The boswell sisters were pioneers in vocal jazz and were imitated and admired by later bands and singers like Ella FitzGerald.
A Boswell Sisters’ Song You’ve Never Heard
O Sister’s Documentary Music Clip
Constructing YOU-DLE-EE-OO-DE-OO
Around the same time that they wrote and recorded Puttin’ It On, the Boswell Sisters published another number they had written. They never recorded the song, and the old Feist sheet music was written in a straight ballad style. But when the sheet music surfaced in the Boswell Family collection, it seemed like a great opportunity to hear how the song might have sounded in the Boswell style. O Sister, from Seville, Spain, not only took on the challenge, but graciously kept a visual record of their process. So, for the first time, we hear a brand new Boswell Sisters song, You-dle-ee-oo-de-oo.
Yowsah!
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