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Helvetia [Vet] Martha Connie
[Composed 1930 As a Melody for a Radio Broadcast]
Origanally Called "Dreamy Blues"
Performed by Lorenzo Tio Jr.
[Written by Duke Ellington - Barney Bigard - Irving Mills]
1st. Recorded 17 October 1930
by The Jungle Band [Duke Ellngton]
Unissued - Released on CD Box Set [2010]
Also Recorded Master on Brunswick 6470
Recorded 9 January 1933 New York City -
The Boswell Sisters [vcl], Martha Boswell [piano]
Mannie Klein [trumpet], Tommy Dorsey [trombone],
Jimmy Dorsey [clarinet/alto sax], Bennie Kreugar [clarinet/alto sax],
Harry Bluestone and Unknown [violin],
Eddie Lang [gt], Artie Bernstein [string bass],
Stan King or Chauncey Moorhouse [drums]
Conducted by Victor Young.
Martha - Born in Kansas City, MO [1905 - 1958]
Connie - Born in Kansas City, MO [1907 - 1976]
Helvetia - Born in Birmingham, AL [1911 - 1988]
Active from 1925 to 1936
1998 Vocal group Hall of Fame
2008 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
Connie Continued as a Solo Artist
and Changed her Name to Connee in the 1940's