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Boswell Sisters: Sleepy Time Down South [1932]

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Uploaded by on Oct 13, 2006

Eddie Lang on guitar.

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  • Ella Fitzgerald said that Connee Boswell was one of her influences.

  • I don't think 'darkies' was used in a bigoted way here; it was the times, it's how people talked back then. Obviously that word is not PC to use now...the times are different now; hopefully we're more aware now.

    All that said, I've never heard the Boswell Sisters before...they're great!

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  • How could four people not like this? Tin ears? No appreciation for real music? what??? Can't figure it out....

  • @corvus13 Not surprising, Connie was excellent. They were all fantastic!

  • Gracias por compartirlo.

  • Can't get enough of The Boswell Sisters. Such great harmony and rhythmn. So much of current music is degrading and offensive - like rap. And we consider ourselves "more enlightened" today. Go figure.

  • Wacky Music. 

  • If you're overly sensitive to prejudicial phrases, you should stay away from this completely. In 1932, Connie Boswell would have been called a cripple. In 1932, Eddie Lang had to change his name from Salvatore Massaro so he wouldn't be typed as another "Dago" musician. And this song uses the words darky and mammy. The Fleischers, who made this film, were Jews and their cartoons were full of Jewish jokes. If you want to prove how morally superior you are to everyone else, go watch Barney.

  • yeah, eddie lang.

  • Could anyone write down the lyrics of the "introduction" ?

    And what's the melody?

  • The racial stuff is something you have to put up with if you are going to put up with if you are going to spend any time with videos and music of that era. Be glad we're better than that.

    But, one thing to consider. Conee Boswell -- the one who solos here, and the musical sparkplug of the sisters -- was confined to a wheelchair because of childhood polio. Do you think she would have had any kind of career in today's popular music culture?

    Different eras have different prejudices.

  • @corvus13 Connee was indeed Ella's main influence early on. It is very obvious in songs such as the Mills Brothers" version of Dedicated To You" with Ella collaborating circa 1937. I think Ella did a better Connee Boswell than Connee Boswell

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