Boswell Sisters

Boswell Sisters Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

The Boswell Sisters were an American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing eras, consisting of three sisters: Martha Boswell (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958), Connie Boswell (later spelled "Connee"; December 3, 1907 – October 11, 1976), and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell (May 20, 1911 – November 12, 1988). Hailing from uptown New Orleans, the group blended intricate harmonies and song arrangements featuring effects such as scat, instrumental imitation, "Boswellese" gibberish, tempo and meter changes, major/minor juxtaposition,... [more on Wikipedia]

Boswell Sisters began charting in 1931 with (With You On My Mind I Find) I Can't Write the Words.The artist placed 19 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 12 of which reached the Top‑10, including 1 number‑one.

Top songs: #1: The Object of My Affection - #2: I Found a Million-Dollar Baby - #3: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter - #4: Dinah - #5: Alexander's Ragtime Band
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  1931
1.
1931

(With You On My Mind I Find) I Can't Write the Words
Boswell Sisters greentick

86 pts
20
US
written by Buddy Fields & Gerald Marks
I Found a Million-Dollar Baby
2.
1931

#2  I Found a Million-Dollar Baby
Boswell Sisters greentick

269 pts
3
US
written by Harry Warren, Mort Dixon & Billy Rose
3.
1931

It's the Girl
Boswell Sisters greentick

161 pts
9
US
written by Abel Baer & Dave Oppenheim
4.
1931

Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
Boswell Sisters greentick

190 pts
7
US
written by Eugene West, James McCaffrey & Dave Ringle
5.
1931

When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Boswell Sisters greentick

210 pts
6
US
written by Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman
6.
12/1931

An Evening in Caroline
Boswell Sisters greentick

130 pts
12
US
written by Walter Donaldson
  1932
7.
1932

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Boswell Sisters greentick

124 pts
13
US
written by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
8.
1932

Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon (My Man's Gone)
Boswell Sisters greentick

117 pts
14
US
written by J. Russel Robinson
9.
1932

Was That the Human Thing to Do?
Boswell Sisters greentick

192 pts
7
US
written by Sammy Fain & Joe Young
  1934
10.
1934

Coffee in the Morning (Kisses in the Night)
Boswell Sisters greentick

122 pts
13
US
written by Al Dubin & Harry Warren
11.
1934

Rock and Roll
Boswell Sisters greentick

188 pts
7
US
written by Richard A. Whiting & Sidney Clare
12.
1934

You Oughta Be in Pictures (My Star of Stars)
Boswell Sisters greentick

99 pts
17
US
written by Edward Heyman & Dana Suesse
  1935
Alexander's Ragtime Band
13.
1935

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Boswell Sisters greentick

159 pts
9
US
written by Irving Berlin
Cheek to Cheek
14.
1935

Cheek to Cheek
Boswell Sisters greentick

146 pts
10
US
written by Irving Berlin
15.
1935

#4  Dinah
Boswell Sisters greentick

266 pts
3
US
written by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young
St. Louis Blues
16.
1935

St. Louis Blues
Boswell Sisters greentick

112 pts
15
US
written by William Christopher Handy
17.
1935

#1  The Object of My Affection
Boswell Sisters greentick

365 pts
1
US
written by Pinky Tomlin, Coy Poe & Jimmie Grier
  1936
18.
1936

#3  I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Boswell Sisters greentick

267 pts
3
US
written by Fred E. Ahlert & Joe Young
  1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
19.
1938

#5  Alexander's Ragtime Band
Boswell Sisters greentick

250 pts
4
US
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written by Irving Berlin


See also...

Connee Boswell • Helvetia Boswell • Martha Boswell


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