CONNIE BOSWELL

Connee Boswell  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Connee Boswell Background information  Birth name	Constance Foore Boswell  Born	December 3, 1907  Kansas City, Missouri, United States  Died	October 11, 1976 (aged 68)  New York, New York, United States  Genres	Jazz  Occupations	Vocalist  Instruments	Vocal  Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell (December 3, 1907, Kansas City, Missouri – October 11, 1976, New York, NY) was an American female vocalist born in Kansas City but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With her sisters, Martha and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, she performed in the 1930s as The Boswell Sisters and became a highly influential singing group during this period via recordings and radio. Connee herself is widely considered one of the greatest jazz female vocalists and was a major influence on Ella Fitzgerald who said, "My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it....I tried so hard to sound just like her."[1]  In 1936, Connee's sisters retired read more...