OKeh matrix W401716. Button up your overcoat / Smith Ballew ; Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Button up your overcoat (Primary title) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Fox trot (Title descriptor) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Lew Brown (lyricist) | |
| Ray Henderson (composer) | |
| B. G. De Sylva (lyricist) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label; ADP. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (Musical group) | |
| Smith Ballew (vocalist) | |
| Jimmy Dorsey (leader) | |
| Tommy Dorsey (leader) | |
- Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet
- Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/15/1929 New York, New York | [A] | Unknown | ||||
| 3/15/1929 New York, New York | [B] | Unknown | ||||
| 3/15/1929 New York, New York | C | Master | OKeh 41210 | |||
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| 3/15/1929 New York, New York | C | Master | Parlophone (U.K.) R 385 | |||
| 3/15/1929 New York, New York | C | Master | Jazz Oracle BDW 8005 | |||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "OKeh matrix W401716. Button up your overcoat / Smith Ballew ; Dorsey Brothers Orchestra," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000210547/W401716-Button_up_your_overcoat.
OKeh matrix W401716. Button up your overcoat / Smith Ballew ; Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000210547/W401716-Button_up_your_overcoat.
"OKeh matrix W401716. Button up your overcoat / Smith Ballew ; Dorsey Brothers Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.
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