Alma Henderson

Shellac era pop singer based in St. Louis, Missouri who had one record issued in the OKeh Race series under her maiden name of Alma Henderson. The rest of her recordings were released under her married name Alma Rotter. Mainly remembered for having been accompanied by early jazz greats like Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson (2) and Rube Bloom. Born 1892 in Indiana, she started out as a vaudeville entertainer by the age of 11 and was one of the first of the well-known singers to enter the radio entertaining field. She was featured over station KMOX. In addition to her recording and broadcasting activities, she was making a series of singing pictures for the De Forest Photofilm Co.