Volume 1

Boswell Sisters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000507ZY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,277 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On

2. Shout, Sister, Shout

3. It's the Girl

4. It's You

5. Nothing Is Sweeter Than You

6. I Thank You, Mr. Moon

7. Was That the Human Thing to Do?

8. (We've Got To) Put That Sun Back in the Sky

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

10. Everybody Loves My Baby

11. There'll Be Some Changes Made

12. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

13. If It Ain't Love

14. Got the South in My Soul

15. Doggone, I've Done It (I've Fallen in Love)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The original swingin; sister act, September 17, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volume 1 (Audio CD)

While pop fans are far more likely to remember the *boodliaksaki* of the Andrews Sisters, it was the Boswells -- Connee, Martha and Helvetia -- who pioneered the dazzling group sound of the female swing trio, with a career that began in the 1920s. Jazz fans readily point out that, while the Andrews gals copied the Boswell Sisters harmonies to near-perfection, the Boswells always had a much headier, jazzier sound. These early tracks, made on the Bruswick label in the early 1930s, along with the Dorsey Brothers and their crew, certainly make the case that the Boswell Sisters had a real feel for the blues and could swing with the best of them. Plus, with instrumental assist by the likes of the Dorseys, Bunny Berrigan and Eddie Lang, how could they go wrong? Great stuff! If you haven't heard these gals already, then check these albums out. Their later work is great, too -- as time on, they only got better and better!