Victor matrix BS-024456. Don't cross your fingers, cross your heart / Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Don't cross your fingers, cross your heart (Primary title) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Fox trot (Title descriptor) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Al Donahue (songwriter) | |
| Johnny Marks (songwriter) | |
| Larry Shay (songwriter) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label; U.S. Copyright Office files. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Johnny Messner (director) | |
| Three Jacks (Vocal group) | |
| Music Box Band (Musical group) | |
| Huff Allen (instrumentalist : trombone) | |
| Charles Cerborra (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Dick Cornell (instrumentalist : traps) | |
| Will Cottrell (instrumentalist : saxophone) | |
| Al Dell (instrumentalist : string bass) | |
| Shanty Diamant (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| Augue Gonzales (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| Paul Kuhlthau (instrumentalist : piano) | |
| Johnny Messner (instrumentalist : saxophone) | |
| Shorty Skipper (instrumentalist : trumpet) | |
| George Ward (instrumentalist : saxophone) | |
| Leonard W. Joy (session supervisor) | |
- Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
- Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 3 trumpets, trombone, guitar, piano, string bass, and traps
- Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
|---|
| Victor ledgers: "Leonard Joy, present." |
| Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/5/1938 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] | 1 | Master | Bluebird B-7750 | |||
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-024456. Don't cross your fingers, cross your heart / Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200032886/BS-024456-Dont_cross_your_fingers_cross_your_heart.
Victor matrix BS-024456. Don't cross your fingers, cross your heart / Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200032886/BS-024456-Dont_cross_your_fingers_cross_your_heart.
"Victor matrix BS-024456. Don't cross your fingers, cross your heart / Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.
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