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grenadian11 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Like the music and the skit which explains why the Boswell sisters are all sitting on a hay stack. lovely!
heavyboxes (5 months ago) Show Hide
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hay piano!
thefantastikmrbone (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Great clip, I love the "Cow don't be a bolshevik" line.

Does anybody know who the guy singing to the chickens was?
guitarslim56 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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Billy Hughes
annanoli (9 months ago) Show Hide
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good evening music lovers!
check for some "Trio Lescano" on tube.
An italian vocal trio inspired by the Boswells in the same period
southernrockdrummer (9 months ago) Show Hide
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The Boswell sisters to the rescue! Their harmonies were so well synchronized it's a little scary!

Films like this are from a long gone era. I often think what these people would think after watching some of today's movies. I am sure they would be dumbfounded and dismayed at what hollywood has become.
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The Boswell Sisters were one of the first white group the emulate their heros, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters. The Boswells influenced later singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, and many others. Look for "Hand me down, my walking cane" where the Boswells mock their Aunt Mattie who told them not to go (in showbiz)..they adlib, "Now we're singin' on the radio!"
hoopjnky (1 year ago) Show Hide
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The Boswells were just slightly younger than Louis Armstrong. They followed the same path that many of the black musicians from New Orleans took to find fame...Chicago, Los Angeles, New York... And there is no doubt that Heebie Jeebies was their lucky song - a theme introduced by Louis Armstrong. But according to Connee, her heroes were Mamie Smith and Enrico Caruso. Whoever - they were fabulous and still impress.
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:P I never thought I would ever like this kind of music, but this it great!!!!
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A wonderful glimpse of a different world. But the music is timeless.

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