Mostly Connee Boswell solo during the period from June 1936 to April 1956, including six duets with Bing Crosby. Crosby only made two recordings with the sisters—the George White’s Scandals medley and “Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long”—because he couldn’t sing the sisters’ intricate arrangements. Also included is the extended interview that Connee and Vet gave to Richard Lamparski in 1965. All of these have been cleaned up and re-equalized to the best of my ability. I used the Boswells’ film soundtracks as a model for all of their recordings as I believe that film sound was generally far superior in dynamic range and more realistic than phonograph records, which were engineered to be dull and tubby because the steel and cactus needles of that time, and the phonographs they were played on, made the sound much brighter.

Here is the general list of what is on this upload. For complete discographical details, please consult the Boswell Sisters’ discography at http://guymcafee.com/:

6/9/1936 Connie Boswell (voc) with Bob Crosby and his Bobcats:

 1.  Swing Me A Lullaby (Raye-Prince-Waring) 3:00 61149, Decca 840A

9/25/1937 Bing Crosby and Connie Boswell with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra:

 2.  Bob White (Mercer-Hanighen) 2:37 DLA972-A, Decca 1483

11/13/1937 Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby and his Bobcats:

 3.  Ah! So Pure (Martha) (Flotow) 3:03 DLA1066-A,Decca 1600, Decca 25283

 4.  Home On The Range (traditional) DLA1067, Decca 1600, Decca 25283

 5.  Gypsy Love Song (Herbert-Smith) 2:51 DLA1068-A, Decca 1678

1/26/1938 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Victor Young Orchestra:

 6.  Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin) DLA1152-A, Decca 1887a, Decca 25495

4/9/1938 Connie Boswell with Ben Pollack and his Pick-a-Rib Boys:

 7.  Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (Georgia White) DLA1202, Decca 1862B

 8.  Mister Freddie Blues (J. Harry Shayne) 2:57 DLA1203-A, Decca 1862A

Bing Crosby and Connie Boswell with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra:

 9.  An Apple For The Teacher (Monaco-Burke) 3:02 DLA1782, Decca 2640a, Decca 3602a 6/22/1939

10. Between 18th And 19th On Chestnut Street (Dick Rogers-Will Osborne) 3:01 Decca 25496 12/15/1939

8/1942 Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell with Frank Black and the NBC Orchestra

11.  Basin Street Blues (Spencer Williams) 2:56

11/3/52 Connee Boswell with the Lawson-Haggart Band:

12. Singin' The Blues 83600-A, Decca 28498

1952 radio broadcast with Bing Crosby:  

13. That’s A-Plenty (Lew Pollack)

4/5/56 Connee Boswell with Sy Oliver & His Orchestra

14. Lullaby In Rhythm (Dave Brubeck-Jimmy Deuchar) 89718, Decca DL8356

1965

15. Richard Lamparski interviews Connee & Vet Boswell

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