Rose Murphy
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Biography
Rose Murphy, born April 28, 1913 in Xenia, Ohio, was an American jazz pianist and singer. She started her career in the late 1930s, playing intermission piano for artists like Count Basie. By the late 1940s, she gained popularity in the U.S. and UK with her unique vocal style, including scat singing and percussive sound effects. Known as "the chee-chee girl," her most famous song "Busy Line" featured a distinctive telephone ring vocal sound effect and became a hit in the UK. Murphy performed at top clubs in New York from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the Cookery and Joe's Pub, and toured Europe. She passed away on November 16, 1989, at age 76. Notable posthumous releases include Rose Murphy: The Chee-Chee Girl (2005) and I Can't Give You Anything But Chee-Chee (2020).
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- Mr. Wonderful
- In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
- If You Were Only Mine
- My Blue Heaven
- Whatcha Gotta Lose
- Pennies From Heaven
- Honeysuckle Rose
- You Were Meant For Me
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- Coquette
- Miss Annabelle Lee
- Swinging Down The Lane
- By The Waters Of Minnetonka
- Sympathetic Little Star
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
- The Best Things In Life Are Free
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- Baby Baby by Rose Murphy
- Wishing
