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BOSWELL SISTERS
SONGWRITER: IRVING BERLIN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE BOSWELL SISTERS/COLLECTION,
VOL. 5, 1933-1936
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1935
The Boswell Sisters were a singing group of
close harmony, formed by sisters Martha Boswell Lloyd (9 of June of 1905 - 2 of July of 1958),
Connee Boswell (originally Connie, 3 of
December of 1907 - 11 of
October of 1976)
and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell (20 of May of 1911 - 12 of
November of 1988),
known for intricate harmonies and rhythmic experimentation. They achieved
national prominence in the United States in the 1930s.
The sisters grew up in a middle class family
at Camp Street, 3937, in uptown New Orleans, Louisiana.
Marta and Connie were born in Kansas
City, Missouri. Helvetia was born in Birmingham,
Alabama. (Connee changed the way he wrote his name in the 1940s.) Born
from a former vaudeville actor, Clyde "AC" Boswell, and his
music-loving wife, Meldania, the sisters, along with his brother Clyde Jr.
("Clydie"), aged 14 - arrived in New Orleans as children in 1914. Martha,
Connie, and Vet studied classical piano, cello, violin and guitar,
respectively, under the tutelage of Professor Otto Finck, from Tulane
University. They played their repertoire of classics in local recitals, often
as a trio, but the jazz scene soon won them over, personally and
professionally. "We
were studying classical music... And we were being prepared for
the stage and a concert tour across the United States, but the saxophone got
us," Marta said in an interview in 1925 for the Shreveport Times.
In addition to providing young Boswells with
a classical and formal musical education, Meldania Boswell regularly took her
children to see the great African American artists of the moment at the Lyrical
Theater. There, young Connie heard Mamie
Smith, whose "Crazy Blues" (1920), the
first blues recorded by an African American, was a success. Connie would later
emulate Smith's style on the Boswells 'first recording, "I'm Gonna Cry
(Cryin' Blues)," before defining her own vocal style. In interviews, the
sisters reported that they were walking around New Orleans in search of new and
interesting sounds, which were often found outside African American churches
and bars.
Heaven, I'm in heaven
My heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancin' cheek to cheek!
Heaven, I'm in heaven
The cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancin' cheek to cheek!
Oh I love to climb a mountain
And to reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancin' cheek to cheek
Dance with me
I want my arm about you
That charm about you
Will carry me through to...
Heaven, I'm in heaven
My heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancin' cheek to cheek!
Oh, darlin' I'm in heaven when I'm out with you
I'm in heaven when I'm dancin' with you
My heart beats so that I can't speak
When we're out together dancin' cheek to cheek!
Oh, darlin' I'm in heaven when you're by my side
When we're out together I'm so satisfied
Blues disappear like a gambler's streak
When we're out together dancin' cheek to cheek!
I love to climb a mountain and reach the peak
It doesn't thrill me like dancin' cheek to cheek
Heaven, I'm in heaven
My heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancin' cheek to cheek!
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