- Rosa Henderson
Rosa Henderson (
November 24 1896 -April 6 1968 ) was ajazz andblues singer , andvaudeville entertainer.Career
Born Rosa Deschamps in Henderson, Henderson County,
Kentucky , she is remembered as one of the greats of the 1920s and 1930s classic blues era. Her career as an entertainer began in 1913 when she joined her uncle's circus troupe.She married Douglas "Slim" Henderson in 1918 and began travelling with his Mason-Henderson show. Her career as a musical comedian started during the early 1920s, after she moved to New York where she performed on Broadway and eventually in
London .Her nine year recording career began in 1923. During that time she recorded upwards of one hundred
song s using numerouspseudonym s such as Sally Ritz, Flora Dale, Sarah Johnson, Josephine Thomas, Gladys White and Mamie Harris. She was accompanied by such bands as The Virginians,Fletcher Henderson 's Jazz Five, Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson's Club Alabam Orchestra, the Choo Choo Jazzers, the Kansas City Five, the Three Jolly Miners, the Kansas City Four, the Three Hot Eskimos, and the Four Black Diamonds.Although she began to show a marked decline in her recordings after 1926, she continued performing up until 1932 when she took a job in a New York
department store .She continued to perform
benefit concert s up until the 1960s. Henderson died inRoosevelt Island ,New York . She is no relation to Fletcher, Horace or Edmonia Henderson.ee also
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*Classic female blues External links
* [http://www.redhotjazz.com/rosahenderson.html Rosa Henderson ]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6655528 Rosa Henderson (1896 - 1968) - Find A Grave Memorial]
* [http://www.windowsmedia.com/Mediaguide/Templates/Biography.aspx?p_id=P%20%20%20187768 Biography for Rosa Henderson - WindowsMedia.com Media Guide]
* [http://www.blues.co.nz/dig-this/documents/RosaH68.pdf Farewell Rosa Henderson By Derrick Stewart-Baxter (from Jazz Journal July 1968, p.16)]
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