The Boswell Sisters were the most original, influential and innovative vocal group in the annals of popular music

The Boswell Sisters were arguably the best and most original, influential and innovative vocal group in the annals of popular music. With their upbringing rooted in New Orleans jazz and blues they developed their swinging close harmony sound during the '20s alongside the welter of musical innovations that were happening at the time, recording first for Victor and then for Brunswick and Decca through to 1936. Their appreciation of jazz rhythms and blues inflexions combined with their vocal gymnastics to create a unique sound and style, which resulted in huge record sales, regrettably during the pre-record sales chart era, when hit success could not be readily quantified. They were hugely influential, and The Andrews Sisters freely admit to having based their style on the Boswell Sisters techniques, effectively taking over their role when they retired in the mid-30s in favour of family lives. This great-value 49-track collection comprises a significant proportion of the A and B sides of the 78s they released during their active years, and includes the titles which were their biggest sellers and generally regarded as their most typical and important recordings. It comprises solely recordings by the three Boswell Sisters, and does not include any Connee Boswell solo recordings.

Track Listing

• Nights When I'm Lonely
• My Future Just Passed
• Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy
• When I Take My Sugar To Tea
• Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
• Shout, Sister, Shout!
• I Found A Million Dollar Baby
• It's The Girl
• I Can't Write The Words
• Makin' Faces At The Man In The Moon
• Heebie Jeebies
• Shine On Harvest Moon
• An Ev'ning In Caroline
• River, Stay 'Way From My Door
• Was That The Human Thing To Do'
• We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky
• Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon (My Man's Gone)
• Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
• There'll Be Some Changes Made
• Got The South In My Soul
• If It Ain't Love
• Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane
• We Just Couldn't Say Good-Bye
• Old Yazoo

• Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia
• Charlie Two Step
• Down Among The Sheltering Palms
• It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
• Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day
• Louisiana Hayride
• Forty Second Street
• Shuffle Off To Buffalo
• Sophisticated Lady
• That's How Rhythm Was Born
• Coffee In The Morning (And Kisses In The Night)
• You Oughta Be In Pictures (My Star Of Stars)
• Crazy People
• Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong
• Why Don't You Practise What You Preach
• If I Had A Million Dollars
• Rock And Roll
• The Object Of My Affection
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• The Darktown Strutters Ball
• Dinah
• Traveling All Alone
• St Louis Blues
• Cheek To Cheek
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 140 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/08/17

UPC: 824046320829