Rosa Henderson

Among the early common blues performers, Rosa Henderson (zero regards to Fletcher or Horace Henderson) initial began performing professionally in 1913 with her uncle’s carnival troupe. She was located in Tx until 1918 when she wedded Slim Henderson and started touring using the Mason Henderson Present. She generally spent the ’20s executing in musical comedies in NY. Henderson, who started documenting in 1923, occasionally utilized such pseudonyms as Flora Dale, Mamie Harris, Rosa Green, Sarah Johnson, Sally Ritz, Bessie Williams, Josephine Thomas, and Gladys Light on her information. In the past due 1920’s she began gradually dropping from the music picture although she continuing performing occasionally into the middle-1930’s. Henderson proved helpful beyond music (including in a fresh York department shop), but re-emerging being a vocalist for charity benefits as past due because the 1960’s. Rosa Henderson documented 92 selections in every including 88 during 1923-1927 and two apiece in 1928 and 1931. Among her sidemen had been Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Metcalf, Fatty acids Waller, and (on six quantities), Adam P. Johnson, to mention a few.