Elton Box

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1934 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter

Notes: Name often appears as H. Elton Box. Often credited with collaborator, Desmond Cox, as "Box and Cox."

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-80641 10-in. 6/18/1934 Old White's whiskers Red Nichols ; Pennies ; Songcopators Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble songwriter  
Victor BS-99021 10-in. 1/31/1936 The wheel of the wagon is broken George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-99057 10-in. 2/6/1936 The wheel of the wagon is broken Bob Lawrence ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor D5VB-0360 10-in. 8/13/1945 Just a little fond affection Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Jimmy Saunders Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor D7VB-1458 10-in. 8/1/1947 (If I wasn't in your dreams last night) dream again Kaydets ; Sammy Kaye ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye Vocal group with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia (U.K.) CL6792 10-in. 9/20/1938 Horsey! Horsey! (Giddy up we're homeward bound) Jo Bouillon ; Orchestre Jo Bouillon Instrumental ensemble songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Box, Elton," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108125.

Box, Elton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108125.

"Box, Elton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108125

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