Free Boswell Sheet Music by Sally Cochrane
The Boswell Sisters were a vocal harmony group that sang in the 1930's. Their songs are jazzy, with unpredictable harmonies, key changes, tempo changes, and even vocal sound effects. As far as I can tell, accurate transcriptions of their songs do not exist, so I have been transcribing the vocal parts of some of my favorites. I started transcribing the music so I could sing with my mom and sister. I have no music theory training (yet), so the transcriptions are not professional-looking and have mistakes. Their purpose is to give people who know these Bozzie songs and want to sing them a place to start. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach me at:
Fama Fatale and Fama Mamas have performed some of these songs with the multi-talented Katy Sinclair singing or at the piano.
All of these scores are now fixed and will download correctly.
Coffee in the Morning -- See Fama Mamas perform this. The sisters switch parts quite a bit on this song, but I didn't write that out, and kept each line as its respective harmony part for the sake of convenience.
Fare Thee Well, Annabelle-- See Fama Fatale perform this.
Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy -- See Fama MamasPerform this.
Heebie Jeebies -- See Fama Fatale perform this. Credit to my wonderful grandmother for helping me figure out the piano chords.
It Don't Mean a Thing -- See Fama Fatale perform this. The Boswell arrangement of the famous Duke Ellington song is a classic example of Bozzie gibberish at its best.
Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day--See Fama Fatale perform this.
Nothing is Sweeter Than You -- See Fama Mamas perform this. My latest Boswell song.
Rainy Days -- This is on "Airshots and Rarities." It appealed to me because of its simplicity (no big band), its lack of solos, and the overall cuteness of the girls' voices on this song.
Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia -- See Fama Mamas perform this.
Shine on Harvest Moon -- This is just the transcriptions of the parts with harmony, omitting Connie's solo.
St. Louis Blues --See Fama Fatale perform this. The transcription of the solo is not yet very accurate to what Connie sings. Listen to the song to imitate it.
Three Little (Feminist) Sisters --See Fama Fatale perform this. This is an Andrews Sisters song from the movie "Buck Private" that I transcribed and for which I wrote new lyrics, to satisfy my feminist side.
Why Don't You Practice What You Preach?--See Fama Fatale perform this.
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