Boswell Sisters Collection 1925-36 CD

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.

1. Nights When I'm Lonely 2. My Future Just Passed 3. Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy 4. When I Take My Sugar to Tea 5. Roll on, Mississippi, Roll on 6. Shout, Sister, Shout! 7. I Found a Million Dollar Baby - the Boswell Sisters/Victory Young and His Orchestra 8. It's the Girl - the Boswell Sisters/The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 9. I Can't Write the Words - the Boswell Sisters/Victory Young and His Orchestra 10. Makin' Faces at the Man in the Moon - the Boswell Sisters/Victory Young and His Orchestra 11. Heebie Jeebies 12. Shine on Harvest Moon 13. An Ev'ning in Caroline 14. River, Stay 'Way from My Door 15. Was That the Human Thing to Do? 16. We've Got to Put That Sun Back in the Sky 17. Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon (My Man's Gone) 18. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 19. There'll Be Some Changes Made 20. Got the South in My Soul 21. If It Ain't Love 22. Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane - the Boswell Sisters/Victory Young and His Orchestra 23. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye 24. Old Yazoo 25. Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia - the Boswell Sisters/The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 26. Charlie Two-Step 27. Down Among the Sheltering Palms 28. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - the Boswell Sisters/The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 29. Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day - the Boswell Sisters/The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 30. Louisiana Hayride 31. 42nd Street 32. Shuffle Off to Buffalo 33. Sophisticated Lady 34. That's How Rhythm Was Born 35. Coffee in the Morning (And Kisses in the Night) 36. You Oughta Be in Pictures (My Star of Stars) 37. Crazy People 38. Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong 39. Why Don't You Practice What You Preach? 40. If I Had a Million Dollars 41. Rock and Roll 42. The Object of My Affection - the Boswell Sisters/Jimmy Grier ; His Orchestra 43. Alexander's Ragtime Band 44. The Darktown Strutters Ball 45. Dinah 46. Traveling All Alone 47. St Louis Blues 48. Cheek to Cheek 49. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down ; Write Myself a Letter