Boswell Sisters Discography

The Boswell Sisters Discography

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Above, from left, Martha, Connie and Vet Boswell, New Orleans, 1925

The following is a listing of recording sessions by the Boswell Sisters from 1925 to 1936, the year the trio disbanded. The listing includes solo recordings by Connie, some with Martha on piano. After the trio stopped working, Connie continued her solo performing and recording career through 1957, changing the spelling to Connee. For a list of those recordings, follow this link:
Discography of Connee Boswell after 1936

The Boswell Sisters Discography 1925 - 1936

Martha, Connie and Helvetia Boswell, voice, unless otherwise noted.

3/22/25 Martha Boswell, piano; Connie, lead voice; Vet joins on scat; Martha does not sing (personnel on rejected takes unknown)
B 32113-4 You Can Call Me Baby All The Time Victor rejected
B-32114-1 I'm Gonna Cry (Crying Blues) (Martha Boswell) Victor 19639
B 32132-3 (Meet Me Tonight Dear Old) Pal O' Mine (Martha Boswell) Victor rejected - matrix number out of order

3/25/25 The Boswell Sisters acc. by Vitaly Jaques Lubowski (p) New Orleans
B 32123-4 Dad Victor rejected
B 32124-3 Nights When I Am Lonely (Martha Boswell) 2:11 [ITG]
B-32124-4 Nights When I Am Lonely (Martha Boswell) 2:19 Victor 19639, [BSC2]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) unknown (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 3041
South Sea Rose (Baer/Gilbert) 4:05 [unissued]
Heebie Jeebies (Louis Armstrong/Connie Boswell) 1:52 [unissued]
I've Got My Eye On You (Green/Stept) 1:29 [unissued]
Beside An Open Fireplace (Denniker/Osborne) 3:40 [unissued]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 3091
I'm In Training For You (Abel Baer/L. Wolfe Gilbert) 1:55 [A&R], [NIT&T]
When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You (Dubin/Burke) 2:32 [A&R], [NIT&T]
Does My Baby Love? (Yellen/Ager) 2:05 [A&R], [NIT&T]
Song Of The Dawn (Yellen/Agen) 3:40 [A&R], [NIT&T]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 3111
Love Ain't Nothin' But The Blues (Louis Alter/Joe Goodwin) 3:13 [unissued]
Connie solo with Martha (p):
Gone 4:25 [unissued]
Hang Onto A Rainbow (B. Green/S. Stept) 3:25 [unissued]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 3131
Just A Lucky Moment (Herman Ruby/Ray Perkins) 4:05 [unissued]
Sing You Sinners (Sam Coslow/W. Frank Harling) 3:43 [unissued]
Lucky Little Devil (Dixon/Woods) 3:41 [unissued]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 3133
Good For You, Bad For Me (Lew Brown/Buddy DeSylva/Ray Henderson) 3:05 [unissued]
Connie solo with Martha (p):
I'm On A Diet Of Love (Reg Connelly/L. Wolfe Gilbert/Abel Baer) 2:11 [NIT&T]
Lazy Lou'siana Moon (Walter Donaldson) 3:19 [unissued]
The One I Love Just Can't Be Bothered With Me (Gus Kahn/Seymour Simons) 3:11 [NIT&T]

October (?) 1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 3191
I've Lost You 4:30 [NIT&T]
Sharing (J. Fred Coots/Benny Davis) 3:57 [NIT&T]
Cinderella Brown (Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh) 3:48 [unissued]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 3192
If My Friends Find You, They'll Steal You From Me 3:37 [unissued]
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (For Somebody Else) (Sam M. Lewis/Harry Warren/Joe Young) 5:48 [unissued]
Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight (Al Lewis/Richard M. Sherman) 2:25 [unissued]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 4128
We're On The Highway To Heaven (Joe Burke/Al Dubin) 0:26 [unissued]
I've Got "It" (But "It" Don't Do Me No Good) (Fain/Kahal/Norman) 2:12 [unissued]
My Future Just Passed (George Marion, Jr., Richard Whiting) 5:02 [unissued]
Good For Nothing But Love (Eddie DeLange/James Van Heusen) 1:54 [unissued]
Bye Bye Blues 1:59 (Bennett/Gray/Hamm/Lown) [unissued]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 4129
Here Comes The Sun (Woods-Freed) 2:44 [A&R]
Liza Lee (Green-Stept) 1:40 [A&R]
Down The River Of Golden Dreams (Shilkret/Klenner) 3:03 [A&R]
Rarin' To Go (L.Wolfe Gilbert/Abel Baer) 2:20 [A&R], [NIT&T]
There's A Wah Wah Girl In Agua Caliente (Donaldson) 1:32 [A&R], [NIT&T]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 4132
Let Me Sing And I'm Happy (Berlin) interpolating:
Crazy Rhythm (Caesar/Kahn/Meyer)
Through (Monaco/McCarthy)
Farewell Blues (Schoebel/Mares)
My Mammy (Donaldson/Lewis/Young) 4:37 [A&R]
My Mad Moment (Whiting/Marion) 3:46 [A&R], [NIT&T]
Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy (Shay/Ward/Montgomery) 3:23 [A&R], [NIT&T]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 4135
Ro Ro Rolling Along (Murray Mencher/Billy Moll/Harry Richman) 3:12 [unissued]
Sing Song Girl 4:22 (Hanley/McCarthy) [unissued]
Cheer Up (Good Times Are Coming) (Greer/Klages) 1:37 [unissued]
Don't Be A Meanie (L. Wolfe Gilbert/Abel Baer) 2:29 [unissued]

1930 Martha Boswell (p) Everett Barksdale (ann) Continental Broadcasting Corporation, Hollywood; 16-inch broadcast transcriptions
Program 4136
'Neath A Blanket Of Stars (Chris Schonberg/George Waggner/Leigh Harline) 4:02 [unissued]
Sweet Jenny Lee (Walter Donaldson) 1:43 [unissued]
That's What I Like About You (Walter Donaldson) 2:30 [unissued]
Here Comes Emily Brown 1:30 (Con Conrad, Walt Meskell) [unissued]
We're On The Highway To Heaven (Dubin-Burke) 1:49 [unissued]

7/20/30 Jackie Taylor And His Orchestra: Jackie Taylor (vln, dir) two unknown (vln) two unknown (c) unknown (tbn) two unknown (cl, as) unknown (p) (bj) (tu) (d) Hollywood
PBVE-54882-1 We're On The Highway To Heaven (Dubin-Burke) 3:10 [BSC2], [ITG]
PBVE-54885-3 That's What I Like About You (Walter Donaldson) 2:53 [BSC2], [ITG], [TOOMA]

10/3/30 The Three Boswell Sisters, acc. by Martha Boswell (p) Los Angeles
W-404407-C My Future Just Passed (Whiting-Marion Jr.) 3:26 Okeh 41444, [BSC2], [ITG]
W-404408-B Heebie Jeebies (Atkins) 2:52 Okeh 41444, [BSC2], [A], [ITG], [TOOMA]
W-404410-B Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy (Shay-Ward-Montgomery) 3:03 Okeh 41470, [BSC2], [ITG], [TOOMA]

10/31/30 The Three Boswell Sisters, acc. by Martha Boswell (p) Los Angeles
W-404414-B Don't Tell Him (What Happened To Me) (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) 3:22 Okeh 41470, [BSC2], [ITG]

Probably 1931 as the Phil-Coeds, Martha (p)
I'm Keepin' Company 1:36 (Lu C. Bender, Vee Lawnhurst, Dave Dreyer)
Philco Radio Transcription Disc (Judson Radio Transcription JS1382 Program 8 Part 1)

3/19/31 House Orchestra: Jack Purvis (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) unknown (ts) vln) (p) (g) (sb) Chauncey Morehouse (d) Connie Boswell (rice shaken in covered wooden bowl) New York
E-36491-A Wha' Dja Do To Me (Ager) 3:14 Brunswick 6083, [BSC1], [NWST], [ELMB], [ITG], [TOOMA]
E-36492-A When I Take My Sugar To Tea (Fain-Kahal-Norman) 3:09 Brunswick 6083, [BSC1], [NWST], [ELMB], [IY], [ITG], [TOOMA]

4/23/31 House Orchestra: Mannie Klein or Jack Purvis (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Joe Venuti (vln) Arthur Schutt (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (sb) Chauncey Morehouse (d, vib) Victor Young (cond) New York
E-36654-A Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (West-McCaffrey-Ringle) 2:56 Brunswick 6109, [BSC1], [NWST], [ELMB], [IY], [A], [ITG], [TOOMA]
E-36655-A Shout, Sister, Shout (Williams-Hill-Brynan) 3:13 Brunswick 6109, Brunswick 6847, Brunswick 6783, [BSC1], [NWST], [IY], [ELMB], [ITG], [TOOMA]

5/22/31 Victor Young And The Brunswick Orchestra: two unknown (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as, bar) unknown (cl, as) Vernon Hayes (ts) Joe Venuti, three unknown, (vln) Arthur Schutt (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (sb, tu) Larry Gomar (d, vib) Victor Young (cond) New York
E-36724 Sing A Little Jingle (Dixon-Warren) 3:04 Brunswick 6128, [BSC1]
E-36724-G Sing A Little Jingle (Dixon-Warren) 2:56 [BSC2] - {Scat vocal}SEE CONFLICTING DATA ON TAKE "G" BELOW
E-36725 I Found A Million Dollar Baby (Rose-Dixon-Warren) 3:12 Brunswick 6128, [BSC1]
5/22/31 Brunswick Concert Orchestra: orchestra with strings, Victor Young (cond), Frank Munn, voice, New York City
XE-36821-A I Surrender, Dear (Clifford-Barris) 4:19 [BSC2]
XE-36822-A Stardust (Carmichael-Parish) 4:32 [BSC2] -SEE CONFLICTING DATA ON "STARDUST" 5/25/31

5/25/31 Victor Young And The Brunswick Orchestra: Young (arr, cond) Bunny Berigan, Bob Effros (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as, bar) unknown (as) Larry Binyon (cl, ts, fl) Joe Venuti, Harry Hoffman, (vln) Arthur Schutt (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (sb) Hank Stern (bbs) Larry Gomar (vib) Chauncey Morehouse (d) New York
-G Sing A Little Jingle (Dixon-Warren) 3:04 Brunswick 6128, [OA] {Scat vocal-lyrics omitted} -SEE CONFLICTING DATA ON TAKE "G"5/22/31
Stardust (Carmichael-Parish) 4:32 [OA] -SEE CONFLICTING DATA ON "STARDUST" 5/22/31

1931 The Boswell Sisters, Martha Boswell, (p):
Hittin' the Hay-Hey (J.R. Murray, Barry Trivers, Ben Oakland) 1:35
Billy Hughes (v), Martha Boswell (p); Connie, Vet out:
What Time Is It? (J.R. Murray, Barry Trivers, Ben Oakland) 1:34
The Boswell Sisters, Martha Boswell, (p):
Give, Cow, Give (J.R. Murray, Barry Trivers, Ben Oakland) 1:20
The Little Red Barn Is A Red-Hot Barnyard Now! (J.R. Murray, Barry Trivers, Ben Oakland) 1:14
Film release only: Close Farm-ony (1931) In the sisters' first film appearance they attempt to increase farm production by singing. The title parodies the 1929 film title Close Harmony.

7/8/31 Victor Young's House Orchestra: Mannie Klein or Jack Purvis (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Joe Venuti (vln) Arthur Schutt (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (sb) Stan King (d) New York
E-36911-A It's The Girl (Oppenheimer-Baer) 3:14 Brunswick 6151, [BSC1], [NWST], [ELMB], [A], [ITG], [TOOMA]
E-36912-A It's You (Razaf-Waller) 3:04 Brunswick 6151, [BSC1], [NWST], [IY], [A], [ITG]

8/17/31 The New Yorkers: Frank Guarente or Charlie Margulis, Mannie Klein, Billy Moore (tpt) Tommy Dorsey, unknown (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) two unknown (as) Larry Binyon (ts) Joe Venuti, two unknown (vln) unknown (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto or Artie Bernstein (sb) Chauncey Morehouse (d) Victor Young (cond) New York
E-37080-A Makin' Faces At The Man In The Moon (Hoffman-Washington-Rich-Smith) 2:49 [BSC1], [NWST](as E-37081-A)
E-37081-A I Can't Write The Words (Fields-Marks) 3:04 [BSC1], [NWST](as E-37082-A), [IY]

8/27/31 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Mannie Klein (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) unknown (vln) Martha Boswell (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (sb) Stan King (d) New York
E-37112-A Shine On, Harvest Moon (Norworth-Bayes) 3:08 Brunswick 6173, [BSC1], [NWST], [IGSOY], [IY], [ITG]
E-37113-A Heebie Jeebies (Atkins-Boswell) 2:37 Brunswick 6173, [BSC1], [NWST], [ELMB], [IY]

8/28/31 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Victor Young and his Orchestra, New York
E-36988 What Is It? (Tobias, Barris) Brunswick 6162, [ITG], [NIT&T]
E-36491 I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fisher, Unger, Stern) Brunswick 6162, [ITG], [DD]

10/25/31 Victor Young (ldr), Frank Guarante or Charlie Margulis, Mannie Klein (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey, Arnold Brilhart (cl, as) Larry Binyon (cl, ts) Harry Hoffman, two unknown (vln) Arthur Schutt (p) Eddie Lang (g) Hank Stern (tu) Larry Gomar (d) Bing Crosby, Frank Munn, Mills Brothers (voice) New York City
XE-37320-A/XE-37321-A Gems From George White's Scandals, Parts 1 & 2 (L. Brown-R. Henderson) 9:12:
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries [BSC2], [ITG], [TOOMA]
This Is The Missus [BSC2], [ITG], [TOOMA]
The Thrill Is Gone (v-Crosby) [BSC2]
My Song (v-Munn) [BSC2]
That's Love [BSC2], [ITG], [TOOMA]
That's Why Darkies Were Born (v-Munn) [BSC2]
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries (v-Crosby, Mills Bro.) [BSC2], [ITG] (Connie Boswell portion only)

11/2/31 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha do not sing) Victor Young And His Orchestra: Manny Klein (tpt) Will Bradley (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl) Martha Boswell (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (b) Chauncey Morehouse (d), New York
E-37333 Time On My Hands (Youmans-Adamson-Gordon) 3:09 Brunswick 6210, [A], [ITG]
E-37334 Concentratin' (On You) (Razaf, Waller) 3:14 Brunswick 6210, [ITG], [TCTTS]

11/5/31 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Bunny Berigan, (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Victor Young (cond) New York City
E-37354-A River, Stay 'Way From My Door (Dixon-Woods) 3:24 Brunswick 6218, [BSC1], [NWST], [ELMB], [IY]
E-37355-A An Ev'ning In Caroline (Donaldson) 2:59 Brunswick 6218, [BSC1], [NWST], [A]

11/18/31 with Bob Haring And His Orchestra including Eddie Lang (g), Joe Tarto (sb), Irving "Izzy" Harberman (d), broadcast for Baker's Chocolate, New York
Liza Lee (Green-Stept) 1:22 [A&R]
Rainy Days 2:18 [A&R]

11/18/31 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
E-37367 Should I Be Sorry? Brunswick 6223
E-37366 You Try Somebody Else Brunswick 6223

12/4/31 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Bunny Berigan, (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Victor Young (cond) New York City [NIT&T] SAYS MARTHA BOSWELL, JOE TARTO INSTEAD OF SCHUTT AND BERNSTEIN
E-37445-A Nothing Is Sweeter Than You (Charles) 3:03 Brunswick 6231, [BSC1], [NWST]
E-37446-A I Thank You Mister Moon (Oppenheim-Morse-Baer) 2:46 Brunswick 6231, [BSC1], [NWST], [IY]
E-37446-B I Thank You Mister Moon (Oppenheim-Morse-Baer) [NIT&T]

2/5/32 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Bunny Berigan, (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Glenn Miller (arr), New York City [A] LISTS MANNY KLEIN, BUNNY BERIGAN, (TPT), TOMMY DORSEY (TBN), JIMMY DORSEY (CL, AS), HARRY HOFFMAN (VLN), MARTHA BOSWELL (P), DICK MCDONOUGH (G), ARTIE BERNSTEIN (SB), STAN KING (D),
B-11240-A We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky (Kahal-Meyer) 3:09 [BSC2], [OA]
B-11241-A Was That The Human Thing to Do? (Fain-Young) 3:15 [BSC2], [OA] Rejected experimental take A

2/15/32 Red Nichols And His Orchestra: Red Nichols (ldr, tpt), Johnny "Scat" Davis (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Babe Russin, Larry Binyon (ts), Joe Venuti, Harry Hoffman (vln), Jack Russin (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Art Jarrett, (voice), Connie Boswell (voice), [Vet, Martha out] New York City
-B New Orleans Medley, Part 1
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Henry Creamer-Turner Layton) 1:21, Art Jarrett, voice
Dear Old Southland (Henry Creamer-Turner Layton) 0:59, Connie Boswell, voice
High Society (Clarence Williams-A.J. Piron, 1:20, instrumental
Rampart Street Blues (Lovie Austin) 0:46, Connie Boswell, voice..Brunswick unreleased [OA]

2/19/32 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Bunny Berigan, (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Joe Venuti (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Glenn Miller (arr)
B-11320-A Was That The Human Thing to Do? (Sammy Fain-Joseph Young) 3:03 Brunswick 6257, [BSC1], [A], [32-34]
B-11320-B Was That The Human Thing to Do? (Fain-Young) 2:55 [BSC3], [OA]
B-11321-A We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky (Kahal-Joseph Meyer) 2:58 Brunswick 6257, [BSC1], [32-34]

2/23/32 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
B-11332 I Cried For You (Arnheim, Lyman, Freed) 3:08 Brunswick 6267, [TCTTS]
B-11333-A I Can't Believe That It's You Brunswick 6267

2/24/32 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Bunny Berigan, unknown (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Bennie Krueger (as), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Harry Hoffman (vln), Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Joe Tarto (sb), Larry Gomar (d, xyl), Victor Young (cond), New York City
B-11353-B Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon (Cook-Robinson-Harty) 2:59 Brunswick 6271, [BSC1]
B-11354-A Everybody Loves My Baby (Palmer-Williams) 2:18 Brunswick 6271, Brunswick 6783, [BSC1], [ELMB], [A]

3/10/32 Red Nichols And His Orchestra: Red Nichols (ldr), Johnny "Scat" Davis (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Babe Russin (ts), Larry Binyon (flute, oboe, ts), Joe Venuti (vln), Jack Russin (p, cel), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Art Jarrett, Sid Garry, Charles "Chick" Bullock (voice), Earle Moss (arr), New York City
BX-11432-A California Medley, Part 1
Intro
California, Here I Come (Meyer-DeSylva-Jolson)
Golden Gate (Rose-Dreyer-Jolson-Meyer) v-Garry
Hello, Frisco, Hello (Buck-Hirsch)
Chinatown, My Chinatown (Jerome-Schwartz)
Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) (Hickman-Williams) v-Jarrett
Fight On (Carter-Wright) 4:13 [BSC2]
3/10/32 PERSONNEL GIVEN ON [OA]: Red Nichols And His Orchestra: Red Nichols (ldr, tpt), Johnny "Scat" Davis (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Babe Russin, Larry Binyon (ts), Joe Venuti, Harry Hoffman (vln), Jack Russin (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Art Jarrett, (voice), Connie Boswell (voice), [Vet, Martha out] New York City
-B New Orleans Medley, Part II
Milenburg Joys (Jelly Roll Morton-Paul Mares-Leon Rappolo-Walter Melrose) 1:12, instrumental
Panama (William H Tyers) 0:51, instrumental
River Stay 'Way From My Door (Mort Dixon-Harry Woods), Connie Boswell, Art Jarrett, voices Brunswick unreleased, [OA]

3/16/32 Casa Loma Orchestra [Vet, Martha out]: Glen Gray (cond) Sunny Dunham, Grady Watts, Bobby Jones (tpt) Pee Wee Hunt, Billy Rauch (tbn) Clarence Hutchenrider (cl, as) Joe Sargent (as) Pat Davis (ts) Mel Jenssen (vln) Joe Hall (p) Gene Gifford (g) Stanley Dennis (b) Tony Briglia (d) Connie Boswell, voice
alternate Washboard Blues (Hoagy Carmichael-Fred B. Callahan-Irving Mills) 5:04 [OA]

3/21/32 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Mannie Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Babe Russin (ten), Martha Boswell (p), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City
B-11543-A There'll Be Some Changes Made (Higgins-Overstreet) 3:03 Brunswick 6291, [BSC1], [32-34], [IY], [ELMB]
B-11544-A Between the Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Arlen-Koehler) 3:00 Brunswick 6291, [BSC1], [ELMB], [THRWB], [TOOMA]

3/25/32 Red Nichols And His Orchestra: Red Nichols (ldr), Johnny "Scat" Davis (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Babe Russin (ts), Larry Binyon (flute, oboe, ts), Joe Venuti (vln), Jack Russin (p, cel), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Art Jarrett, Sid Garry, Charles "Chick" Bullock (voice), Earle Moss (arr), New York City
BX-11569-A California Medley, Part 2
Intro
Hail, Stanford, Hail! (A.W. Smith-Leland Stanford, Jr.)
Avalon (Jolson-Rose)
Avalon Town (Clarke-Brown)
Whispering (Schonberger)
I Cried For You (Freed-Arnheim-Lyman)-voice, Bullock
California, Here I Come (Jolson-DeSylva-Meyer)-voice, Garry 4:14 [BSC2]

Early days: Connie, Martha, Vet

3/26/32 Red Nichols And His Orchestra: Red Nichols (tpt, ldr), Johnny "Scat" Davis (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Babe Russin (ts), Larry Binyon (flute, ts), Joe Venuti (vln), Jack Russin (p, cel), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Sid Garry, Charles "Chick" Bullock (voice), New York City
BX-11569-B California Medley, Part 2
Intro
Hail, Stanford, Hail! (A.W. Smith-Leland Stanford, Jr.)
Avalon (Jolson-Rose)
Avalon Town (Clarke-Brown)
Whispering (Schonberger)
I Cried For You (Freed-Arnheim-Lyman)-voice, Bullock
California, Here I Come (Jolson-DeSylva-Meyer)-voice, Garry 4:13 [BSC3]
BX-11569-C California Medley, Part 2
Intro
Hail, Stanford, Hail! (A.W. Smith-Leland Stanford, Jr.)
Avalon (Jolson-Rose) Avalon Town (Clarke-Brown)
Whispering (Schonberger)
I Cried For You (Freed-Arnheim-Lyman)-voice, Bullock
California, Here I Come (Jolson-DeSylva-Meyer)-voice, Garry 4:21 [BSC4]

4/9/32 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Babe Russin (ten), Martha Boswell (p, cel), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York
B-11684-A If It Ain't Love (Razaf-Redman-Waller) 2:55 Brunswick 6302, [BSC1], [32-34], [IY]
B-11685-A Got The South In My Soul (Wiley-Washington-Young) 2:54 Brunswick 6302, [BSC1]

4/9/32 Connie Boswell (voice) (Vet and Martha do not sing), Bunny Berigan (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Martha Boswell (p), Carl Kress (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York
B-11682-A Lullaby of the Leaves (B. Petkere-J. Young) Brunswick 6297, [AD], [DD]
B-11683-A My Lips Want Kisses (My Heart Wants Love) Brunswick 6297

4/13/32 Don Redman And His Orchestra: Langson Curl, Sidney de Paris, Shirley Clay (tpt), Claude Jones, Fred Robinson, Benny Morton (tbn), Don Redman (flute, as), Edward Inge, Rupert Cole (cl, as), Robert Carroll (ts), Horace Henderson (p), Talcott Reeves (bj), Bob Ysaguirre (tu), Manzie Johnson (d), Bing Crosby (voice), New York City.
BX-11701-A Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long (Lewis-Young) 5:13 [BSC2], [ELMB]
BX-11701-B Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long (Lewis-Young) 5:21 [BSC3]

4/14/32 Victor Young And The Brunswick Orchestra: Victor Young (ldr), Frank Fuarante or Charlie Margulis, Mannie Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as, bar), Bennie Krueger (cl, as), Larry Binyon (cl, ts, fl), Joe Venuti, Jacques Reynard (vln), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Joe Tarto (sb), Larry Gomar (d, vib), Frank Munn, Mills Brothers, Fran Frey, voices, New York City
BX-11704-A O.K., America! Medley, Part 2
My Romance (Washington-Young)-voice, Frey
The Old Man Of The Mountain (Hill-Young)-voice, Mills Bros, Frey 4:53 [BSC2]
BX-11704-B O.K., America! Medley, Part 2
My Romance (Washington-Young)-voice, Frey
The Old Man Of The Mountain (Hill-Young)-voice, Mills Bros, Frey 5:02 [BSC3], [OA]
BX-11704-C O.K., America! Medley, Part 2
My Romance (Washington-Young)-voice, Frey
The Old Man Of The Mountain (Hill-Young)-voice, Mills Bros, Frey 5:17 [BSC4]
BX-11704-D O.K., America! Medley, Part 2
My Romance (Washington-Young)-voice, Frey
The Old Man Of The Mountain (Hill-Young)-voice, Mills Bros, Frey 5:00 [BSC5]

4/19/32 Same personnel as 4/14/32, plus Cornell Smelser (acc); Dick McDonough poss. replaces Lang (g); Tarto adds (tu), Fran Frey, Carmen Lombardo (voices), New York City.
BX-11720-A O.K., America! Medley, Part 1 4:31
She Was Just A Tartar's Daughter (Joe Alger)-Frey, voice
Love Me Tonight (Rogers-Hart)-voice, Lombardo
Strange As It Seems (Fats Waller-Razaf)-voice, Boswell Sisters 4:30 [BSC2]
BX-11720-B O.K., America! Medley, Part 1 4:31
She Was Just A Tartar's Daughter (Joe Alger)-Frey, voice
Love Me Tonight (Rogers-Hart)-voice, Lombardo
Strange As It Seems (Fats Waller-Razaf)-voice, Boswell Sisters [BSC3], [OA]

6/14/32 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) Dorsey Brothers Orchestra; Bunny Berigan (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as); Joe Venuti (vln) Martha Boswell (p) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (sb) Stan King (d) Glenn Miller (arr on 11942)
B-11942-A The Night When Love Was Born Brunswick 6332, [NIT&T]
B-11943-AHummin' To Myself (S. Fain, H. Magidson, M. Siegel) Brunswick 6332 2:57 [M&R]

6/17/32 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Bunny Berigan (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Joe Venuti (vln), Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City
B-11948-A Doggone, I've Done It (I've Fallen In Love) (Franklin) 2:58 Brunswick 6335, [BSC3], [AD]
B-11949-A Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane (Trad.) 2:47 Brunswick 6335, [BSC3], [32-34], [ELMB]

6/29/32 Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), New York City
B-12000-A Old Yazoo (Fats Waller) 3:05 Brunswick 6360, [BSC3], [32-34], [ELMB]

Summer 1932
Heebie Jeebies (1:36) in 2-minute film, Boswell Sisters (1932); included in At The Jazz Band Ball--Early Hot Jazz, Song and Dance (1993), Yazoo 514, DVD/VHS; and in Hollywood Rhythm Volume 2--The Best of Big Band and Swing (2001) Kino DVD
Crazy People (Monaco-Leslie) The Big Broadcast (1932) Paramount feature film
The two songs were filmed in Queens, New York, on the same day for The Big Broadcast, but only "Crazy People" appears in the film.

1932
Lou'siana Wabble (rehearsal), film release only: Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1, Vitaphone

1932
When It's Sleepy Time Down South film release only; When It's Sleepy Time Down South (1932) Fleischer Studios, animated short; song arranged, recorded for the film

8/6/32 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Manny Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Larry Binyon (cl), Fulton McGrath (p), Carl Kress (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), Glenn Miller (arr), New York City [OA] LISTS DICK MCDONOUGH (G) INSTEAD OF KRESS; [NIT&T] SAYS BUNNY BERIGAN (TPT) TOMMY DORSEY (TBN) JIMMY DORSEY (CL, AS); JOE VENUTI (VLN) MARTHA BOSWELL (P) EDDIE LANG (G) JOE TARTO (SB) STAN KING (D)
B-12151-A We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (Woods) 2:40 Brunswick 6360, [BSC3], [32-34]
B-12151-B We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (Woods) 2:42 [BSC4], [OA]
B-12152-A Sleep, Come On And Take Me (J. Bunch-J. Young) 2:52 [BSC3], [THRWB], [TOOMA]
B-12152-B Sleep, Come On And Take Me (J. Bunch-J. Young) 2:55 [BSC4], [OA], [A (take A or B?)] [A&R], [NIT&T]
B-12153-A Down Among The Sheltering Palms (Brockman-Olman) 2:39 Brunswick 6418, [BSC3]
B-12153-B Down Among The Sheltering Palms (Brockman-Olman) 2:48 Brunswick unissued, [BSC4], [32-34], [OA], [NIT&T]

9/10/32 Connie Boswell (Vet out; Martha, poss. p) Victor Young and His Orchestra: Mannie Klein (t), Tommy Dorsey (tb, first voice), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Joe Venuti (vln,v), Martha Boswell or Fulton McGrath (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Larry Gomar or Chauncey Morehouse (d,vib), Connee Boswell (v). New York, September 10, 1932
Bugle Call Rag Brunswick unissued
B-12278-A Say It Isn't So Brunswick 6393
B-12279-A Where (I Wonder Where) Brunswick 6393

9/13/32 Manny Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Larry Binyon (fl, ts), Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City
B-12290-A Down On The Delta (Williams-Waller) 2:53 Brunswick 6395, [BSC3]
B-12191-A Charlie Two-Step (Hoagy Carmichael) 2:20 Brunswick 6418, [BSC3], [AD]
B-12292-A Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia (Parish-Perkins) 2:59 Brunswick 6395, [BSC3], [32-34], [ELMB], [IY], [THRWB], [TOOMA]

9/27/32 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra; Bunny Berigan (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Larry Binyon (ts), Fulton McGrath (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York
B-12378-A I'll Never Have To Dream Again 3:07 Brunswick 6405, [NIT&T]
B-12379-A Me Minus You (Baer, Long, Webster) 2:58 Brunswick 6405, [TCTTS], [H&S], [NIT&T], [R]

11/22/32 Victor Young (ldr), Bunny Berigan, Manny Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Larry Binyon (ts), Harry Hoffman (vln), Martha Boswell (p), Carl Kress (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City
B-12639-A It Don't Mean A Thing (Mills-Ellington) 3:12 Brunswick 6442, [BSC3]
B-12640-A Louisiana Hayride (Dietz-Schwartz) 2:36 Brunswick 6470, [BSC3], [THRWB], [TOOMA]
B-12641-A Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day (Koehler-Arlen) 2:57 Brunswick 6442, [BSC3], [32-34], [IY], [THRWB]

12/7/32 Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), New York City
B-12697-A Crazy People (Monaco-Leslie) 2:30 Brunswick 6847, [BSC3]
B-12697-B Crazy People (Monaco-Leslie) 2:42 Brunswick unissued, [32-34]

1/9/33 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Victor Young (ldr), Mannie Klein (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Bennie Krueger (c, mel, as), Harry Bluestone, unknown (vln), (p), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King or Chauncey Morehouse (d), New York City
B-12860-A Mood Indigo (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) 3:11 Brunswick 6470, [BSC3], [ELMB]
B-12860-B Mood Indigo (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) 3:13 Brunswick unissued, [BSC4], [32-34], [AD], [IY]

1/9/33 Connie Boswell (voice); Vet, Martha out
B-12858-A It's All My Fault Brunswick 6483 3:18 [M&R]
B-12859-A Underneath The Arches Brunswick 6483, [DD]

4/11/33 Mannie Klein (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City [OA] LISTS BUNNY BERIGAN [TPT] INSTEAD OF KLEIN
B-13222-A Forty-Second Street (Dubin-Warren) 3:12 Brunswick 6545, [BSC3], ELMB], [A], [TOOMA]
B-13222-B Forty-Second Street (Dubin-Warren) 3:10 [BSC4], [OA], [THRWB]
B-13223-A Shuffle Off To Buffalo (Dubin-Warren) 3:04 Brunswick 6545, [[BSC3], [ELMB], [TOOMA]
B-13223-B Shuffle Off To Buffalo (Dubin-Warren) 3:09 [THRWB]

6/10/33 Connie Boswell (voice) (Vet, Martha out) with unknown orchestra dir. by Victor Young, featuring Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Stan King (d), New York
B-13445-A I Cover The Waterfront (E. Heyman-J. Green) 2:56 Brunswick 6592, [AD], [H&S], [R]
B-13446-A I Couldn't Tell Them What To Do Brunswick 6592
B-13447-A Under A Blanket Of Blue (M. Symes-A. Neiburg-J. Livingston) 2:54 Brunswick 6603, [AD], [H&S], [R]

6/15/33 Connie Boswell (voice) (Vet, Martha out)
13468-A The River's Takin' Care Of Me (R.S. Adams - J. Greer) 3:05 Brunswick 6603, [M&R]

4/11/33 Connie Boswell (voice); Vet, Martha out
B-13230-A You'll Never Get Up To Heaven That Way Brunswick 6552
B-13231-A In A Little Second Hand Store Brunswick 6552

6/13/33 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Manny Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York
B-13450-A The Gold Diggers' Song (Dubin-Warren) 2:30 Brunswick 6596 (as Boswell Sisters), [BSC4], [IGSOY]
B-13451-A It's Sunday Down In Caroline (Symes-Neiburg-Levinson) 3:09 Brunswick 6596 (as Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with the Boswell Sisters), [BSC4]

6/15/33 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Manny Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Larry Binyon (ts), Martha Boswell (p) ([NIT&T] says Fulton McGrath), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York
B-13466-A Puttin' It On (Boswell Sisters) 2:47 Brunswick 6625, [BSC4], [NIT&T]
B-13467-A Swanee Mammy (Moret-Trent) 3:21 Brunswick 6625, [BSC4], [NIT&T]

7/18/33 with piano acc., probably Martha Boswell
Kurhaus, Scheveningen, the Hague, Holland
Crazy People 2:03 [HA]
Stay on the Right Side of the Road 2:41 [HA]

8/14/33 Boswell Sisters With Victor Young
B-13786-A It's the Talk Of The Town 3:00 Brunswick 6632, [H&S]
Connie Boswell acc. Victor Young (Vet, Martha out)
B-13787-A This Time It's Love 2:52 Brunswick 6632, [M&R]

8/23/33 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Victor Young And His Orchestra
B-13891-A Dinner At Eight 2:49 Brunswick 6640, [M&R]
B-13892 Emperor Jones Brunswick 6640 3:13 [M&R]

9/11/33 Acc by Manny Weinstock (tpt), Charlie Butterfield (tbn), Benny Goodman (cl), Chester Hazlett (as), Harry Hoffman (vln), Martha Boswell (p), Perry Botkin (bj, g), Dick Cherwin (sb), Stan King (d), New York
B-13990-A Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Mills-Parish) 3:13 Brunswick 6650, [BSC4], [32-34], [AD], [IY], [THRWB], [TOOMA]
B-13991-A That's How Rhythm Was Born (Whiting-Schwartz-Johnson) 3:01 Brunswick 6650, [BSC4], [THRWB], [TOOMA]

1933 with Constance Bennett, Russ Columbo (v)
Coffee In The Morning (Kisses In The Night) (Dubin-Warren) Moulin Rouge (1934) Twentieth Century Pictures feature film, premiered January 10, 1934
with Tullio Carminati (v)
Song of Surrender (Dubin-Warren) Moulin Rouge (1934) Twentieth Century Pictures feature film, premiered January 10, 1934

11/14/33 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Manny Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Larry Binyon (fl, ts), Fulton McGrath or Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City
B-14319-A Song of Surrender (Dubin-Warren) 3:15 Brunswick 6733, [BSC4], [THRWB]
B-14320-A Coffee In The Morning (Kisses In The Night) (Dubin-Warren) 2:56 Brunswick 6733, [BSC4], [MBISBS], [THRWB], [TOOMA]
B-14320-B Coffee In The Morning (Kisses In The Night) (Dubin-Warren) 2:57 [BSC5]

1/4/34 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
B-14527-A I Had To Change The Words 3:15 Brunswick 6754, [M&R]
B-14528-A In Other Words--We're Through Brunswick 6754

3/23/34 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Manny Klein (tpt), Chuck Campbell, Tommy Dorsey, prob. Glenn Miller (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), prob. Lyle Bowen (as), Larry Binyon (ts), Fulton McGrath or Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), prob. Ray McKinley (d), New York
B-14993-A You Oughta Be In Pictures (My Star Of Stars) (Heyman-Suesse) 2:58 Brunswick 6798, [BSC4]
B-14994-A I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean To You) (Davis-Young-Ager) 3:12 Brunswick 6798, [BSC4], [AD]

3/28/34 Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers
B-15013 Butterfingers Brunswick 6862

3/30/34 Boswell Sisters with Victor Young
B-15024 I Knew You When 3:13 Brunswick 6862, [M&R]

4/27/34 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Victor Young and his Orchestra, New York
B-15132 Carioca (Youmans-Kahn-Eliscu) 3:05 Brunswick 6871, [H&S], [DD], [R]
B-15133-A The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 3:13 Brunswick 6871, [M&R]
The Boswell Sisters with Victor Young and his Orchestra
B-15134-A Goin' Home (Fisher-Dvorak) 3:05 Brunswick 6951, [BSC4]
B-15135-A The Lonesome Road (Austin-Shilkret) 3:04 Brunswick 6951, [BSC4]

5/23/34 The Boswell Sisters (v) Studio orchestra, Victor Young (dir) Manny Klein, Bunny Berigan (tpt) Tommy Dorsey, Chuck Campbell (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Larry Binyon (ts, fl, cl) Martha Boswell or Fulton McGrath (p, clst) [NIT&T SAYS MARTHA BOSWELL] Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Stan King (d) Helvetia Boswell (arr, 15255) New York [BSC5] SAYS DORSEY BROTHERS ORCHESTRA; ADDING AN UNKNOWN (TBN) AND UNKNOWN (AS) WITH BOSWELL (P)
B-15254-A Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin) 3:01 Brunswick 7412, [A], [BSC5]
B-15255-A The Darktown Strutters' Ball (Shelton Brooks) 3:07 [OA], [THRWB], [A], [NIT&T], [BSC5]
B-15255-B The Darktown Strutters' Ball (Shelton Brooks) 3:06 [A&R]

6/19/34 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Victor Young and his Orchestra
B-15341-B Little Man You've Had A Busy Day (Wayne-Sigler-Hoffman) 3:03 Brunswick 6921, [H&S], [R]
B-15342-B All I Do Is Dream Of You (Brown-Freed) 3:21 Brunswick 6921, [H&S], [DD], [R]

6/21/34 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra; Manny Klein, Bunny Berigan (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Larry Binyon (ts, fl, cl) Martha Boswell or Fulton McGrath (p, clst) Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Stan King (d) New York - says [A]; [BSC5] HAS BINYON (TS ONLY) BOSWELL (P)
B-15357-A Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong (Whiting-Schwartz-Johnson) Brunswick 6929, [A], [BSC5]
The Boswell Sisters (v) Studio orchestra, Victor Young (dir) Manny Klein, Bunny Berigan (tpt) Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Chuck Campbell (tbn) Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as) Larry Binyon (ts, fl, cl) Martha Boswell (p) Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Stan King (d) New York - says [NIT&T]; [BSC5]SAYS SAME AS IT SAID FOR 15357
B-15358-A Why Don't You Practice What You Preach? (Goodhart-Hoffman-Sigler) 2:57 [NIT&T], [BSC5]

8/21/34 Connie Boswell (voice) (Vet, Martha out), unknown studio group featuring Bunny Berigan (tpt), Carl Kress (g), Chauncey Morehouse (d, vib), New York
B-15714-A A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder (Brown-Freed) Brunswick 6962, [AD], [DD]
B-15713-A Say It (B. Adlam-N. Schwartz) 3:17 Brunswick 6962, [AD], [TCTTS]

9/18/34 with unidentified orchestra prob. including Bunny Berigan (tpt), New York
Heebie Jeebies (Atkins) 1:40 [A&R]
Why Don't You Practice What You Preach? (Goodhart-Hoffman-Sigler) 3:11 Brunswick 6929, [A&R]

1934 with Jean Sargent and chorus (v), probably Jimmy Grier Orchestra
Rock And Roll (Clare-Whiting) 3:30 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) Reliance feature film, premiered November 1, 1934; VCI Home Video VCR 4719
with Jimmy Grier Orchestra; Jean Sargent sings the song first, then the Boswell Sisters sing their version (3:30) without a pause. Sargent sings standing before the band. The sisters appear in an elaborate stage production, rowing stageset boats between moving plywood cutout waves. Dancers appear near the end of the number.
If I Had A Million Dollars (Mercer-Malneck) 1:30 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) Reliance feature film, premiered November 1, 1934; VCI Home Video VCR 4719 The sisters are seen singing for 19 seconds, then the song continues behind the action of the plot. The sisters are all standing, swaying to the rhythm. Martha is on the left, Connie in the center, Vet on the right. Connie and Vet have their arms around each other's waists, but Vet does not appear to be supporting Connie. Perhaps Connie's difficulty in standing forced a cut in their on-camera time.

10/4/34 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) acc by Jimmy Grier And His Orchestra: Stanley Green, Cliff Barber (tpt), Homer Menge (tbn), James Briggs, Frank Schumacher (cl, ts), Art Grier, Gordon Green (cl, ts), Dick Webster, Dwight Muma, Henry Jaworski, Bob Morrow (vln), Ted Repay (p), Wally HeGlin (g), Jake Garcia (sb), Billy Marcus (d), Los Angeles
LA219 Lost In A Fog Brunswick 7303 3:21[M&R]
LA220 Isn't It A Shame? Brunswick 7303
The Boswell Sisters with Jimmy Grier and his Orchestra
LA221-A Rock And Roll (Clare-Whiting) 2:46 Brunswick 7302, [BSC4], [AD], [THRWB], [TOOMA]
LA222-A If I Had A Million Dollars (Mercer-Malneck) 2:51 Brunswick 7302, [BSC4], [OA], [THRWB], [TOOMA]
LA222-B If I Had A Million Dollars (Mercer-Malneck) 2:50 [BSC5]

12/10/34 Acc by Jimmy Grier And His Orchestra: Stanley Green, Cliff Barber (tpt), Homer Menge (tbn), James Briggs, Frank Schumacher (cl, ts), Art Grier, Gordon Green (cl, ts), Dick Webster, Dwight Muma, Henry Jaworski, Bob Morrow (vln), Ted Repay (p), Wally Heflin (g), Jake Garcia (sb), Billy Marcus (d), Los Angeles
LA278-A The Object Of My Affection (Tomlin-Poe-Grier) 3:22 Brunswick 7348, [BSC4], [32-34], [AD]
LA278-B The Object Of My Affection (Tomlin-Poe-Grier) 3:20 [BSC5], [TOOMA]
LA279-A It's Written All Over Your Face (Schwartz-Adlam) 3:13 Brunswick 7348, [BSC4], [AD], [TOOMA]
LA279-B It's Written All Over Your Face (Schwartz-Adlam) 3:20 [BSC5]

12/13/34 Martha Boswell (p), Bobby Sherwood (g), Los Angeles
LA294-A Dinah (Sam M. Lewis-Joe Young-Harry Akst) 3:00 Brunswick 7412, [BSC4], [AD], [A], [TOOMA]
LA294-B Dinah (Sam M. Lewis-Joe Young-Harry Akst) 3:09 [OA], [BSC5]
Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Jimmy Grier Orchestra
LA295 With Every Breath I Take Brunswick 7354
LA296 I'm Growing Fonder Of You Brunswick 7354

1/15/35 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
B-16642 Blue Moon Brunswick 7363, [DD]
The Boswell Sisters
B-16643-A Clouds Brunswick 7363

5/16/35 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
B-17609 Seeing Is Believing Brunswick 7445 2:45 [M&R]
B-17610 Chasing Shadows Brunswick 7445
B-17611-2 You're All I Need Brunswick 7457
5/21/35 poss. Victor Young Orchestra; Manny Klein and unknown (tpt) unknown (tbn) (cl, as) Joe Venuti (vln) Martha Boswell (p) unknown (g) (sb) (d) (vb) New York|
B17631-1 'Way Back Home (Lewis-Waring) 3:12 Brunswick 7454, [ELMB], [NIT&T], [BSC5]
B17632-1 Every Little Moment (Fields-McHugh) 2:47 Brunswick 7454, [NIT&T(poor sound)], [MBISBS], [BSC5]

5/28/35 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Victor Young and his Orchestra; unknown (t) Larry Altpeter (tbn) unknown (cl) (vln) (p) (g) (sb) (d) [AD] SAYS JACK LEARY (TBN) DICK MCDONOUGH (G) New York
B-17644-2 In The Middle Of A Kiss (Coslow) 2:57 Brunswick 7457, [H&S], [R]
The Boswell Sisters with Victor Young and his Orchestra
B-17645-1 Trav'lin' All Alone (J.C. Johnson) Brunswick 7467, [AD], [BSC5]
B-17646-2 St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) 2:44 Brunswick 7467, [AD], [A], [BSC5], [TOOMA]

7/19/35 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Ambrose and his Orchestra, London
GB-7318 Things Might Have Been So Different (Coots, Lewis) 3:08 [TCTTS]
GB-7319 I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again (Woods) 2:32 [TCTTS]

7/19/35 with Martha Boswell (p), Joe Brannelly (g), Dick Ball (sb), Max Bacon (d), London
GB7316-1 Fare Thee Well Annabelle (Wrubel-Dixon) 2:48 [A&R], [OA], [BSC5] omit Brannelly and Ball:
GB7317-1 Lullaby Of Broadway (Dubin-Warren) 2:48 [BSC5]
GB7317-3 Lullaby Of Broadway (Dubin-Warren) 2:58 [A&R], [OA]

8/20/35 with the Ramblers orchestra, Theo Uden Masman, piano
Kurhaus, Scheveningen, the Hague, Holland:
Alexander's Ragtime Band 2:19 [AH]
St. Louis Blues 3:12 [AH]
I Can't Give You Anything But Love [released by Dutch Decca, but now apparently lost]
Connie Boswell acc. by Theo Uden Masman, piano:
Stormy Weather 3:10 [AH]
Boswells and Ramblers:
Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong 0:17 [Incomplete] [AH]
Heebie Jeebies 0:47 [Inc.] [AH]
Everybody Loves My Baby 1:54 [AH]
Connie Boswell Speech 0:24 [Inc.] [AH]

8/26/35 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with The Ramblers in Laren, Holland
AM-181 I Can't Give You Anything But Love (McHugh, Fields) 2:52 [TCTTS]

10/4/35 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
60025 You Are My Lucky Star (Brown, Freed) 2:57 Decca 575A, [TCTTS], [M&R]
60026 I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin' (Brown, Freed) 2:55 Decca 575B, [TCTTS]

10/8/35 The Boswell Sisters (v) Russ Case, Ed Wade (tpt) Will Bradley (tbn) Artie Shaw (cl, as) Martha Boswell (p)Carl Kress (g) Dick Cherwin (b) Stan King (d) New York
60029-A Top Hat, White Tie And Tails (Berlin) 3:07 Decca 754B [BSC5]
60030-A Cheek To Cheek (Berlin) 2:54 Decca 574A, [A], [BSC5]

12/23/35 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
60282 Moon Over Miami Decca 657A
60283 With All My Heart Decca 657B

1/6/36 The Boswell Sisters (v) Russ Case (tpt) Russ Jenner (tbn) Artie Shaw (cl) Martha Boswell (p) Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Stan King (d) New York
60302-A I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (Ahlert-Young) 2:58 Decca 671B, [IY], [A], [BSC5]
60303-A The Music Goes Round and Round (Reilly-Farley-Hodgson) 3:11 Decca 671A, [IY], [MBISBS], [BSC5]

2/12/36 Russ Case (tpt) Will Bradley (tbn) Artie Shaw (cl, as) Martha Boswell (p) Dick McDonough (g) Dick Cherwin (sb) Stan King (d) New York
60463-A Let Yourself Go (Irving Berlin) 2:43 Decca 709B, [MBISBS], [IY]
60463-B Let Yourself Go (Irving Berlin) 2:41 [BSC5]
60464-A I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (Berlin) 2:52 Decca 709A, [IY], [BSC5]

3/5/36 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out), New York
60870 The Panic Is On Decca 747B, [DD]
60873 Mama Don't Allow It (Davenport) 2:44 Decca 747A, [IY]

4/13/36 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out)
61034 You Started Me Dreaming Decca 794A
61035 Mommy Decca 794B

6/9/36 Connie Boswell (Vet, Martha out) with Bob Crosby and his Orchestra
61148 On The Beach At Bali Bali (Silver, Meskill, Sherman) 3:03 Decca 829A, [TCTTS], [DD]
61149 Swing Me A Lullaby (Raye, Prince, Waring) 3:00 Decca 840A, [TCTTS]
61150 I Met My Waterloo Decca 829B
61151 You Can Call It Swing (Chaplin, Cahn) 3:11Decca 840B, [TCTTS]

Above, from left, Martha, Connie and Vet Boswell, New Orleans, 1925

RELEASES

VARIOUS VICTOR AND BRUNSWICK 10-INCH 78 RPM RECORDS

LONG-PLAYING RECORDS:

[32-34] The Boswell Sisters 1932-34, Biograph, BLP-C3

[NWST] Nothing Was Sweeter Than The Boswell Sisters, Ace Of Hearts (Decca Record Company, Ltd., London), AH 116

COMPACT DISCS:

[A] Boswell Sisters, Anthologie, Encyclopedia, EN518

[A&R] The Boswell Sisters, Airshots and Rarities 1930-1935, Retrieval RTR79009

[AD] Various artists, Art Deco: Sophisticated Ladies, Columbia/Legacy C2K 52943

[AH] Various artists, Americans in Holland; The Great Thirties, Timeless Records CBC 1-086 JAZZ

[BSC1] The Boswell Sisters, Collection Vol. 1, Nostalgia Arts NOCD3007; also released as Collector's Classics COCD 21 and Storyville Records CD3007

[BSC2] The Boswell Sisters, Collection Vol. 2, Nostalgia Arts NOCD3008

[BSC3] The Boswell Sisters, Collection Vol. 3, Nostalgia Arts NOCD3009

[BSC4] The Boswell Sisters, Collection Vol. 4, Nostalgia Arts NOCD3022

[BSC5] The Boswell Sisters, Collection Vol. 5, Nostalgia Arts, NOCD3023

[DD] Connee Boswell, Deep in a Dream, Harlequin Records, B000001XZZ

[ELMB] The Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra, Everybody Loves My Baby, Pro Arte, CD 550

[H&S] Connie Boswell, Heart & Soul, ASV Living Era, CD AJA 5221

[IGSOY] The Dorsey Brothers, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Pro Arte, CDD 508

[ITG] The Boswell Sisters; Connie Boswell, It's The Girls, ASV Living Era, CD AJA 5014

[IY] The Boswell Sisters and featuring Connie Boswell, It's You, Flapper, PAST CD 7087

[M&R] Connie Boswell, Moonlight & Roses, Flare UK 223

[MBISBS] The Mills Brothers The Ink Spots And The Boswell Sisters, Pickwick International, Inc. SMS15

[NIT&T] The Boswell Sisters, Never-Issued Tunes & Takes: 1930-1935 [raw sound quality; surface noise, dropouts], Vintage Music Productions, VMP 0011

[OA] The Boswell Sisters, Okay, America! Alternate Takes And Rarities, Jass Records, J-CD-622

[R] Connee Boswell, Rarities, Pegasus PGN CD 308

[TOOMA] The Boswell Sisters, The Object of My Affection, Golden Options GO 3810

[TCTTS] Connie Boswell, They Can't Take These Songs Away From Me, Jasmine Records, JASCD 386

[THRWB] The Boswell Sisters, That's How Rhythm Was Born, Columbia/Legacy CK 66977

FILMOGRAPHY

Close Farm-ony (1931) The sisters sing a medley of: Hittin' the Hay-Hey; Give, Cow, Give; The Little Red Barn Is A Red-Hot Barnyard Now!

Boswell Sisters (1932) 2 minutes; Heebie Jeebies, included in At The Jazz Band Ball--Early Hot Jazz, Song and Dance (1993), Yazoo 514, DVD/VHS; and in Hollywood Rhythm Volume 2--The Best of Big Band and Swing (2001) Kino DVD

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1 (1932) Vitaphone; includes footage of the Boswell Sisters rehearsing Muddlin' Along

When It's Sleepy Time Down South (1932) Fleischer Studios, animated short premiered November 11, 1932; title song arranged, recorded for the film; no other tunes

The Big Broadcast (1932) Paramount feature film, premiered October 14, 1932; sisters perform Crazy People (Monaco-Leslie) as telephone operators; possibly also Shout, Sister, Shout (Williams-Hill-Brynan)

Moulin Rouge (1934) Twentieth Century Pictures feature film, premiered January 10, 1934; Coffee In The Morning (Kisses In The Night) (Dubin-Warren) with Constance Bennett, Russ Columbo (v); Song of Surrender (Dubin-Warren) with Tullio Carminati (v)

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) Reliance feature film, premiered November 1, 1934; Rock And Roll (Clare-Whiting) with Jean Sargent and chorus (v), probably Jimmy Grier Orchestra; and If I Had A Million Dollars (Mercer-Malneck) with Jimmy Grier Orchestra; VCI Home Video VCR 4719

Connee Boswell after 1936

Thanks:
Peter Voorzanger, numerous additions
Edmund Slonina