[1] The Darlings were often compared with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, another African American all-girl swing band.
[2] Toby Butler, a white member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, was rumored to have left the band and joined the Darlings in the mid-1940s, when racial segregation made playing in mixed bands illegal.
Cooper, Gaddison and Vi Wilson joined the Darlings after leaving the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Wilson joined the group to be with her cousin, reeds player Gurthalee Clark.
Trombonist Jessie Turner and tenor saxophonist Margaret Backstrom left Eddie Durham's All Star Girl Orchestra for the Darlings.