Rose Maddox

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Roselea Arbana "Rose" Maddox (born August 15, 1925 in Boaz , Alabama , † April 15, 1998 in Ashland , Oregon ) was an American country singer. She was also called "The Original Hillbilly Filly" and "The Grandmother of Rockabilly ". She was the singer in the band Maddox Brothers and Rose .

Life

Originally from Boaz, Alabama, the family moved to California after their parents became impoverished during the Great Depression. They arrived here just before the stream of refugees from the Okies , who were fleeing the devastating dust storms in the Dust Bowl . The family struggled to support themselves by working as day laborers on the fruit and vegetable plantations in the San Joaquin Valley .

After settling in Modesto , the Maddox Brothers first appeared on the radio in 1937, sponsored by a local furniture store. The sponsor insisted on a female singer in the group, so Fred Maddox took his eleven-year-old sister Rose into the band. The Maddox Brothers and Rose were very popular during the 1930s and performed across the United States. In 1941 the brothers were drafted for World War II, their sister Rose remained unemployed. When the brothers returned, they performed together again, and after the band split up in 1956, Rose Maddox began to work successfully as a solo artist.

She first sang country boogie, a forerunner of rockabilly , then switched to bluegrass and was one of the first singers to record a bluegrass album: Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass was released in 1962 on Capitol Records . In the same year she had her biggest single success with the top ten hit Sing a Little Song of Heartache , which stayed in the country charts for 37 weeks . During this time she also successfully sang duets with Buck Owens .

In the 1980s, her career was interrupted several times by serious heart and lung diseases, including three months in a coma. Rose Maddox gave concerts until shortly before her death, mainly on the west coast of the USA, but also in Europe. She died in Ashland, Oregon in 1998 at the age of 72.

reception

In 1994 Rose Maddox was nominated for a Grammy for her recording of $ 35 and a Dream on the Arhoolie label . The Maddox Bros. & Rose stage costumes are on display at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace in Bakersfield and the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville .

Your life story should be filmed. The project was intensively prepared in the last years of her life and yet never completed. Rose Maddox made a brief appearance in the 1996 film Hi-Lo Country .

Discography

Singles (selection)

year title Record company
1948 Time Nor Tide / Gosh, I Miss You All The Time 4 Star Records Maddox Brothers & Rose
1948 Mean & Wicked Boogie / Sweet Little You Columbia Maddox Brothers & Rose
1948 I'd Rather Die Young / The Nightingale Song Columbia solo
1952 Hangover Blues / Why Not Confess Decca Maddox Brothers & Rose
1954 Wild Wild Young Men / Second Choice Columbia solo
1956 Kiss Me Like Crazy / Just One More Time Columbia solo
1957 The Death Of Rock And Roll / Paul Bunyan Love Columbia Maddox Brothers & Rose
1957 Old Man Blues / Tomorrow Land Columbia solo
1959 Custer's Last Stand / My Little Baby Capitol Records solo
1960 Please Help Me, I'm Falling / Down, Down, Down Capitol Records solo

Albums

Maddox Brothers & Rose

  • America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band v.1 (Arhoolie Records, 1976/1993)
  • America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band v.2 (Arhoolie, 1995)
  • On the Air (Arhoolie, 1983/1996)
  • Live on the Radio (1996)
  • The Hillbilly Boogie Years (Rockateer, 1996)
  • A Collection of Standard Sacred Songs (King, 1956)
  • The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America (Bear Family, 1998)

Solo / compilations

  • Rosie (Starday, 1967)
  • Reckless Love and Bold Adventure (Takoma, 1977)
  • Rose of the West Coast Country (Arhoolie, 1980)
  • Rockabilly Reunion - Live In London 1987 with Glen Glenn (Magnum Force, 1988)
  • This Is Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band (Arhoolie, 1980/2007)
  • The One Rose ( Bear Family Records , 1994)
  • A Big Bouqet Of Roses (Capitol)
  • Glorybound Train (Capitol)
  • Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass (Capitol, 1962/1996)
  • $ 35 and a Dream (Arhoolie, 1994)
  • The Moon Is Rising (Town & Country, 1996)
  • The Legendary Queen of the West (Boothill, 2000)

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personal data
SURNAME Maddox, Rose
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maddox, Roselea Arbana (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Boaz , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1998
Place of death Ashland (Oregon)