Rosie and the originals biography for kids

American pop band

This article is about the group known for their song "Angel Baby". For the Motown group active in the late 1960s and 1970s, see The Originals (band).

Rosie and the Originals were an American 1960s musical group best known for their single "Angel Baby."^[1] Fronted by lead singer Rosie Hamlin, the group produced two singles (including "Angel Baby") for Highland Records and, like many other musicians of the era, ended up in protracted legal battles with their record label over royalties and credits.

Career

Establishment

Rosalie "Rosie" Méndez Hamlin was raised in Anchorage, Alaska before moving to California; she was of Mexican and English descent.^[2] She was trained on piano in her youth, and started singing with a band at thirteen.^[3] She wrote the lyrics for "Angel Baby" as a poem for "[her] very first boyfriend" when she was 14 years old, attending Mission Bay High School in San Diego