abstract
| - Constance Foore %22Connee%22 Boswell (December 3, 1907, Kansas City, Missouri – October 11, 1976, New York) was an American female vocalist born in Kansas City but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With her sisters, Martha and Helvetia %22Vet%22 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, %22My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it....I tried so hard to sound just like her.%22In 1936, Connee's sisters retired and Connee continued on as a solo artist (having also recorded solos during her years with the group).
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