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Really a non existent group for a would be songwriter called Rosie Hamlin created by Highland Records who put this name on the label.

The actual group of schoolfriends who cut this song and a few others would disappear later but "Angel Baby" was the only release in late 1960.Its B side was not of Rosie but was a male voice and led to P J Proby in 1965 claiming HE was Rosie & the Originals.

Thus the song became more famous than the artist and was given an extra boost in the 70s when John Lennon revived it.

In England the recording was a different take to the American one Rosie was spotted by Jackie Wilson who recommended her to his label Brunswick,who,in an unusual move for the time,allowed her to make an album of her own songs.The first single was "Lonely blue nights",a beautifully atmospheric sounding snatch of High School Pop but it charted at the lower end of the Hot 100 and,seemingly,Rosie became history.

In the 80s the album was reissued with extra tracks to include her Highland sides and she was eventually interviewed by Goldmine,being still in the music business.

The CD Age saw her on CD with not only these songs but a heap of cover versions of songs from the early 60s,all subsequent trends having passed her by. A 2nd CD followed called "Angel baby Revisited" again covers as she stayed in her own turf.

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