laurin, Henry Santrey is a stage name. He was born Henry Grodsky and later changed to Gross.
He is one of 8 sons and was raised in Cincinnati Ohio. One brother was named Bert and I am working with Bert's daughter (Henry's neice) on the family history. I recently came across two pieces of Henry's music on Youtube. "Dream Daddy" and "Tell me you'll forgive me". It is wonderful to listen to these. He apparently wrote a song called "Ellis Island Blues" in 1923. I have NOT been able to find it as of yet. Based on the Youtube pieces it appears that the band was called "Cameo Dance Orchestra". Since we have only just begun our search, I don't have a great deal of information. If you would like to contact me directly...my email is "
grandmaquilter6@aol.com"