Month: March 2025

Ella Fitzgerald, known as “The First Lady of Song,” was a revolutionary American jazz singer who performed all over the world. Her signature style included her iconic vocal range, clear tone and ability to improvise with her hallmark scat singing. Her many awards and accolades are a reflection of the colossal inspiration she was to many.  

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Connee Boswell was an A-list female entertainer and one of the brightest stars of American popular music in the first half of the 20th century, but in this age of radio, few of her fans knew a childhood illness meant she used a wheelchair. Regarded by her musical peers and some of the world’s most famous singers, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr, as “the most widely imitated singer of all time”, Connee Boswell is a star who is little remembered now but in her day was one of the most recognisable singers.

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