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.

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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) THE COWBOY'S SWEETHEART

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