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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..."
 - El San Juan Diary

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 at the hungry i in San Francisco. 


(w/mom & sister at Rozzie's Persian Room debut)

 

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 famed Plaza Hotel. 

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 releases.

 


 

"A sparkling new star"
- The Hollywood Reporter

 

"One of the more gifted singers to come along in recent years"
- Variety

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

(backstage at SNL)

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.


(with Charles Aznavour)

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 Event.

"Roslyn Kind is a vocalist of almost limitless talent and potential" - The Las Vegas Review Journal


 

"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

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 released in France.

She also made her theatrical 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.
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.

 



"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 turn down the offer."

- The London Times

 

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.

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.

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.


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 recording dates.

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.

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.  She has continued appearing with Michael Feinstein in Palm Springs and Palm Beach.

Rozzie is currently working on putting together an exciting new show which she hopes will make its debut in New York City later this year.

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