Rose Lee Maphis

Rose Lee "Rosalie" Maphis (born December 29, 1922 in Baltimore , Maryland , as Rose Lee Schetrompf ) is an American country musician . Maphis and her husband Joe Maphis were one of the best-known couples in the country scene in the 1950s and 1960s.

Life

Childhood and youth

Rose Lee Maphis was born on a farm in Maryland in 1922 . She showed an early interest in music and began her career on local radio in Hagerstown , Virginia when she was 15 as part of the Saddle Sweethearts . This group moved to St. Louis , Missouri around 1938 , where they performed on KMOX and became a member of the Old Fashioned Barn Dance .

Career

In the 1940s, Maphis moved to the Old Dominion Barn Dance in Richmond , Virginia, where she met Joe Maphis, who also appeared on the show. However, Joe moved to Chicago after World War II , when he fought as a soldier . Upon his return in 1947, Rose Lee and Joe began performing and touring together. In 1951, after they moved to Los Angeles , they married and began making their first records two years later. Her track Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music) , recorded in 1954, is now a honky tonk classic . Meanwhile, the couple had appeared on almost every major West Coast country show, including: The Town Hall Party , the Hometown Jamboree and Tex Ritter's TV show Ranch Party .

As Joe grew in popularity as a musician, Rose Lee withdrew more from the business and took care of the family. In 1961 she released her first solo album and recorded the bluegrass album Rose Lee & Joe Maphis with her husband and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys . In the following years they repeatedly released albums and performed together.

In 1968 Joe and Rose Lee moved to Nashville , where they disappeared from the music scene for a few years until their youngest son Jody and his father released the album Guitaration Gap in 1971 . Rose Lee and Joe's album Dim Lights, Thick Smoke was released in 1978 and two more albums followed. After Joe Maphis' death from a tumor , Rose Lee ended her career and worked in the Opryland, home of the Grand Ole Opry .

Discography

Singles

All singles were recorded together with Joe Maphis.

year	title	Remarks
Columbia Records
	Honky Tonk Down Town / The Parting of the Way
1959	Fire On the Strings / I Love You Deeply	A-side only from Joe Maphis
	I'm Willin 'To Try / Let's Pull Together
Mosrite Records
	Send Me Your Love APO / Write Him A Letter
	Tunin 'Up For The Blues / A Lifetime of Love
	Country Girl Courtship / Pickin 'and Guitin'
Starday Records
	Hoot'n Annie / Remember I'm Just As Close As the Phone
	Hot Time in Nashville / I've Got To Take You Home
	Your Little Black Book / Don't Pass Me By
	Ridin 'Down Ole 99 / Turn On The Bright Lights
Chart records
1969	Gee Aren't We Lucky / Guitar Happy
1970	Run That By Me One More Time / I Don't Care
1971	Slippin ', Pickin', Fiddlin '/ If I'm Gonna Have Your Lovin'

Albums

• 1961: Rose Lee Maphis
• 1962: Rose Lee & Joe Maphis (with Joe Maphis and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys)
• 1964: Mr. and Mrs. Country Music (with Joe Maphis)
• 1964: Hootenanny Star
• 1978: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (with Joe Maphis)
• 1979: Boogie Woogie Flattop Guitar Pickin 'Man (with Joe Maphis)
• 1980: Honky Tonk Cowboy (with Joe Maphis)

Web links

• Entry in the All Music Guide
• Rose Lee Maphis on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)
• Joe & Rose Lee Maphis on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)