Rosa Henderson

Rosa Henderson (November 24, 1896 was an American jazz and classic female blues singer and vaudeville entertainer of the Harlem Renaissance era. she is remembered as one of the better known female blues singers of the 1920s and 1930s classic blues era. She married Douglas "Slim" Henderson in 1918 and began traveling with his Mason-Henderson show. Her career as a musical comedian started during the early 1920s, after she moved to New York, where she performed on Broadway. She eventually also performed in London. the Kansas City Five, the Three Jolly Miners, the Kansas City Four, the Three Hot Eskimos, and the Four Black Diamonds. She recorded for Ajax Records, Columbia, Paramount, Victor, and Vocalion Records.

Her recordings include "Afternoon Blues" (1923), "Doggone Blues" (1931), "Do Right Blies" (1924), "He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar" (1924), and "Papa If You Can't Do Better (I'll Let a Better Papa Move In)" (1926). she continued performing until 1932, when she took a job in a New York department store. She continued to perform benefit concerts until the 1960s.

Henderson had two children and died of a heart attack in 1968.

She is unrelated to Fletcher, Horace, Katherine, or Edmonia Henderson.