | 10-in. | 9/27/1919 | Oriental eyes | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78725 | 10-in. | 10/9/1919 | I might be your once-in-a-while | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78813 | 10-in. | 11/18/1919 | Oh so sweet | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78971 | 10-in. | 2/11/1920 | Mystery | Happy Six ; Jack Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 78972 | 10-in. | 2/11/1920 | Shake your little shoulder | Happy Six ; Jack Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 79002 | 10-in. | 2/28/1920 | Shake your little shoulder (Medley fox trot) | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79003 | 10-in. | 2/28/1920 | My Sahara rose | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79014 | 10-in. | 3/3/1920 | The sphinx | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79024 | 10-in. | 3/5/1920 | Railroad blues | Yerkes Southern Five | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79025 | 10-in. | 3/5/1920 | Old grey mare blues | Yerkes Southern Five | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79043 | 10-in. | 3/12/1920 | I never had the blues (Until I left old Dixieland) | Yerkes Southern Five | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79102 | 10-in. | 4/6/1920 | Sudan | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79180 | 10-in. | 5/17/1920 | Oh! My goodness | Yerkes Saxophone Quartet | Saxophone quartet | leader | |
| Columbia | 79183 | 10-in. | 5/18/1920 | Dance-o-mania | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79249 | 10-in. | 6/7/1920 | Didn't you? | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79250 | 10-in. | 6/7/1920 | Goodbye sunshine, hello moon! | Yerkes Happy Six [i.e., Happy Six] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79301 | 10-in. | 6/23/1920 | Silver water | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79305 | 10-in. | 6/23/1920 | You ought to see her now | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79336 | 10-in. | 7/9/1920 | Didn't you? | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79400 | 10-in. | 9/7/1920 | Je ne sais pa pa | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 79401 | 10-in. | 9/7/1920 | My little bimbo down on the bamboo isle | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79431 | 10-in. | 9/24/1920 | Rockaway baby | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79432 | 10-in. | 9/24/1920 | By the pyramids | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79447 | 10-in. | 10/5/1920 | Dolly I love you | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79489 | 10-in. | 10/28/1920 | Pitter patter | Yerkes Saxophone Quartet | Saxophone quartet | leader | |
| Columbia | 79525 | 10-in. | 11/18/1920 | Feather your nest | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79529 | 10-in. | 11/20/1920 | Grieving for you | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79569 | 10-in. | 12/13/1920 | Humming | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79576 | 10-in. | 12/15/1920 | Now and then | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79632 | 10-in. | 1/7/1921 | Rosie | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79633 | 10-in. | 1/8/1921 | You oughta see my baby | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79646 | 10-in. | 1/19/1921 | Answer | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79647 | 10-in. | 1/19/1921 | My mammy | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79649 | 10-in. | 1/21/1921 | Do you ever think of me? | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79650 | 10-in. | 1/21/1921 | O-H-I-O | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79654 | 10-in. | 1/22/1921 | Yokohama lullaby | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79657 | 10-in. | 1/26/1921 | Na-jo | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79707 | 10-in. | 2/1/1921 | Underneath Hawaiian skies | Jess Libonati | Xylophone solo, with jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79712 | 10-in. | 2/3/1921 | Bright eyes | Jess Libonati | Xylophone solo, with jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79717 | 10-in. | 2/7/1921 | Siam Soo | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 79722 | 10-in. | 2/11/1921 | I lost you | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79738 | 10-in. | 2/24/1921 | Mazie | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79739 | 10-in. | 2/25/1921 | Not so long ago | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79740 | 10-in. | 2/25/1921 | Wishing | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79752 | 10-in. | 3/3/1921 | Two sweet lips | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79763 | 10-in. | 3/25/1921 | Sweetheart | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79768 | 10-in. | 3/28/1921 | Mon homme | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79773 | 10-in. | 3/29/1921 | Rebecca (come back from Mecca) | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79791 | 10-in. | 3/22/1921 | Moonlight | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79792 | 10-in. | 3/22/1921 | All for you | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79798 | 10-in. | 4/5/1921 | I'm nobody's baby | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79799 | 10-in. | 4/12/1921 | Would you? (I'll say you would!) | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79802 | 10-in. | 4/16/1921 | Chérie | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79855 | 10-in. | 5/23/1921 | One kiss | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79863 | 10-in. | 5/25/1921 | Down yonder | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79874 | 10-in. | 6/1/1921 | Ain't we got fun? | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79903 | 10-in. | 6/22/1921 | Learn to smile | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79913 | 10-in. | 6/25/1921 | Paper doll | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79914 | 10-in. | 6/25/1921 | You're the sweetest girl in all the world | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79946 | 10-in. | 7/18/1921 | Emaline | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79955 | 10-in. | 7/20/1921 | South Sea isles | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79956 | 10-in. | 7/20/1921 | Sweet little bon-bon | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79962 | 10-in. | 8/16/1921 | In a boat | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79986 | 10-in. | 9/13/1921 | Who'll be the next one (to cry over you) | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79987 | 10-in. | 9/13/1921 | I want love | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79998 | 10-in. | 9/26/1921 | Fancies | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 79999 | 10-in. | 9/26/1921 | It's you | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80000 | 10-in. | 9/26/1921 | Yoo-hoo | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80025 | 10-in. | 10/13/1921 | Jabberwocky | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80026 | 10-in. | 10/13/1921 | Glow, little lantern of love | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80030 | 10-in. | 10/14/1921 | Kentucky home | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80046 | 10-in. | 11/1/1921 | Gypsy blues | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80054 | 10-in. | 11/7/1921 | How many times | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80055 | 10-in. | 11/7/1921 | Leave me with a smile | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80089 | 10-in. | 12/3/1921 | Stealing | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80092 | 10-in. | 12/7/1921 | Why don't you smile | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80110 | 10-in. | 12/20/1921 | Good-bye, Shanghai! | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80123 | 10-in. | 12/23/1921 | Wimmin (I've got to have 'em that's all) | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80124 | 10-in. | 12/23/1921 | Broken toy | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80132 | 10-in. | 1/10/1922 | Tell her at twilight | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80184 | 10-in. | 2/14/1922 | Sing song man | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80206 | 10-in. | 2/16/1922 | Boo-hoo-hoo | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80349 | 10-in. | 5/12/1922 | Pick me up and lay me down (in dear old Dixieland) | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80379 | 10-in. | 6/7/1922 | Nobody lied (when they said that I cried over you) | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80380 | 10-in. | 6/7/1922 | If I had my way, pretty baby | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80600 | 10-in. | 10/11/1922 | Time will tell | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80601 | 10-in. | 10/11/1922 | I found a four leaf clover | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80664 | 10-in. | 11/10/1922 | Dumbell | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80665 | 10-in. | 11/10/1922 | You gave me your heart | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80671 | 10-in. | 11/14/1922 | Burning sands | Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra [i.e., Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80672 | 10-in. | 11/14/1922 | Ivy | Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra [i.e., Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80713 | 10-in. | 12/15/1922 | Teddy bear blues | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80714 | 10-in. | 12/15/1922 | The thief | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80836 | 10-in. | 2/5/1923 | Peggy dear | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80837 | 10-in. | 2/5/1923 | Little Rover (Don't forget to come back home) | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80896 | 10-in. | 3/12/1923 | Sweet one | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 80897 | 10-in. | 3/12/1923 | Who's sorry now? | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81011 | 10-in. | 5/14/1923 | Stella | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81012 | 10-in. | 5/14/1923 | Ritzi Mitzi | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81051 | 10-in. | 5/31/1923 | I can't forget you | Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra [i.e., Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81052 | 10-in. | 5/31/1923 | Someday you'll cry over someone | Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra [i.e., Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81112 | 10-in. | 7/7/1923 | First, last, and always | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81113 | 10-in. | 7/7/1923 | Lou'siana | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81164 | 10-in. | 8/4/1923 | Stealing to Virginia | Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra [i.e., Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 81165 | 10-in. | 8/4/1923 | Ev'ry night I cry myself to sleep over you | Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra [i.e., Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49378 | 12-in. | 4/18/1918 | Maytime | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 49379 | 12-in. | 4/18/1918 | The rainbow girl | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 49495 | 12-in. | 9/11/1918 | Beatrice waltz | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 49520 | 12-in. | 10/1/1918 | Oui, oui, Marie | Yerkes Marimbaphone Band | Marimba band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49521 | 12-in. | 10/1/1918 | Watermelon whispers | Yerkes Marimbaphone Band | Marimba band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49525 | 12-in. | 10/11/1918 | The girl behind the gun | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 49547 | 12-in. | 10/29/1918 | Stick in the mud | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 49548 | 12-in. | 10/29/1918 | Oui, oui, Marie (Wee wee Marie) | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 49554 | 12-in. | 11/26/1918 | Kentucky dreams | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | 49555 | 12-in. | 11/26/1918 | Sensation | Yerkes Marimbaphone Band | Marimba band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49618 | 12-in. | 4/7/1919 | How'ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm? | Billy Murray ; Yerkes Jazarimba Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 49636 | 12-in. | 5/28/1919 | Nice 'n' breezy | Yerkes Jazarimba Band | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49637 | 12-in. | 6/2/1919 | Easy pickin's | Yerkes Novelty Five | Jazz/dance quintet | leader | |
| Columbia | 49654 | 12-in. | 7/25/1919 | And he'd say oo-la la! Wee-wee | Billy Murray ; Yerkes Jazarimba Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 49657 | 12-in. | 9/6/1919 | A pretty girl is like a melody | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49691 | 12-in. | 11/8/1919 | Nobody ever | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49692 | 12-in. | 11/8/1919 | New York Hippodrome medley | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49759 | 12-in. | 3/2/1920 | Left alone again blues | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49760 | 12-in. | 3/2/1920 | Alexandria [from Aphrodite] | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49865 | 12-in. | 7/19/1920 | My man | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49866 | 12-in. | 7/19/1920 | Marion (You'll soon be marryin' me) | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49919 | 12-in. | 12/28/1920 | Down the trail to home sweet home | Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49984 | 12-in. | 9/15/1921 | When the sun goes down blues | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 49985 | 12-in. | 9/15/1921 | Why dear? | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | 155 | 10-in. | ca. June 1918 | That's it | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| OKeh | 156 | 10-in. | ca. June 1918 | Castle valse classique | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| OKeh | 157 | 10-in. | ca. June 1918 | Rainbow girl | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| OKeh | 158 | 10-in. | ca. June 1918 | Jazzie Addie | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Edison | 6539 | 10-in. | 1/2/1919 | What's this? | Jazzarimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 6691 | 10-in. | 3/28/1919 | Rainy day blues | Yerkes Saxophone Sextette | Instrumental sextet | leader | |
| Edison | 6692 | 10-in. | 3/27/1919 | Saxophobia | Yerkes Saxophone Sextette | Instrumental sextet | leader | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 9040 | 10-in. | approximately summer 1907 | Sun rays | Harry A. Yerkes | Bells, with orchestra | instrumentalist, bells | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 9043 | 10-in. | approximately summer 1907 | A true soldier | Harry A. Yerkes | Xylophone, with orchestra | instrumentalist, xylophone | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 9182 | 10-in. | late 1907-early 1908 | Simplicity | Harry A. Yerkes | Bells solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, bells |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Yerkes, Harry A.," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114970.
Yerkes, Harry A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114970.
"Yerkes, Harry A.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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Wikipedia: Harry Yerkes
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