Volume 2

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: B0000507ZZ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,277 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

2. Old Yazoo

3. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye

4. Sleep, Come on and Take Me

5. Down Among the Sheltering Palms

6. Down on the Delta

7. Charlie Two-Step

8. The Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia

9. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

10. Louisiana Hayride

11. Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day

12. Crazy People

13. Mood Indigo

14. 42nd Street

15. Shuffle off to Buffalo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The original swingin' sisters... volume 2!, 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 2 (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!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BOSWELLS TERRIFIC, November 10, 2011

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Carol Theodoru (KALAMAZOO (where everybody's got a gal!)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volume 2 (Audio CD)

THESE sisters are every bit as good, if not better than the Andrews, the McGuires. Very talented and wonderful harmonies. Listening to these gals is a joy and takes you back to the 40's in style!