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Ella Jane Fitzgerald & Connee Boswell

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Of Boswell, Ella Fitzgerald 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."

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  1. Ella Jane Fitzgerald Creative: influenced by Connee Boswell

Connee Boswell

  • b. 1907
  • d. 1976

With her sisters, Martha and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, she performed in the 1930s as The Boswell Sisters and became a highly influential singing group.

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Ella Jane Fitzgerald

  • b. 1917
  • d. 1996

Fitzgerald is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

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