Rosetta Howard
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Rosetta Howard (August 30, 1913 – October 8, 1974) was an American blues singer who recorded in the 1930s and 1940s.
Little is known of her life. She was born in Woodruff County, Arkansas, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she began her career by joining in with jukebox selections at the club where she worked. Around 1932, she began singing professionally with Jimmie Noone and other bandleaders including Sonny Thompson. Beginning in 1937 she made a number of recordings with the Harlem Hamfats, including her paean to marijuana, "If You're a Viper", and the ribald "Let Your Linen Hang Low". The latter was noted by one music journalist as "Howard engaging Kansas Joe McCoy in sexy banter". She also recorded with Herb Morand and Odell Rand, who were members of the group. In 1939 she recorded with the Harlem Blues Serenaders, who included Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, Lil Armstrong, Henry "Red" Allen and Barney Bigard.
She continued to perform in Chicago in the 1940s, and in 1947 featured on recordings with the Big Three, including Willie Dixon and Big Bill Broonzy. The records were unsuccessful, and she did not record again. In the 1950s she sang with Thomas A. Dorsey at the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago.
Howard died in Chicago in 1974.
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- Burned Down Mill - Chicago, 10/20/1934 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Good Morning, School Girl - Aurora, 05/05/1937 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Let Your Linen Hang Low - NY, 10/05/1937 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Gold Digger Blues - Chicago, 02/09/1940 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- On the Killing Floor - Chicago, 03/27/1942 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Take a Little Walk With Me - Chicago, 10/02/1947 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Sadie Lee Blues - Atlanta, 04/08/1927 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Sabine River Blues - NY, 08/17/1927 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Stole My Man Blues - Camden, NJ, 02/03/1927 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Bad Luck Blues - NY, 07/16/1947 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- I Did Everything I Could - Aurora, 03/13/1938 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Mr. Johnson Swing - NY, 03/31/1938 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Chicago Mill Blues - NY, 04/04/1940 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Going Down Slow - Chicago, 11/11/1941 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- My Monday Woman Blues - Memphis, 02/02/1928 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Six Cold Feet in the Ground - Chicago, 02/25/1935 - Big City Blues (Remastered) - Rosetta Howard
- Don't Make Me High - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- He Caught That B & O - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- Plain Lenox Avenue - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- Headin'for the River - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- Never Brag About Your Man - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- He's so Good - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- I Got Ways Like the Devil - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- That Made Him Mad - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- You Been Holding out Too Long - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- Handy Andy - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- Jitterbug Blues - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- I Don't Dig You Jack - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- How'ling Man Blues - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- Perlina Blues - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
- Midnight Dream - Red Allen and the Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - Rosetta Howard
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