For the next five years he worked in commercially oriented dance bands, at the same time recording with Eddie Condon and Benny Carter's Chocolate Dandies (1933) and with Mezz Mezzrow (1933-34).

"I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" - The Chocolate Dandies - (1940)

Rhodes also worked with Hank Ballard, The Chocolate Dandies and Wynonie Harris.

During the 1920s she appeared in African-American Broadway theatre shows, including Chocolate Dandies (1924) and Blackbirds of 1928 (1928-9).

"I Never Knew" (Chocolate Dandies)

In 1928 he recorded "Hot and Bothered", "Move Over", and "The Mooche" with Duke Ellington on Okeh records; he also recorded with a group called The Chocolate Dandies.

Set to music by the Little Chocolate Dandies, Ted Lewis and the Rhythm Makers, it was performed with lazy acuity by Mr. Rose and Diane Epstein, his engaging partner.

The Chocolate Dandies was a name used by a number of different jazz ensembles in the United States from the 1920s into the 1940s.

The name "Chocolate Dandies" originally came from a 1924 stage show written by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle.

The group recorded frequently, both under the names Cotton Pickers and Chocolate Dandies.