Connie Converse
American musician (born 1924) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elizabeth Eaton Converse (born August 3, 1924 ā disappeared August 1974) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known under her professional name Connie Converse. She was active in New York City in the 1950s, and her work is among the earliest known recordings in the singer-songwriter genre of music. Before and after the period in which she wrote her music she was an academic, writer, assistant editor for the Far Eastern Survey (IPR, New York) and editor for the Journal of Conflict Resolution (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).
Connie Converse | |
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Born | Elizabeth Eaton Converse (1924-08-03)August 3, 1924 Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Disappeared | August 1974 (age 50) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
Status | Missing for 49 years, 8 months and 26 days |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, secretary, managing editor |
Musical career | |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
Years active | Early 1950sā1974 |
Labels | Squirrel Thing Recordings |
Website | Connie Converse |
In 1974, Converse left her family home in search of a new life and was not seen or heard from again. Despite the obscurity of her music during her lifetime, her work gained posthumous recognition after it was featured on a 2004 radio show. In March 2009, a compilation album of her work, How Sad, How Lovely, was released.