Rosetta Crawford

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Rosetta Crawford (* around 1900 , † after 1939) was an American blues - singer .

Crawford made several records between 1923 and 1924 (the first with Sidney Bechet and Clarence Williams ) and made a brief comeback in 1939 when she recorded four sides of records with Tommy Ladnier , Mezz Mezzrow and James P. Johnson . The tracks were Double-Crossing Papa, I'm Tired Of Fattening Frogs For Snakes, Stop It Joe, and My Man Jumped Salty On Me .

literature

  • John Jörgensen, Erik Wiedemann, Hans-Georg Ehmke: Jazzlexikon . Mosaik-Verlag, Hamburg 1966
personal data
SURNAME Crawford, Rosetta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues singer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1900
DATE OF DEATH after 1939