外文名：Rose Maddox 国籍：美国 出生地：美国阿拉巴马州 职业：歌手、词曲作者 生日：1925年8月15日 简介：Roselea Arbana “Rose” Maddox（1925年8月15日 - 1998年4月15日）是一位美国乡村歌手兼作曲家和小提琴手，在成功单飞之前曾担任Maddox Brothers and Rose乐队的主唱。她的音乐风格融合了乡村音乐、摇滚乐和福音音乐。她以“精力充沛的煽动者”的名声和“色彩鲜艳的西部服装”而闻名；她是好莱坞裁缝 Nathan Turk 最早的客户之一。 从艺历程：Rose Maddox exerted a heavyinfluence on honky tonk femalesthrough her recordings with the Maddox Brothers but later turned totraditional bluegrass forms as well to inspire folk revivalists of the1960s and'70s.Born on August 15, 1925, Maddox moved fromAlabama to Modesto, CA, with her family to make a better living asfarm laborers.After several years of hard work and occasional amateurmusical appearances, Fred Maddoxlobbied KTRB-Modesto to give atime slot to him and his brothers Cliff, Cal, Don, and Henry. The radiostation agreed, but on the condition that the Maddoxes include afemale singer. Rose was recruited -- as an 11 year old -- and the groupsoon appeared in bars as well as on the radio show. They won a contestat the California State Fair in 1939, and began to broadcast at KFBK-Sacramento, which included several stations in nearby states as part ofits coverage. World War ll interrupted the career of the Maddox Brothers & Rosewith Cal, Fred, and Don entering the services.The group re-formed inthe late '40s and became more popular than ever: They recorded for 4Star and Columbia, making annual trips east to appear on theLouisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry.The Maddoxes' popularity wasbiggest on the West Coast, however; they performed on several radioshows with good music and comic hillbilly routines that appealed tothe masses ofdispossessed Southerners in California The Maddox Brothers last recorded in 1957, and Rose decided to gosolo a year later with help from brothers Cal and Henry. She signed toCapitol but didn't have much success until 1961, in which sheaccounted for five Top 20 hits. Both "Kissing My Pillow" and its B-side "Want to Live Again" hit the country Top 15 early in the year."MentalCruelty" made it to number eight in May, and her duet with BuckOwens called "Loose Talk" hit number four the same month. She endedthe year with another Top 15 single,"Conscience, l'm Guilty." Herbiggest hit, "Sing a Little Song of Heartache," came the following year,reaching number three in late 1962. More Top 20 singles followed in1963, including "Lonely Teardrops," "Down to the River," "We're the Talkof the Town," "Somebody Told Somebody" and another duet with Owens,"Sweethearts in Heaven."