The Boswell Sisters and Connee Boswell were frequent visitors to the top 30 charts. Here's how they rated in record sales and jukebox plays across the nation.
Boswell Sisters Hit Recordings, 1931 - 1938
Date
Charted | Peak
Pos | Wks
Chrt’d | Title |
Label |
| 12/22/17 |
8 | 2 | When I Take My Sugar to Tea | Brunswick 6083 |
| 6/20/31 |
6 | 6 | Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On | Brunswick 6019 |
| 6/27/31 |
7 | 5 | I Found a Million Dollar Baby | Brunswick 6128 |
| 9/05/31 |
9 | 4 | It’s the Girl | Brunswick 6151 |
| 10/10/31 |
20 | 1 | (With You On My Mind) I Can’t Write the Words | Brunswick 6170 |
| 11/01/31 |
3 | 11 | Gems from George White’s Scandals | Brunswick 20102 |
| 12/26/31 |
2 | 3 | An Evening in Caroline | Brunswick 6218 |
| 3/05/32 |
7 | 4 | Was That The Human Thing To Do? | Brunswick 6257 |
| 4/09/32 |
14 | 3 | Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon | Brunswick 6271 |
| 5/07/32 |
13 | 3 | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | Brunswick 6291 |
| 2/17/24 |
13 | 3 | Coffee In The Morning (Kisses In The Night) | Brunswick 6733 |
| 4/25/34 |
17 | 1 | You Oughta Be In Pictures | Brunswick 6798 |
| 11/10/34 |
7 | 5 | Rock And Roll | Brunswick 7302 |
| 1/05/35 |
1 | 10 | The Object Of My Affection | Brunswick 7348 |
| 4/30/35 |
3 | 6 | Dinah | Brunswick 7412 |
| 4/20/35 |
9 | 5 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Brunswick 7412 |
| 7/27/35 |
15 | 3 | St. Louis Blues | Brunswick 7467 |
| 11/02/35 |
10 | 4 | Cheek to Cheek | Decca 574 |
| 2/08/36 |
3 | 8 | I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter | Decca 671 |
| 3/06/38 |
4 | 5 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Vocalion 4239 |
Source: Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories
Connee Boswell Hit Recordings, 1932-1954
BC = Bing Crosby PS = Paulette Sisters AS = Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five EC = Eddie Cantor
Date
Charted | Peak
Pos | Wks
Chrt’d | Title |
Label |
| 10/10/32 |
10 | 5 | Say It Isn’t So | Brunswick 6393 |
| 11/17/34 |
19 | 1 | Isn’t It A Shame | Brunswick 7303 |
| 02/08/35 |
19 | 1 | Moon Over Miami | Decca 657 |
| 07/18/36 |
3 | 3 | On The Beach At Bali-Bali | Decca 829 |
| 11/23/37 |
9 | 3 | Whispers In The Dark | Decca 1420 |
| 11/20/37 |
1 | 12 | Bob White (w/BC) | Decca 1483 |
| 11/27/37 |
12 | 3 | Basin Street Blues (w/BC) | Decca 1483 |
| 06/18/38 |
11 | 3 | Fare Thee Well, Honey... | Decca 1862 |
| 07/16/38 |
5 | 5 | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart | Decca 1896 |
| 08/20/38 |
1 | 11 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band (w/BC/EC) | Decca 1897 |
| 11/05/38 |
12 | 9 | Simple And Sweet | Decca 2028 |
| 08/05/39 |
2 | 14 | An Apple For The Teacher (w/BC) | Decca 2640 |
| 09/16/39 |
12 | 1 | Start The Day Right (w/BC) | Decca 2626 |
| 09/30/39 |
14 | 2 | At Least You Could Say Hello | Decca 2613 |
| 01/20/40 |
12 | 13 | Between 18th & 19th On Chestnut St (w/BC) | Decca 2948 |
| 02/17/40 |
3 | 11 | On The Isle Of May | Decca 3004 |
| 12/28/40 |
25 | 1 | Let's Be Buddies | Decca 3478 |
| 09/27/41 |
24 | 1 | Sand In My Shoes | Decca 3893 |
| 10/11/41 |
22 | 1 | I'll Keep On Loving You | Decca 3959 |
| 09/12/42 |
21 | 1 | South Wind | Decca 18413 |
| 11/21/42 |
22 | 1 | Moonlight Mood | Decca 18509 |
| 12/26/42 |
21 | 1 | Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me | Decca 18483 |
| 02/02/46 |
9 | 5 | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Decca 18741 |
| 08/17/46 |
22 | 3 | Who Told You That Lie? (w/PS) | Decca 18881 |
| 11/09/46 |
14 | 3 | Ole Buttermilk Sky | Decca 18913 |
| 04/03/48 |
19 | 2 | You Were Meant For Me | Decca 25313 |
| 11/22/52 |
25 | 2 | Little Nest Of Heavenly Blue (w/AS) | Decca 28377 |
| 02/07/53 |
27 | 1 | Singin' The Blues | Decca 28498 |
| 04/11/53 |
29 | 1 | Main Street On Saturday Night | Decca 28626 |
| 11/21/53 |
29 | 1 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write | Decca 28832 |
| 04/24/54 |
30 | 1 | The Philadelphia Waltz | Decca 29051 |
| 09/11/54 |
10 | 11 | If I Give My Heart To You | Decca 29148 |
BC = Bing Crosby PS = Paulette Sisters AS = Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five EC = Eddie Cantor
SOURCE: Joel Whitburn's “Pop Memories 1890-1954”
....All these things tended to influence band orchestrations enormously! Glenn Miller even wrote many arrangements from Connee’s dictation.
