Boswell Sisters: selected recordings of 1933

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The Boswell Sisters recorded relatively fewer songs in 1933 compared to the previous two years. But I was surprised to find only three presently available in the video libraries searched by google.

Mood Indigo (m. Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, w. Irving Mills*)

1/9/33 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Victor Young (ldr), Mannie Klein (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Bennie Krueger (c, mel, as), Harry Bluestone, unknown (vln), (p), Eddie Lang (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King or Chauncey Morehouse (d), New York City

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Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish)

9/11/33 Acc by Manny Weinstock (tpt), Charlie Butterfield (tbn), Benny Goodman (cl), Chester Hazlett (as), Harry Hoffman (vln), Martha Boswell (p), Perry Botkin (bj, g), Dick Cherwin (sb), Stan King (d), New York

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Shuffle Off to Buffalo (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)

4/11/33 Mannie Klein (tpt) Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl), Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City [OA]** LISTS BUNNY BERIGAN [TPT] INSTEAD OF KLEIN

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Coffee in the Morning and Kisses at Night (m. Harry Warren, w. Al Dubin)

11/14/33 Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Manny Klein (tpt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as), Larry Binyon (fl, ts), Fulton McGrath or Martha Boswell (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (sb), Stan King (d), New York City

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* In a 1987 interview Mitchell Parish claimed to have written the lyrics for Mood Indigo

**[OA] The Boswell Sisters, Okay, America! Alternate Takes And Rarities, Jass Records, J-CD-622

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