Rose Murphy

About the artist

(1) Rose Murphy (May 7, 1913, Xenia, Ohio, USA – November 16, 1989, New York City, USA.) was a pianist and vocalist most famous for the song 'Busy Line'. Rose Murphy was known as “the chee chee girl” thanks to her habit of regularly singing the phrase “chee chee” in many of her numbers. She began her musical career in the late 1930’s, playing intermission piano for such performers as Count Basie, and achieved strong popularity in both the US and UK in the late 1940’s.

Top songs

1. Busy Line
2. I Wanna Be Loved by You
3. Pennies From Heaven
4. Honeysuckle Rose
5. The Lonely Maid - Reel
6. The First of May / The Last of June (Polkas for the Set)
7. The Roaqd To Ballisadare (Hornpipe For Sean-Nos Stepdancing)
8. Ladybower's/The Sister - Reels
9. Sympathetic Little Star
10. The Best Things In Life Are Free

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