Connee

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.