Raised in New Orleans, Connee, Martha and Vet Boswell started their career in 1925 in the theaters of the city. Logically influenced by local jazz, they first formed an instrumental trio before gradually moving toward a vocal group. Bright and innovative, they gave a new color to popular song by pushing further the limits of close harmony. They adapted in their way the current hits, blending their knowledge of syncopated music and changes in tempo to their ability to go back and forth from major to minor mode. Although they started recording for Victor Records, it is only after performing in 1930 in New York and their first radio broadcasts that they gained popularity.
Song of the year : Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington explores in a personal way
the possibilities of the 3 front instruments which are trumpet, clarinet and trombone by creating an effect soon called the "mike tune" giving the illusion of a fourth instrument.
Vocalist Ivie Anderson performs this song which in spite of time keeps an intense singulariry.
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Frankie Trumbauer &His Orchestra
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Bye Bye Blues feat. Scrappy Lambert
(Fred Hamm/Dave Bennett/Bert Lown/Chauncey Gray) | ||
2
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Duke Ellington
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Mood Indigo feat Ivie Anderson
(Duke Ellington/Barney Bigard/Irving Mills) |
USA
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3
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Cab Calloway
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St James Infirmary
(Traditional) |
USA
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4
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Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
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Fool Me Some More feat. Bing Crosby
(Haven Gillespie/Peter DeRose) |
USA
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5
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The McKinney Cotton Pickers
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Words Can't Express The Way I Feel
(George Thomas) |
USA
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6
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Hoagy Carmichael
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Georgia On My Mind
(Hoagy Carmichael) |
USA
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7
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Lee Morse
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Tain't No Sin (To Dance Around In Your Bones)
(Edgar Leslie) |
USA
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8
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Bert Lown & His Biltmore Hotel Music
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Blue Is The Night
(Fred Fisher) |
USA
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9
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Luis Russell
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Poor Lil' Me
(Paul Barbarin) |
USA
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10
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Leo Reisman
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Puttin' The Ritz feat. Lew Conrad
(Harry Richman/Irving Berlin) |
USA
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11
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Ethel Waters
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What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue
(Andy Razaf/Fats Waller/Harry Brooks) |
USA
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12
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Louis Armstrong
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Body And Soul
(Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton) |
USA
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13
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Ted Weems
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The Man From The South feat. Arthur Jarrett
(Rube Bloom/Harry Woods) |
USA
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14
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The Boswell Sisters
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Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy
(Larry Shay/Ward/Montgomery) |
USA
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15
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Isham Jones
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My Baby Just Cares For Me feat. Eddie Stone
(Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn) |
USA
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16
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Paul Whiteman
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Song Of The Dawn feat. Bing Crosby
(Jack Yellen/Milton Ager) |
USA
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17
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Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
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Under A Texas Moon
(Ray Perkins) |
USA
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18
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Helen Kane
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I Owe You
(Don Hartmann/Al Goodhart) |
USA
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19
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Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
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Corrine, Corrina feat. Wingy Manone
(Bo Carter) |
USA
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20
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Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Orchestra
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'leven Thirty Saturday Night feat. Jack Smith
(Earl Burtnett) |
USA
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21
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Jack Teagarden
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Love Me
(Ned Washington/Victor Young) |
USA
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22
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Annette Hanshaw
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Little White Lies
(Walter Donaldson) |
USA
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23
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Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
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Wasting My Love On You feat. Frank Luther
(Harry Warren/Edgar Leslie) |
USA
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24
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Cab Calloway
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Happy Feet
(Milton Ager/Jack Yellen) |
USA
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25
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Paul Whiteman
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Without A Song feat. Bing Crosby
(William Rose/Edward Eliscu/Vincent Youmans) |
USA
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26
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Ruth Etting
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Just A Little Closer
(Johnson) |
USA
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27
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Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
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That Lindy Hop
(Andy Razaf/Eubie Blake) |
USA
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28
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Libby Holman
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Body And Soul
(Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton |
USA
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29
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Ben Selvin & His Knickerbockers
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Cheerful Little Earful feat. Helen Rowland
(Harry Warren/Ira Geshwin/Billy Rose) |
USA
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30
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Jackie Taylor & His Orchestra
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That's what I Like About You feat. The Boswell Sisters
(Walter Donaldson) |
USA
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31
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Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees
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If I Had A Girl Like You
(Louis McDermott) |
USA
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32
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Duke Ellington's Band & The Rhythm Boys
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Three Little Words
(Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby) |
USA
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33
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Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields) |
USA
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34
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Isham Jones & His Orchestra
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Trees feat. Eddie Stone
(Joyce Kilmer/Oscar Rasbach) |
USA
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35
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June Kisses feat. Jane Froman
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USA
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36
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Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra
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It Must Be True feat. Bing Crosby
(Gus Arnheim.Harry Barris/Gordon Clifford) |
USA
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37
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Ruth Etting
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Ten Cents A Dance
(Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) |
USA
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38
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The California Ramblers
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Dream Girl feat. Wally Edwards
(Ed Kirkeby/Lew Cobey) |
USA
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39
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Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees
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Confessin' (That I Love You)
(E.J. Neiburg/Ellis Reynolds) |
USA
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40
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Ethel Waters
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I Got Rhythm
(George & Ira Gershwin) |
USA
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