Piano Jazz from 1956: ROSE MURPHY SINGS- Mono Microgroove on Allegro 1682 NM EX+

Piano Jazz from 1956: ROSE MURPHY SINGS- Mono on Allegro 1682 NM/EX+  & BONUS LP

Description

Rose Murphy  (1913-1989)  had one of the most distinctive and charming singing styles (imagine - Minnie Mouse sings) to accompany her considerable jazz piano talent. Wikipedia  says:
 

"Described by Allmusic 's Scott Yanow as having "a unique place in music history", Murphy was known as "the chee chee girl" because of her habit of singing "chee chee" in many of her numbers. She was also known as "the Girl with the Pale Pink Voice."

She began her musical career in the late 1930s, playing intermission piano for such performers as Count Basie, and became popular in the US and UK in the late 1940s. She is best known for her high-pitched singing style, which incorporated scat singing, giggling, and percussive sound effects. "Busy Line", one of her most well known songs, made use of perhaps her most famous vocal sound effect: the 'brrp, brrrp' of a telephone ring. A version of the song was later used in 1990 by British Telecom in a television commercial, which was such a success that RCA reissued the original recording. Princess Margaret became a fan after "Busy Line" became a hit in England. She attended Murphy's concerts in London and imitated her while playing the piano and singing "Busy Line" at parties.

From the 1950s–1980s, Murphy continued to play at "many of the top clubs of New York, like the Cookery, Michael's Pub, Upstairs At the Downstairs", and was "usually accompanied by bassist Slam Stewart or Morris Edwards." These were interspersed with engagements in London and tours of the Continent. In June 1989 during a two-week engagement at  Cinegrill at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, she became ill and returned to New York City. She died in New York aged 76 on November 16, 1989, and, though married four times, left no direct descendants. Her final marriage, from 1950 to 1977, was to Eddie Matthews, a businessman who, from 1928 to 1933, had been married to Ethel Waters."





Rose Murphy - Rose Murphy Sings

Label :   Allegro  1682 / Please See below for the Deadwax Matrix

Format :  Vinyl / Mono LP & Album

Country :  U.S.

Released :  1956

Genre :  Jazz 

  

THE VINYL -  Lightly played with minimal evidence of spindlewear, both sides of the LP retain all of their original gloss with bright, undamaged Black and Gold Allegro labels (please see photos).
 
Evident are some light marks, including sleevewear from the original paper inner sleeve, and a few minor hairlines. Generally, the tracks play cleanly with no skipping or sticking.
 
The record has been carefully handled, infrequently played, and the audio playback is impressive.

Side 1   is NM  with no marks.

Side 2   is EX+. B3 has a light mark that produces light noise, and B4 has a deeper mark that is quite short (30 seconds) but produces an audible click. The other tracks play cleanly.




THE COVER -   EX+ :  Please see photos / flap style / well-stored with some minor scuffing, and partial ringwear on the front right side / bright colors / please note an address sticker on the back cover / all of the seams, including the spine, are intact / no writing, paper loss, paper tears, dirt, or stains.
  


We have placed both the cover and the LP into separate, protective plastic sleeves.







Tracklist :

 

Dead Wax Run Out Matrix Identifiers (Actual) :  

Side A -   (Etched) :   1682A      AV

Side B -   (Etched) :   1682B      AV

Please Note :   Stamped on both sides are the letters ARC inside a circle.

# 2 :   BONUS LP                                  
                                          

Included in the mailer with Rose Murphy Sings, we will include a 2nd LP from the RCA Victor Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz in Excellent (EX) condition, as described below:

The RCA Victor Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz - Album # 6 : Hin - Joh

Label :  RCA Victor - LEJ 6

Series :  RCA Victor Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz

Format :  Vinyl / 10" Mono, 33 1/3 RPM & Album Cover

Country :  U.S.

Released :  1956

Genre :  Jazz

Please see the last 4 photos in our Gallery with close ups of the cover and both labels for Tracklist and Musician information.

                                                
                                          







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THIS RECORD IS SIGHT-GRADED ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, ACCORDING TO THESE DEFINITIONS:

SEALED: RECORD IS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC & UNOPENED.

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