Connee Boswell - Hits And Selected Singles 1931-54 (CD)

Connee Boswell - she began her career as Connie Boswell, but decided to change the spelling of her name in 1945 - was a member of the brilliant, influential and hugely successful vocal trio The Boswell Sisters, who had a string of hits in the 1920s and '30s until retiring in 1936 (see "The Boswell Sisters Collection 1925-36" Acrobat ADDCD3208). Connee, who had already been making solo records and having solo hits, carried on after that, and had hits through into the 1950s. This great-value 73-track 3-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of her solo singles and duet recordings with Bing Crosby on the Brunswick and Decca labels during these years, recording variously with the orchestras of Victor Young, Bunny Berigan, Ben Pollack, Bob Crosby, Harry Sosnik, Jimmie Grier, John Scott Trotter, Russ Morgan, Sy Oliver and Bob Haggart. It includes all her solo chart entries and those with Bing Crosby - twenty-five in total - including the No. 1s "Bob White" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" with Crosby, and the Top 10 hits "Say It Isn't So", "On The Beach At Bali-Bali", "Whispers In The Dark", "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "On The Isle Of May", "If I Give My Heart To You" and "An Apple For The Teacher". She was a highly-regarded performer across the jazz, swing and pop spectrum, and this substantial collection offers an entertaining window onto her talent as a hit-maker whose chart career lasted over a quarter of a century.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I'm All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart
2. Should I Be Sorry?
3. Lullaby of the Leaves
4. Say It Isn't So
5. I'll Never Have to Dream Again
6. It's All My Fault
7. In a Little Second Hand Store
8. I Cover the Waterfront
9. The River's Takin' Care of Me
10. This Time It's Love
11. I Had to Change the Words
12. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
13. A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder
14. Isn't It a Shame?
15. I'm Growing Fonder of You
16. Blue Moon
17. Chasing Shadows
18. You Are My Lucky Star
19. Moon Over Miami
20. With All My Heart
21. The Panic Is on
22. On the Beach at Bali Bali
23. Serenade in the Night
24. Trust in Me

Disc: 2

1. Whispers in the Dark
2. Afraid to Dream
3. Am I in Love?
4. Blossoms on Broadway
5. Basin Street Blues + Bing Crosby
6. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight) + Bing Crosby
7. Ebb Tide
8. Outside of Paradise
9. Martha, Ah So Pure
10. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
11. I'm Away from It All
12. Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well
13. Moonlight and Roses
14. Alexander's Ragtime Band + Bing Crosby
15. All Alone
16. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
17. Simple and Sweet
18. Thanks for Everything
19. Sunrise Serenade
20. At Least You Could Say Hello
21. Start the Day Right + Bing Crosby
22. An Apple for the Teacher + Bing Crosby
23. Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street + Bing Crosby
24. On the Isle of May
25. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Disc: 3

1. Blueberry Hill
2. Nobody's Sweetheart
3. Let's Be Buddies
4. The Moon Fell in the River
5. You Were Meant for Me
6. I Went Out of My Way
7. Sand in My Shoes
8. I'll Keep on Loving You
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
10. Stormy Weather
11. A String of Pearls
12. One Dozen Roses
13. Sweet Eloise
14. South Wind
15. (As Long As You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You F
16. Moonlight Mood
17. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
18. Sweetheart
19. Ole Buttermilk Sky
20. Zip a Dee Doo Dah
21. Begin the Beguine
22. Where There's Smoke There's Fire + Artie Shaw
23. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
24. If I Give My Heart to You