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1. Begin The Beguine 2:37
2. Believe It Beloved 2:16
3. I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome 2:52
4. Someone Stole My Darlin' 3:205. My Little Nest Of Heavenly Blue 3:06
6. Where There's Smoke There's Fire 3:07
7. It Made Me Happy When You Made Me Cry 2:36
8. Singin' The Blues 2:56
9. With One Red Rose 2:38
10. Main Street On Saturday Night 2:40
11. You Need Some Lovin' 2:24
12. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 2:39
13. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 2:19
14. The Heebie Jeebie Blues 2:15
15. The Right Kind Of Man 2:24
16. Sage Brush Sadie 2:20
17. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 2:33
18. Call Me Darling 2:11
19. The Philadelphia Waltz 2:43
20. T-E-N-N-E-S-S-E-E 2:45
21. If I Give My Heart To You 2:52
22. How Important Can It Be? 2:49
23. Fill My Heart With Happiness 2:44
24. Our Lady Of The Highway 2:47
25. Don't Believe Everyone's Your Friend 2:51
26. Mind If I Tag Along 2:38
27. I Compare You 2:38
28. No Other One 2:45
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Title:
Singing
The
Blues
With
Connee
Boswell
Artist:
Connee
Boswell
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1077
Barcode:
5055122110774
Release
Date:
4
September
2006
Ella
Fitzgerald
once
said
that
her
biggest
musical
influence
was
Connee
Boswell:
"I
tried
to
sing
like
her
all
the
time
because
everything
she
did
made
sense
musically".
The
subject
of
Ella's
admiration
was
born
Connie
Boswell
in
New
Orleans
on
December
3,
1907.
At
the
age
of
three
she
contracted
polio
which
left
her
paralyzed
from
the
waist
down.
Music
was
a
prominent
family
feature
with
sisters
Martha
and
Helvetia
(Vet)
capable
instrumentalists
as
well
as
vocalists.
For
her
part
Connee
played
saxophone,
cello,
piano
and
guitar.
In
addition
she
write
most
of
the
musical
arrangements
and
vocal
routines
when
the
sisters
formed
a
trio.
The
Boswell
Sisters
soon
became
very
popular
on
records,
and
appearing
on
radio
and
films.
When
her
sisters
decided
to
retire,
Connee
continued
as
a
solo
performer.
Her
career
flourished
though
the
thirties
and
forties
-
she
had
numerous
hit
records,
guested
on
the
nation's
top
radio
shows
and
in
1944
starred
in
her
own
radio
show.
By
the
early
fifties
she
had
changed
her
name
to
Connee
from
Connie
because
it
was
easier
for
her
to
sign
autographs
quickly
without
having
to
dot
the
"i"
and
her
radio
work
was
being
superseded
by
TV
engagements.
She
continued
to
make
records
many
of
which
charted
and
are
featured,
along
with
others
of
the
period,
on
this
CD
collection.
Connee
was
at
her
best
with
a
"jazzy"
accompaniment
and
Singin'
The
Blues
is
a
good
example
with
its
lazy
instrumental
interlude
while
the
tempo
is
well
"up"
for
It
Made
Me
Happy
When
You
Made
Me
Cry".
An
oldie
I'm
Gonna
Sit
Right
Down
And
Write
Myself
A
Letter
allows
the
listener
a
chance
to
hear
Connee's
wonderful
Southern
accent
in
a
brief
verbal
moment
at
the
beginning.
Many
of
the
recordings
here
are
appearing
on
CD
for
the
first
time
and
bear
out
Ella
Fitzgerald's
comments
while
listening
to
the
stylish
singing
voice
of
Connee
Boswell.
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