[1] The Boswell Sisters, who were classically trained musicians,[2] started their career in vaudeville in their native New Orleans.

Their last recording as a group was made on February 12, 1936 (Irving Berlin's "Let Yourself Go" and "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket").

One month earlier, on January 1, 1936, Martha had married Major George L. Lloyd of Britain's Royal Air Force.

[4] Lloyd was the managing director of the Aero Insurance Underwriters in New York.

[4] and a flying ace in the Great War[5] Connee continued to a solo singing career, and appeared in radio, film and television, and made recordings into the 1960s.