Chanteuse US née Julie Marlene Bedra, le 27 juin 1924 à Old
Forge (Pennsylvanie). Rosalie Allen a débuté sur la radio locale WORK de York (Pennsylvanie) à la fin des années trente. Elle devient professionnelle en 1943 à New York, chantant au "Swing Billy Show" sur WNEW. Rosalie enregistre alors pour Deluxe Records, sous le nom de Tex Grande. Elle passe ensuite chez Langworth Transcription puis chez RCA Records en 1946. Rosalie Allen fut élue "Pioneers Queen" par le Colorado's CMA
en 1962. Rosalie Allen est décédée le 24 septembre 2003 à Van Nuys (Californie).
One of the
first wave of female country stars, Rosalie Allen recorded several hits during
the late '40s as a singing cowgirl and yodeler in the
Patsy Montana tradition. Born Julie
Marlene Bedra on June 27, 1924, she grew up in a large, poor Pennsylvania family.
Inspired by the singing cowboys of the '30s, she taught herself to sing and play
guitar, and began working on the radio in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She moved to New
York in the early '40s, and sang with the Swing Billies and also with Zeke
Manners, where she met her future duet partner,
Elton Britt. Allen's first hit came
in 1946 with RCA Victor; the update of
Patsy Montana's "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" hit number five and was
later trumped on the country charts by its B-side, "Guitar Polka (Old
Monterey)," which reached number three.
During the late '40s, Allen became quite famous in New York as a major promoter
of country music. She hosted a TV show in New York as well as the WOV radio
program Prairie Stars, and her writing appeared in columns for National Jamboree
and Country Sound Roundup. Her Rosalie Allen Hillbilly Music Center in New York
was the first specifically country record store in the nation.
Allen's final two chart hits paired her with
Elton Britt, the yodeler famous in
the mid-'40s for "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere." Their first
single, "Beyond the Sunset," hit number seven in 1950; it was followed closely
by the number three "Quicksilver." The duo also recorded an album for Waldorf
Records in the mid-'50s — now released as Starring Elton Britt and Rosalie
Allen on the Grand Award label. Also, two albums of Allen's solo recordings
are available as German imports. . Later in life, Allen retired to Alabama and
eventually settled in California. In 1999 her work in radio was recognized and
she was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame. After a brief
battle with congestive heart failure, Allen passed away on September 24, 2003.
http://www.crb.org/awards/djhf/allen.html
Talent s: Singer, Yodeler, Guitar
Style musical : Yodeling, Cowboy
Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHIE
78 t. & EP
| 1946 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-1924 (US) | . | I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart / Guitar Polka (Old Monterey) |
| 1947 ? | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2021 (US) | . | Rose Of The Alamo / Me Go Where You Go, Amigo |
| 1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3599 (US) | . | The THREE SUNS with Rosalie ALLEN & Elton BRITT - Beyond The Sunset / ? |
| 1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0157 (US) | . | Elton BRITT & Rosalie ALLEN with the SKYTOPPERS - Quicksilver / ? |
| 195? | 78 t. RCA VICTOR ? (US) | . | He Taught Me To Yodel / ? |
| 1955 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA-505 (US) |
 |
DUETS (with Elton BRITT) |
| 1956 ? | SP RCA VICTOR ? (US) | . | The Yodel Blues (with Elton BRITT) / ? |
Albums
| 1955 | LP 10" WALDORF MUSIC-HALL MH-33-150 (US) |
|
ROSALIE ALLEN SINGS COUNTRY & WESTERN - (Rosalie ALLEN with Shorty WARREN & his WESTERN RANGERS) - Have You Ever Been Lonely / Tears On My Pillow / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / He Taught Me How To Yodel / Tennessee Waltz / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You |
| 1956 | LP 10" WALDORF MUSIC-HALL MH-33-167 (US) |
|
COUNTRY & WESTERN SONGS - (Rosalie ALLEN with Shorty WARREN & his WESTERN RANGERS) - Columbua Stockade Blues / My Adobe Hacienda / I'll Keep On Loving You / Ding Dong Polka / Jealous Heart / Your Cheating Heart / ... |
| 1957 | LP 12" GRAND AWARD GA-33-330 (US) |
|
SONGS OF THE GOLDEN WEST - |
| 1957 | LP 12" GRAND AWARD GA-33-350 (US) |
|
RODEO - (Rosalie ALLEN & Tex FLETCHER) - My Adobe Hacienda / You Don't Know What Lonesome Is / Wabash Cannon Ball / Grand River Waltz / Columbus Stockade Blues / .... |
| 1958 | LP 12" WALDORF MUSIC-HALL MHK 33-1206 (US) |
|
ELTON BRITT & ROSALIE ALLEN - (Elton BRITT & Rosalie ALLEN) - Columbus Stockade Blues / My Adobe Hacienda / I'll Keep On Loving You / Jealous Heart / Ding Dong Polka / Your Cheatin' Heart / + Elton BRITT |
| 1961 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2313 (US) |
|
ROSALIE ALLEN |
| 1965 | LP 12" GRAND 33-262 SD (US) |
|
STARRING ELTON BRITT & ROSALIE ALLEN - (Elton BRITT & Rosalie ALLEN) - My Adobe Hacienda / I'll Keep On Loving You / Ding Dong Polka / Jealous Heart / Your Cheatin' Heart / + Elton BRITT |
| 1975 | 2 LP 12" RCA CAMDEN ADL2-0579 (US) |
|
ROSALIE ALLEN |
| 1983 | LP 12" CATTLE LP 46 (D) |
 |
THE QUEEN OF THE YODELERS - Aha ! San Antone / Green As Grass / I Wanna Sit / Rose Of The Alamo / Never Trust A Man / If I'd Only Been True To You / Wide Rollin' Plains / You Ain't Where You Come From Now / Cranberry Kisses And Strawberry Hugs / Station L-O-V-E Signing Off / Hitler Lives / Me Go Where You Go, Amigo |
| 1990 | LP 12" COWGIRL ? (D) |
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THE COWBOY'S SWEETHEART |
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