Brunswick matrix E35985. Straddle the fence / Chocolate Dandies [Mills Blue Rhythm Band]

TitleSource
Straddle the fence (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Monta la cerca (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Cab Calloway (songwriter)
Donald Heywood (songwriter)
Irving Mills (songwriter)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Chocolate Dandies [Mills Blue Rhythm Band] (Musical group)Listing for Mills Blue Rhythm Band.
Dick Robertson (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 3 trumpets, trombone, banjo, piano, string bass, and drums
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Orchestra: 11 men.
Session indicated as recorded in the AM.
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): disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/30/1931 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 A Unknown
3/30/1931 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 B Unknown
3/30/1931 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 Unknown Master Vocalion 1646 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix E35985. Straddle the fence / Chocolate Dandies [Mills Blue Rhythm Band]," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000233604/E35985-Straddle_the_fence.

Brunswick matrix E35985. Straddle the fence / Chocolate Dandies [Mills Blue Rhythm Band]. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000233604/E35985-Straddle_the_fence.

"Brunswick matrix E35985. Straddle the fence / Chocolate Dandies [Mills Blue Rhythm Band]." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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