Read about the Sacramento Local Music Scene at Playlist Research Rose Maddox Rose Maddox was born in Boaz, Alabama in 1925, but was living in Sacramento with her family in 1939 when she and her brothers won a singing contest at the California State Fair. The prize was $40 and a daily show on radio station KFBK for a year. Until the U.S. entered WWII in December 1941, the family did regular shows in Sacramento, but the war led to the brothers going into the service. The band regrouped after the war and performed as the Maddox Brothers with Rose. In 1947 the group reformed and were signed to Four Star Records, as the family moved to Hollywood. They began to tour regularly and appear on country-oriented radio shows such as The Grand Ole Opry. After the group broke up in 1957, Rose Maddox focused on a solo career. In 1959 she was signed to Capitol Records and had a run of 14 hit singles on the country chart through 1964. Her biggest hit was "Sing a Little Song of Heartache" in 1962. She also had a few hits with country star Buck Owens in the early sixties. She released six albums on Capitol from 1959 to 1963. She went on to release eleven more albums on indie labels. Country artists who have publicly stated they were influenced by Rose Maddox include Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Rose was friends and 4 Star Records label mates with Patsy Cline and Suzi Arden. Rose died in 1998 at age 72 in Ashland, Oregon.
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