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Rose Murphy

Rose Murphy, born April 28, 1913 in Xenia, Ohio, was an American jazz pianist and singer. She started her career in the late 1930s, playing intermission piano for artists like Count Basie. By the late 1940s, she gained popularity in the U.S. and UK with her unique vocal style, including scat singing and percussive sound effects. Known as "the chee-chee girl," her most famous song "Busy Line" featured a distinctive telephone ring vocal sound effect and became a hit in the UK. Murphy performed at top clubs in New York from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the Cookery and Michael's...