This collection comprises papers, photographs, and a scrapbook, documenting the career of Nick Ricci and his musical group in the mid-1930s. There are contracts and business correspondence, a receipt for membership in the Chicago Federation of Musicians in 1936, and a handwritten log of income. The photographs are mostly promotional portraits of the group; there…Continue Reading Nick Ricci and The Gondoliers: A Vaudeville Musical Group- Library Entry
Topic: Musical Groups
The Boswell Sisters: Syncopation Harmony Queens by David Soren
Martha Meldania Boswell (1905 – 1958), Constance (Connee) Foore Boswell (1907 – 1976) and Helvetia George Boswell (1911 – 1988) were musicians and music-loving amateurs who performed as a sister act for friends in New Orleans. The family was from Kansas City but moved early on to Louisiana. After winning an amateur contest they were…Continue Reading The Boswell Sisters: Syncopation Harmony Queens by David Soren