Brunswick matrix E17585-E17587. Keep your skirts down, Mary Ann / Volunteer Firemen

TitleSource
Keep your skirts down, Mary Ann (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Ray Henderson (composer)
Robert King (composer)
Andrew B. Sterling (lyricist)
Composer information source: Disc label; ADP.
PersonnelNotes
Volunteer Firemen (Musical group)
Benny Krueger (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Franklyn Baur (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Charles Harrison (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Elliott Shaw (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Wilfred Glenn (vocalist : bass vocal)
Tuxedo Orchestra [Volunteer Firemen] (Musical group)Listing on Vo 15236 for Volunteer Firemen.
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Orchestra: 10 men, plus saxophone.
Masters renumbered for Vocalion use as E2277-E2279. Vocalion numbers assigned on January 27, 1926.
Session indicated as recorded in the PM.
Documentation of Brunswick Records derives primarily from Ross Laird's "Brunswick Records: A discography of recordings, 1916-1931" (Greenwood Press, 2001). See the ADP Brunswick Records Resources page for more information.
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/20/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 1 E17585 Unknown
1/20/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 1 E17586 Unknown
1/20/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 1 E17587 Unknown
1/20/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 1 Unknown Master Brunswick 3041 10-in.

Keep your skirts down, Mary Ann / Volunteer Firemen

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Keep your skirts down, Mary Ann / Volunteer Firemen - Brunswick 3041 - Take Unknown - 1/20/1926
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
1/20/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 1 Unknown Master Brunswick (Australia) 3041 10-in.
1/20/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 1 Unknown Master Brunswick (Germany) A379 10-in.
1/20/1926 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 1 Unknown Master Vocalion 15236 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix E17585-E17587. Keep your skirts down, Mary Ann / Volunteer Firemen," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220797/E17585-E17587-Keep_your_skirts_down_Mary_Ann.

Brunswick matrix E17585-E17587. Keep your skirts down, Mary Ann / Volunteer Firemen. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220797/E17585-E17587-Keep_your_skirts_down_Mary_Ann.

"Brunswick matrix E17585-E17587. Keep your skirts down, Mary Ann / Volunteer Firemen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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