The Boswell Sisters - Crazy People 1932

The Boswell Sisters
Crazy People 1932

[@lehueldash]

I'm watching this at year 2024

[@richardgraham9847]

This is from the movie "The Big Broadcast (of 1932)". The last half of this movie is a radio broadcast - besides this, we get Cab Calloway, the Mills Brothers, Donald Novis, Kate Smith, Vincent Lopez, Arthur Tracy, and Bing Crosby. Beyond greatness..

[@robertvelez8485]

The Andrews Sisters sang about rhythm yet The Boswell Sisters were born with it!

[@francie613]

I love the Andrews Sisters

[@RoboLobster3000]

The Boswell sisters were a big inspiration for the Andrew sisters

[@croonyerzoonyer]

@@francie613 The Andrew sisters grate on my nerves. Don't sound smooth and gentle like the Boswells.

[@BimLanders]

This should have a million plus views. Screw modernity.

[@tntbomb3629]

Agree

[@tntbomb3629]

Crazy people in this generation

[@rottingpotatoes2483]

There’s some pretty good modern stuff out there if you take the effort to look for it.

[@haroldparratt9827]

Namely?

[@intradibles]

Idiot! 🙄

[@jonham8469]

Stumbled on The Boswell Sisters on iTunes about five years ago. When I'm on a long trip I seem to play them and Jack Teagarden over and over. Better than AM or FM.

[@ivycompton]

The incomparable Boswells. Their harmonies are practically telepathic - great artistry rendered effortlessly. Fabulous. Thanks for posting.

[@odietamo9376]

I agree, except that I bet that effortlessness was only achieved after incredible amounts of time spent in practice, study, and discipline.

[@genesclean1]

They need to be re discovered and honored... There is no one quite like them, A Peekskill, NY Fan

[@beetlefr]

They are part of my family

[@FMRA46]

@@beetlefr Wow that's so cool! I've been a fan of them for over a year now!

[@beetlefr]

@@FMRA46 That's awesome!!

[@kenlee1416]

I have 5 CDs of their music. These were released under the Nostalgia Arts label by an indie jazz music company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. There is also a 2CD compilation of Connee mostly as a solo singer on the Jasmine label (a UK public domain label). Other than these CDs, there are some compilations on records but you won't get as many songs as there are on CDs. That's about all you'll get for this group, I'm afraid - no lavish box set with great photos and songs in fantastic sound-quality.

[@Gydinglight12]

Wow! We not only get the Sisters. we get to see and hear the great Norman Brokenshire, with his beautiful voice.

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

He was dragged by a train. and died. I think..had the best voice !!

[@calendulabbra]

Mamma mia che brave! 🎶🖤

[@patriceh-tissier6425]

discover them in 1990 in France, since stick on them always 😍(got all their records)

[@sophbenj.8840]

Nothing is better than the Boswells.

[@edharbur698]

This was the number that introduced me to The Bozzies when I was a kid watching it on TV, and I've loved them ever since!

[@esmeephillips5888]

The setup makes them look like a beautiful three-headed hydra, emphasizing from the slight variances in their movements how they fitted together. Harmony, however 'close', is not unison; it's the variances round the theme that weave into a richer soundscape. These girls are the past masters of deconstructing and reassembling a song to reveal its quality. In those days composers and record companies insisted on performances being straight from the sheet. They gave the Bozzies extraordinary liberty to play around, because their musicianship and taste would enhance the composition and extend its life.

[@scottstacey7447]

Because Connee was a paraplegic (due to childhood bout with polio or an accident---it has never been clarified), every time the Boswell Sisters made a movie, they had to be close together to disguise Connie's disability. That is why they most often sat or stood close together. The setup was limited by Connee's limitations.

[@esmeephillips5888]

@@scottstacey7447 It was polio. There was a stigma about it which Connie helped to break down, but her folks had invented the crash story. She never hid the fact that she used a wheelchair (unlike Franklin Roosevelt).

[@RoboLobster3000]

0:49 this part is so catchy, I wish I had some people to sing this part with

[@FuShengAlex]

1:41 to 1:45 too!

[@corinnabambina]

I love the way they ended that song wah wah wha.........

[@esmeephillips5888]

It's vocal mimicry of the growl trumpet sound popularized by Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club. Duke dug the Bozzies, who covered several of his greatest tunes such as 'Mood Indigo'.

[@manabozho]

Donald Fagen, half of the outrageously productive songwriting team known as Steely Dan, opens his book [Eminent Hipsters] with twelve pages on the Boswell Sisters and their place in the history of American jazz and pop. From the string of titles down the right margin of the screen here, it looks like a renaissance movement is underway.

[@SirinaMagnificent]

I love them! What a talent!

[@craigfugle7803]

This is why You Tube is the coolest product of the tech revolution. Priceless video.

[@justinschmieder]

that was one of the most amazing things i have ever heard

[@mrblindfreddy9999]

this may be the BEST video on KZbin

[@stevehammond9156]

Although the Andrews Sisters dominated this era, the Boswell Sisters were easily their equal. Their music reflected the NOLA jazz and blues genera that was so popular during that time. It is not well known, but Connie Boswell (seated at left) was confined to a wheelchair due to polio, but she outlasted both of her sisters Martha (on piano) and Helvetia in performing.

[@DonKeiling1]

best ever jazz vocalists!

[@michaelblocker2221]

The Best..at what they did..! Originality always gets shoved aside.. You gotta love the Boswell sisters..!!! So American ..! Yup..!

[@slideguy100]

musta watched this vid forty times,astounding in artistry and sensability,nothin like these girls,yep, probly the best that ever will be, ha

[@imkingmailru]

IMO they are pure beauty

[@rhodeswayne55]

I love the Andrews sisters there idols were the boswell sisters I herd this song and it just blue me away what amazing talent cant say a nuff about the boswells I love how the fast up beat comes out of no weres nothing beats swing

[@ArtigasMillan]

maravillosa música y excelentes artistas las hermanas Boswel ¡ lo mejor de lo mejor!!😄👍

[@libertyann439]

I'm so happy to discover "new" songs by them I haven't heard before!

[@laneralph8154]

Love it -crazy just like me!

[@felixreis7039]

Acabo de conhecer esse trio maravilho muito bonito

[@Dazbog1990]

I'm 2.This is the best thing I've ever heard. It's so - just amazing!

[@harrykuheim6107]

+Dazbog1990 I"m a 16 cell blastomere and this is this best thing I've ever heard.....

[@maxrockatansky1764]

+Dazbog1990 I'm dead. This is the best thing i've ever heard. It's awesome!!!

[@rolom3]

I love how Martha and Vet look at Connie at the end 2:19 ... maybe they're seeing if she thought it was a good take haha

[@cosmosdancer]

such musicality! thank you!

[@RobinHood5045]

Brilliant!

[@Brickstar1990]

Love it! Effortless, contagious momentum in the song and performance.

[@norbertoguadagni9331]

¡Toda una reliquia de la buena música!

[@harrykuheim6107]

This is what Hot Babes used to be....I'd trade 1,000, 000 of Kim Kardashians or Ryanna's for these three....

[@wrotenwasp]

+Harry Kuheim Without a doubt. Back when people had a little bit of class. Oh,and actual talent

[@tonytune4342]

+Harry Kuheim What's a Kardashian?

[@maremaid15]

+wrotenwasp well said, actual talent and no tracks underneath their voices in live performances or autotune. People who thumb down don’t realize how difficult it is to sing such close harmonies and with exact rhythm and musicianship.

[@msjanegrey]

Clara Bow was shuned because the film industry thought her too vulgar.

[@TheOneTrueKaliban]

@@tonytune4342 Some kind of RUG, I think. Or maybe one of those sand pile countries, over there, in the desert.

[@M123OCT]

From this to the Nightfly's Maxine. Keep the music alive. 👍

[@fjbutch]

How 'bout that!! awesome!!

[@laura_nix]

this is my jam

[@EdConnelly8247]

Wonderful to watch and listen to.

[@fabienneheine3667]

Awesome

[@erinwade4546]

Connie is really making all those sounds with her mouth barely open? It's quite an achievement.

[@barehands007]

Check out The Chenilles; they do a great job on this song and many others.

[@tmacart]

I love this music! Great wah-wah effect at the end.

[@juliaabenzoar9269]

Merci Titeuf pour ce merveilleux voyage

[@Candyman-w5y]

Definition of society in 2024

[@Chesterton7]

Superb.

[@patthecatman]

from "the big broadcast" movie of 1932

[@bradleyeric14]

KZbin is really great.

[@evanking1740]

Indeed!

[@SwingoMatic2024]

I'd like to hear today's stars like Tay, Bey, Gaga and all of them talk about the Bozzie's music. The bands Haim and the Warning are sister powered and I like to hear what they think.

[@mikejvasquez76]

What an awesome song from these lovely talented ladies, such a catchy song. Kinda of topic, I can't believe no one has made some sort of meme from this song. A song and meme about crazy people would be perfect in some situations now of day's.

[@Jermavenus]

The one on the very right is the prettiest girl I've ever seen

[@odietamo9376]

Just what I think, too. That is Martha, by the way.

[@gabrielemorlok1283]

Grandios❤

[@mikeowen657]

magic

[@polyprinz]

Wow, amazing!:)

[@BmakinFilm]

swingin'!

[@Schwarz-ge7wl]

Crazy people, crazy people Crazy people like me go crazy over people like you Goofy people, daffy people Daffy people like me go crazy over things you do. When we are under the moon The moon above You got me actin’ just like a loony It must be love, sweet love Crazy people, crazy people Crazy people like me go crazy over people like you, bah!... Crazy people like people like you Crazy people like the things you do When we are under the moon, the moon above, You got me actin’ just like a loon, It must be love! Crazy people, like people, like you... ‘Cause love birds of a feather Always flock together It’s an old, old custom of the heart that keeps folks, from driftin’ apart Now that’s the reason maybe, that I call you baby We’re each other stand apart - Crazy people! Crazy people! - Crazy people! Crazy people! Crazy people like me go crazy over people like you - Cool people! Cool people! - Daffy people! Daffy people! Daffy people like me go crazy over things you do Don’t mind if I rave a lot, sweet angel child It´s just a habit I’ve got, you drive me wild. - Crazy people! Crazy people! - Crazy people! Crazy people! Crazy people like me go crazy over people like you

[@BurtonJohnson]

1:41 it's "We're each others' counterpart"

[@saintagil]

impressively gifted

[@bigu2156]

Holy crap, Bozzies are the best!

[@juandelgado5464]

Lindas

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

Wow! 💪😎👍

[@reesecoghiel6862]

i heard this in a game i liked it so i searched

[@PUBNave]

My song for the tourists on the 4 freeway in Orlando Florida. 😂😂

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Search KZbin for their 1934 song, "Rock And Roll", which presaged the rock 'n' roll era by two decades.

[@mzmiller52]

Gotham brought me here. I also wish Manhattan transfer had done this song.

[@JBNewman85]

GANGSTA.

[@ericwade6124]

Ten million

[@Brenda9Isa]

Que hermosa musica trae muy buenos recuerdos gracias por publicar esto :)

[@ajaokay17]

Who was the composer?

[@KirtisPrintsStuff]

The auto captions are a little wrong, but I love the song. 1:21 to 1:25 gave me the strangest word salad.

[@CharlieTooHuman]

What's the song at the beginning? Is that coming from the Boswell sisters or is that just intro music for this video?

[@JoshCampbell8395]

That's "Shout Sister Shout;" ironically, I just listened to that right before I came to this video! I haven't watched this for quite awhile! You never know what can happen when you're on a KZbin binge, lol

[@baronmeduse]

Female counterpart to the Mills Brothers. And just as good.

[@fiitah6]

bendito seas youtube :D

[@felipeyounggr1030]

Ask a Mortician brought me here!

[@nancypantz]

I now speak Boswellian as a first language

[@dodgyhighlights3208]

OMG same here!

[@ooyginyardel4835]

The Pupini Sisters must have used their playbook.

[@JS-il9sh]

crazy people

[@Smashingtime68]

Makes me think of Bette Midler she sounds like them.

[@odietamo9376]

Midler is a Bozzies fan. She has said so.

[@genesclean1]

Andrews sisters were a Boswell imitator group....and noone knows the Bozzies

[@brennocalderan2201]

i bet they were talking about people nowadays.

[@Torgo1969]

Three porcelain beauties!

[@frown]

When people ask me what's my type:⬆️

[@looneywoman]

0:11 -- "No big broadcast would be quite complete without those three girls from New Orleans." Well, to the best of my knowledge, this is their only appearance in one of these "Big Broadcast"-films, so how incomplete are the other three? Hmmmm???

[@user-nc6zi7lh1l]

Cyprus

[@TinoOussama]

The Barber Shop.

[@sranang-kino]

Why dont you fight the fake copyright claim ? this is public domain ..do something dont let thieves steal stuff from the people !

[@MundodaKyra]

Anyone else here because of the Barbershop simulator game?

[@Badliquor]

Vatican falling

[@jourwalis-8875]

Bad picture quality. Only 240p!

[@sandypratama7422]

lagu tukang cukur

[@goodsoulsandassouls939]

Couldn't make it nowadays, because the Song Doesn't mention $atan or Homosexuality....lol

[@Timetravel1111]

I love them, talented and beautiful.

[@AllTheCloudsArePink]

Who the Hell would thumbs this down ?

[@FromthePointedHill]

+Space Cadet Silver Boots Only trolls.

[@misterwhitman4368]

"CRAZY People" yeah, CRAAAAAAZY people (dat's who!)

[@TheObscureMediaArchive]

crazy people

[@esmeephillips5888]

The owners of Autotune.