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I thought I should share this amazing female band with you all who are not familiar with The International Sweethearts of Rhythm. They were the top female jazz/swing band of the 1940's. Though they don't get much recognition and attention like Duke Ellington and Count Basie and never were inducted into the Jazz or Swing or Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, these women were just as good as the men and could really swing hot jazz, they were talented and plus beautiful...and here's the proof. Anna Mae Winburn, the bandleader, led the band with beauty, elegance, style, and glamour. Tiny Davis was the big personality of the band and she could blow...both vocally and trumpet. There were a lot of female bands in the 30's and 40's but the International Sweethearts of Rhythm was number one, but all the female bands back then were great, but they never got a chance to be superstars, never inducted into the Jazz/Swing Hall of Fame because of sexism, women were expected to sing, not play instruments, arrange, direct, produce, nor write, even today this sexism exist. So these women were pioneers! The Harlem PlayGirls, Darlings of Rhythm, Ina Ray Hutton and Her Band, Rita Rio and Her Band, Lorraine Page and her Band, Ada Leonard All American Girl Orchestra, Thelma White and Her Girls, Frances Carroll and Her Band, and Ivy Benson and Her Orchestra, all these white and black female bands are pioneers. Take a listen to their music and see footage online. Enjoy this real black music, which is missing from today's music!