Before Ella Fitzgerald found her voice, three sisters from Camp Street in New Orleans were doing something nobody had ever heard. Martha, Connee, and Vet Boswell turned jazz into vocal arrangements so inventive that musicians still can't figure out how they did it.
Three Girls from Camp Street
The Boswells grew up at 3937 Camp Street, studied classical music, then fell in love with jazz. In 1925, they recorded their first songs at Werlein's on Canal Street. By 1931 they had a CBS radio show.
Changing Vocal Music
Ella Fitzgerald called Connee Boswell her "only influence." The Andrews Sisters modeled themselves on the Boswells. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
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