Connee After the Boswell Sisters
February 12, 1936 – The Boswell Sisters make their final recording together. The Irving Berlin lyrics seem prophetic. The first number features Connee, who hereafter will be on her own, carrying the lead in “Let Yourself Go.” On the second number the Sisters harmonize throughout the song, a fitting way to declare their new lives with “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket.” Vet is pregnant at the time of the recording.
We follow Connee’s career and life events from here on out below…
March 5, 1936 |
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1936 |
Connee Boswell is a featured vocalist on CBS/WABC's "Coca Cola Show." She is accompanied by English bandleader Ray Noble and His Orchestra with a band that future famous bandleader Glenn Miller helped organize for him in the US. |
April 13, 1936 |
Connee makes the first of many recordings with Bob Crosby & His Bobcats for Decca records when she records the lovely ballad, "You Started Me Dreaming," which was backed with "Mommy" on the 78 release. Crosby's band included Matty Matlock, Gil Rodin, Eddie Miller, Bob Haggart, Ray Bauduc as well as others. Other sides she would record with Crosby's Bobcats would include "On The Beach At Bali-Bali," "Swing Me A Lullaby," "I Met My Waterloo," and "You Can Call It Swing," recorded on June 9, 1936. |
August 22, 1936 |
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July, 1936- March, 1937 |
Connee guests on a number of radio programs, specifically "The California Hour" broadcast out of Los Angeles, CA. |
February 15, 1937 |
Connee records several sides with Ben Pollack and His Orchestra. These included: "When the Poppies Bloom Again," "Serenade In The Night," "Where Are You," and "Trust in Me." |
Summer, 1937 |
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August 23, 26 and 31, 1937 |
Connee and Ben Pollack Orchestra return to the studios at Decca in Los Angeles and record six more sides, including the commercially released version of her "Whispers in the Dark." This song would later become the theme song that millions would hear when they tuned into "The Connee Boswell Show," in the 1940's. |
Sept 25, 1937 |
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October 21, 1937 |
Connee is a guest on Bing Crosby's "Kraft Music Hall" program, based out of Los Angeles. Over the next fifteen years, Connee would be featured on the show many times. |
November 13, 1937 |
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1937 |
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1937 |
Connee performs in the Columbia Pictures film "It's All Yours," which stars Madeleine Carroll and Francis Lederer. A print of the film was found at the Library of Congress, and "It's All Yours" is available on DVD from vintagefilmbuff.com. |
January 26, 1938 |
Accompanied by Victor Young and His Orchestra, Bing Crosby and Connee record "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and a medley that has "Home on the Range/True Confession." Eddie Cantor introduces the first side, letting the listener know that the proceeds of the record will benefit the Juvenile Infantile Paralysis Foundation. The record, which is released around the same time as the 20th Century Fox picture of the same name, is a smash hit and is the Boswell/Crosby pairing's second #1 hit. |
February 24, 1938- Feb 22, 1940 |
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April 9, 1938-June 15, 1938 |
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1938-1939 |
Connee will guest on many radio programs, including "This is New York," "Time to Shine," "A Tribute to Irving Berlin," and the "Camel Caravan." |
April 25, 1939 |
Connee, who has heard the instrumental versions of "Sunrise Serenade," asks her friend Jack Lawrence to pen lyrics. She hits the studios and records this song, which becomes a minor hit recording for her. |
June 22, 1939 |
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January 10, 1939 |
Connee records several sides with the Woody Herman Orchestra, including "Deep in a Dream." |