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Rosa Henderson (November 24, 1896 – April 6, 1968) was an
American jazz and classic female blues singer, and vaudeville entertainer.
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 songs using numerous pseudonyms 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.
She sang the chorus on Fletcher Henderson's May 28, 1924,
Vocalion recording of "Do That Thing", probably the earliest example
of a female singing with a big band.
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.
Rosa Henderson v / Fletcher Henderson p.
Recorded in New York on August 21, 1923.
