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Boswell Sisters
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Stage Name

Birth Name
Boswell Sisters Connie Boswell
      Martha Boswell
      Helvetia "Vet" Boswell

   - Connie (Connee) Boswell was the lead singer. The Boswell Sisters were a singing group and did not dance, but where connected to many dancers through their careers. They were the first to use the term "Rock and Roll" in song in the 1934 movie "Transatlantic Merry Go-Round".

 

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring
(C) Kansas City, MO 1905   n/a     n/a  
(M) Kansas City, MO 1907   n/a     n/a  
(H) Birmingham, AL 1911   n/a     n/a  
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
Jazz, Ballet, Modern n/a Heebie Jeebies
Jitterbug,       $ Boswell Sisters Collection (cd)
Mambo       $ That's How Rhythm was Born (cd)
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage
n/a n/a 1944 - Circular Clues (Radio)
 

Films

Television

(Other)
1942 - Syncopation n/a 1034 - Song Hit Folio vol 1 #5
1932 - The Big Broadcast of 1932            
$1934 - Transatlantic Merry Go Round            
1937 - It's All Yours            
$1938 - The Big Broadcast ???            
$1955 - Artists and Models            
$1993 - At The Jazz Band Ball            
NOTE: Studio was located at 43rd Street and Broadway
April 16, 2003
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