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"Roslyn zooms into the
stratosphere to pull another
thunder of applause.
The appreciative audience
wants more, more and more.
A tremendous ovation for an
overall sensational
performance..."
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The day she graduated high school, Rozzie began recording her
first album for RCA.
GIVE ME YOU was released to
critical praise in early
1969, coinciding with her
first television appearance
(The Ed Sullivan Show) as
well as her first nightclub
engagement
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(w/mom & sister at Rozzie's
Persian Room debut)
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She continued to perform
throughout the year in New
Orleans, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Miami Beach,
Milwaukee, St. Louis,
Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Puerto Rico, Oklahoma City,
Washington D.C., Dallas and at the
Persian Room in New York's
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She released her sophomore
album, THIS IS ROSLYN KIND,
in late '69. This
release found her
interpreting more music from
the top songwriters of the
day including Harry Nilsson,
Charles Aznavour & Barry
Mann and Cynthia Weil.
She followed this album with
a variety of single
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"A sparkling new
star"
- The Hollywood
Reporter |
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"One of the more
gifted singers to
come along in recent
years"
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Rozzie began the decade
riding high on the success
of
her first 2 albums.
In addition to her third
appearance on the Ed
Sullivan Show and the
NBC TV special
Listen...That's Love,
she traveled to France to
co-star with Dusty
Springfield on Charles Aznavour
's TV special
For Me - Formidable.
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She performed on TV
throughout the decade on
shows
including The Merv
Griffin Show, Dinah!, The
Tonight Show, and as a
featured musical guest on
Saturday Night Live.
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A top nightclub attraction,
Rozzie headlined at venues
including The Grand Finale,
The Playboy Club, The Las
Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas' Flamingo Hotel and the Backlot at Studio One.
She also made her Lincoln
Center debut, sharing the
bill with pianist Roger
Williams.Signed with Columbia
Records, Rozzie released a
selection of singles
including a version of Peter
Allen's classic She Loves
to Hear the Music.
In addition to her TV and
concert performances, she
made cameo appearances
in 2 films; A Star is
Born and The Main
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"Roslyn Kind is a
vocalist of almost
limitless talent and
potential"
- The Las Vegas
Review Journal |
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"The fireworks are due in no
short measure to the
presence of Roslyn Kind.
When Kind belts out a song
you feel the blood coursing
and your nerve endings
tingle. You savor each
note and lyric because she
does."
-The
Calgary Sunday |
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The 80's were a decade of
firsts for Rozzie. She
made her theatrical debut,
had her first motion picture
starring role and her first
featured television role.
Rozzie adopted a new 80s pop
sound for two singles
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debut in the Los Angeles
premiere of Ferguson the
Tailor and later starred
in the critically acclaimed
Canadian premiere of the
Ellie Greenwich musical
Leader of the Pack. |
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Rozzie found acting
opportunities in both movies
and television. She
made her feature film debut
with a challenging dramatic
role in I'm Going to be
Famous and followed that
with a comedic turn in
The Underachievers
starring Edward Albert.
On
television Rozzie appeared
on multiple episodes of Nell
Carter's hit sitcom Gimme
a Break and while under
contract with ABC she
starred in the sitcom pilot
Ghost of a Chance
with Shelley Long.
In between acting and
recording gigs Rozzie
maintained a busy
performance schedule of
international nightclub and
concert appearances.
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"Kind's ability to swoop and
soar, to go from a whisper
to full voice in a single
phrase is startling.
When she is selling you a
song, you would be crazy to
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Throughout the 90's Rozzie
continued to add to her
impressive list of
theatrical, television &
recording credits.
She made her Broadway debut
in the crowd pleasing
musical revue 3 from
Brooklyn. She soon
followed that with an
acclaimed performance in the
Off-Broadway production of
Show Me Where the Good
Times Are and stopped
the show in a critically
lauded star-studded Los
Angeles production of
William Finn’s Elegies. |
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On television, Rozzie
appeared in the TV movie
Switched at Birth and
made a memorably comedic
appearance as herself on the
CBS hit comedy series The
Nanny. In addition
Rozzie was featured on many
of the top talk and variety
shows. |
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This decade saw the release
of her first CD - COME WHAT
MAY featuring the music of
Alan and Marilyn Bergman,
Harold Arlen and Ann Hampton
Calloway amongst others.
Her concert appearances
included a tour of Jack
Jones' Broadway, her
London debut in The Green
Room at the Café Royal and
the premier of her new age
themed concert at LA's
legendary Roxy. |
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After taking a hiatus to care for her
mother, Rozzie returned to
performing with a busy
schedule of sold out
concerts, benefits for
various AIDS and Alzheimer's
charities and studio
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She rang in the Millennium
with a show stopping
engagement at Hollywood's
famed Cinegrill nightclub at
The Roosevelt Hotel.
Further highlights of her
concert work during this
period included performances
at the Greek Theatre in Los
Angeles and a Christmas
celebration with the
Glendale Symphony Orchestra. |
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In 2006 she made her long
awaited Carnegie Hall debut
with her close friend Michael
Feinstein in an acclaimed
celebration of female
songwriters, Ladies of
the Chorus.
Recent Rozzie concert
performances have included
tours of Florida and
engagements in Austin, Los
Angeles and San Francisco
and appeared with Michael Feinstein in
Palm Springs and Palm
Beach.
In 2008 Rozzie appeared in
the Hallmark Channel
original movie, Ladies of
the House, with Florence
Henderson, Donna Mills and
Pam Grier. She
continues to tour the
country in her new stage
show Rozzie's Back! |
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