The Boswell Sisters COLLECTION

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Label
Storyville Records
Release Date
August 1, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Boswell Sisters
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 01, 2011
    • UPC
      717101860821
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SVL1088608
    • LABEL
      Storyville Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      6
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Wha'd Ja Do to Me?

      Composer: Milton Ager

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Purvis, Chauncey Morehouse

    2. When I Take My Sugar To Tea

      Composer: Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, Pierre Norman

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Purvis, Chauncey Morehouse

    3. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On

      Composer: Eugene West, James McCaffrey, Dave Ringle

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Jimmy Dorsey, Joe Tarto, Joe Venuti, Victor Young, Arthur Schutt

    4. Shout, Sister, Shout

      Composer: Billy Hill, Clarence Williams

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Jimmy Dorsey, Joe Tarto, Joe Venuti, Victor Young, Arthur Schutt

    5. Sing A Little Jingle

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Victor Young Orchestra

    6. I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Brunswick Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Victor Young

    7. It's The Girl

      Composer: Abel Baer

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    8. It's You

      Composer: Andy Razaf, Fats Waller

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Victor Young Orchestra

    9. Makin' Faces At The Man In The Moon

      Composer: Max Rich, Kate Smith, Al Hoffman

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, New Yorkers

    10. With You on My Mind I Can't Write the Words

      Composer: Gerald Marks

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, New Yorkers

    11. Shine On, Harvest Moon

      Composer: Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    12. Heebie Jeebies

      Composer: Boyd Atkins

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    13. River, Stay 'Way from My Door

      Composer: Harry M. Woods, Mort Dixon

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    14. An Ev'ning In Caroline

      Composer: Walter Donaldson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    15. Nothing Is Sweeter Than You

      Composer: Hugh Charles

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    16. I Thank You Mister Moon

      Composer: David Oppenheim, Abel Baer

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    17. Was That The Human Thing To Do?

      Composer: Sammy Fain

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    18. Put That Sun Back In The Sky

      Composer: Joseph Meyer

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    19. Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon (My Man's Gone)

      Composer: Harty Cook, Mercer Cook, J. Russell Robinson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    20. Everybody Loves My Baby

      Composer: Spencer Williams

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    21. There'll Be Some Changes Made

      Composer: Benton Overstreet

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    22. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    23. If It Ain't Love

      Composer: Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Fats Waller

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    24. Got The South In My Soul

      Composer: Victor Young

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    25. Nights When I Am Lonely

      Composer: Martha Boswell

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Jackie Taylor

    26. We're On The Highway To Heaven

      Composer: Joe Burke

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    27. That's What I Like About You

      Composer: Walter Donaldson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    28. Safety In Numbers: My Future Just Passed

      Composer: Richard A. Whiting

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    29. Heebie Jeebies

      Composer: Boyd Atkins

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    30. Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy

      Composer: Larry Shay, George Ward, Reggie Montgomery

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    31. Don't Tell Him (What Happened To Me)

      Composer: Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    32. I Surrender, Dear

      Composer: Harry Barris

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    33. Star Dust

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Victor Young Orchestra

    34. Sing A Little Jingle

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    35. George White's Scandals: Gem

      Composer: Ray Henderson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    36. Put That Sun Back In The Sky

      Composer: Joseph Meyer

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    37. Was That The Human Thing To Do?

      Composer: Sammy Fain

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    38. Bombo: California, Here I Come - Golden Gate - Hello, Frisco, Hello - Chinatown, My Chinatown - Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) - Fight On

      Composer: Buddy G. De Sylva, Joseph Meyer, Al Jolson, Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose, Louis Achille Hirsch, Jean Schwartz, Art Hickman, Carter, Williams

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Red Nichols Orchestra

    39. Hail, Stanford, Hail! - Avalon - Avalon Town - Whispering - I Cried For You - California, Here I Come

      Composer: Grant Clarke, Nacio Herb Brown, Vincent Rose, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Buddy DeSylva, Joseph Meyer, Al Jolson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Don Redman Orchestra

    40. Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long

      Composer: Samuel M. Lewis, Victor Young

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Brunswick Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Victor Young

    41. My Romance - The Old Man Of The Mountain

      Composer: Ned Washington, Victor Young, Lew Brown

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Brunswick Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Victor Young

    42. She Was Just A Tartar's Daughter - Love Me Tonight - Strange As It Seems

      Composer: Joe Alger, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Brunswick Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Victor Young

    43. Was That The Human Thing To Do?

      Composer: Sammy Fain

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    44. Hail, Stanford, Hail! - Avalon - Avalon Town - Whispering - I Cried For You - California, Here I Come

      Composer: Grant Clarke, Nacio Herb Brown, Vincent Rose, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Buddy DeSylva, Joseph Meyer, Al Jolson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    45. Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long

      Composer: Samuel M. Lewis, Victor Young

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Brunswick Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Victor Young

    46. My Romance - The Old Man Of The Mountain

      Composer: Ned Washington, Victor Young, Lew Brown

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    47. She Was Just A Tartar's Daughter - Love Me Tonight - Strange As It Seems

      Composer: Joe Alger, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    48. Doggone, I've Done It (I've Fallen In Love)

      Composer: Dave Franklin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    49. Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    50. Old Yazoo

      Composer: Fats Waller

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    51. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye

      Composer: Harry M. Woods

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    52. Sleep, Come On And Take Me

      Composer: Boyd Bunch, Joe Young

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    53. Down Among the Sheltering Palms

      Composer: Abe Olman

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    54. Down On The Delta

      Composer: Spencer Williams

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    55. Charlie Two-Step

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    56. Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia

      Composer: Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    57. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    58. Louisiana Hayride

      Composer: Arthur Schwartz

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    59. Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    60. Crazy People

      Composer: James V. Monaco

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    61. Mood Indigo

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    62. 42nd Street

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    63. Shuffle Off to Buffalo

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    64. Hail, Stanford, Hail! - Avalon - Avalon Town - Whispering - I Cried For You - California, Here I Come

      Composer: Grant Clarke, Nacio Herb Brown, Vincent Rose, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Buddy DeSylva, Joseph Meyer, Al Jolson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    65. My Romance - The Old Man Of The Mountain

      Composer: Ned Washington, Victor Young, Lew Brown

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    66. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye

      Composer: Harry M. Woods

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    67. Sleep, Come On And Take Me

      Composer: Boyd Bunch, Joe Young

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    68. Down Among the Sheltering Palms

      Composer: Abe Olman

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    69. Mood Indigo

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    70. 42nd Street

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    71. We're in the money, "The Gold Digger's Song"

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    72. It's Sunday Down In Caroline

      Composer: Jerry Livingston

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    73. Puttin' It On

      Composer: Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Helvetia Boswell

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    74. Swanee Mammy

      Composer: Neil Moret, Jo Trent

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    75. Sophisticated Lady

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    76. That's How Rhythm Was Born

      Composer: J.C. Johnson, Nat Schwartz, George Whiting

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    77. Song of Surrender

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    78. Coffee in the Morning

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    79. You Oughta Be in Pictures

      Composer: Dana Suesse

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    80. I Hate Myself, for Being so Mean to You

      Composer: Benny Davis, Joe Young, Milton Ager

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    81. Goin' Home (after Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo)

      Composer: William Arms Fisher

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    82. The Lonesome Road

      Composer: Nathaniel Shilkret

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    83. Rock and Roll

      Composer: Sidney Clare, Richard A. Whiting

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Jimmie Greer Orchestra

    84. If I Had a Million Dollars

      Composer: Matty Malneck

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    85. The Object of My Affection

      Composer: Pinky Tomlin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    86. It's Written All Over Your Face

      Composer: Basil George Adlam

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    87. Dinah

      Composer: Harry Akst

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    88. My Romance - The Old Man Of The Mountain

      Composer: Ned Washington, Victor Young, Lew Brown

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    89. Coffee in the Morning

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    90. Alexander's Ragtime Band

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    91. The Darktown Strutter's Ball

      Composer: Shelton Brooks

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    92. Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong

      Composer: J.C. Johnson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Dorsey Brothers Orchestra

    93. Why Don't You Practise What You Preach?

      Composer: Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    94. If I Had a Million Dollars

      Composer: Matty Malneck

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Jimmy Grier Orchestra

    95. The Object of My Affection

      Composer: Pinky Tomlin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Jimmy Grier Orchestra

    96. It's Written All Over Your Face

      Composer: Basil George Adlam

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Jimmy Grier Orchestra

    97. Dinah

      Composer: Harry Akst

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Bobby Sherwood

    98. Way Back Home

      Composer: Al Lewis, Tom Waring

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Reggie Young

    99. Every Little Moment

      Composer: Jimmy McHugh

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

      Performer: Reggie Young

    100. Travellin' All Alone

      Composer: J.C. Johnson

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Victor Young Orchestra

    101. St. Louis Blues

      Composer: William Christopher Handy

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters, Victor Young Orchestra

    102. Fare Thee Well, Annabelle

      Composer: Mort Dixon, Allie Wrubel

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    103. Lullaby of Broadway

      Composer: Harry Warren

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    104. Top Hat: Top hat, white tie, and tails

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    105. Cheek to Cheek

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    106. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

      Composer: Fred E. Ahlert

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    107. The Music Goes Round and Round

      Composer: Ed Farley, Mike Riley

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    108. Follow the Fleet: Let yourself go

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters

    109. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Ensemble: Boswell Sisters


The Boswell Sisters inauspiciously launched their recording career in New Orleans, their hometown, on March 22, 1925. Early local appearances featured Connie, the eldest, on cello, Helvetia (Vet) on violin, and Martha at the piano, but the city's Jazz environment made Connie and Vet switch to saxophone and banjo, respectively. At first, the singing was almost incidental, but it became their ticket to national attention five years later when they moved to New York and became a fixture on radio shows. The Boswell Sisters were notable for their tight harmony as well as their unique ability to modulate pitch and give familiar songs a new melodic twist. They were the cutting edge that inspired future groups, including the Andrews Sisters, who began their own career by emulating them, even down to their Southern accent. The exuberant sisters recorded a string of hits in the 1930s, sometimes teaming up with fellow vocalists, such as Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers. Instrumental accompaniments are by some of the days most popular musicians and bands, including the Dorsey Brothers, Don Redman, Red Nichols, and Benny Goodman. Considering their popularity and impact, the sisters had a relatively brief run, disbanding in 1936 when Martha and Vet married outside of the music industry and decided to give priority to family life. Connie, however, continued and enjoyed a successful solo career. This boxed set contains the entire Boswell Sisters output of commercially released recordings- a remarkable set of performances that paved the way for the vocal trio genre. It also includes a bonus DVD featuring more extraordinary performances.